This Is The Push We Needed- Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore were there again. But this time, unlike previous games, RCB's bowlers put on a commendable show to give RCB a much-needed win on Tuesday (May 1). They were in the same situation from where everything went dramatically away from them in each of the previous seven games.

"Jeez, we needed that win. Very important win at such important stage of the tournament. In the last couple of games, we were picking up. Tonight was an occasion we need that two points. This is the push we needed. We might have spoken about too many things in the past. To the bowlers, we said 'back your gut feel to bowl yorkers, take your field,' to confuse them, doesn't help too much. Everyone bowled really well," said Virat in the presentation ceremony.



RCB's batsmen proved their worth again. A collective performance from the top order and then de Grandhomme's late blitz give bowlers 10 runs extra to defend.

"Colin's over with the bat. The one over that JP bowled and Manan targeted, that was game-changing. Manan took the game away from them. We needed impact performance to get those two points. We had good intent, results are around the corner. The result went our way. We should take this confidence forward," added Virat.

While RCB were batting, MI tried a lot of variations. Cutters and slower ones used in abundance. That made stroke-making extremely tough.



RCB discussed the impact that those variations had on their batting during the innings break.

"Yeah, it was discussed. First and foremost we went to our strongest skill set and that was trying to ball swing, "Tim Southee said.

He said,"Nice to finally get a win on the board. We've come close in the last two games. There was a little bit of swing, which you have never seen here earlier games. I think we scraped through to a good score. Last over was crucial. Colin's innings gave us the momentum. We still had to bowl well to defend this score. The belief's still good. We have come close, nice to get over the line. It's nice to get a win under the belt,"



Meanwhile, Time Southee awarded Man Of The Match. He led RCB bowling to defend that total.

It's taken a month, but RCB bowlers finally reached a point where they know what redemption feels like. RCB still has the too long way to go but after this win, their confidence only will boost.

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