RCB vs KKR: "To Be Honest We Handed Them The Game" - Virat Kohli's Blunt Take After RCB's Defeat Against KKR

In the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders secured their first win after four consecutive defeats by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Virat Kohli, by a margin of 21 runs. Choosing to bat first, Knight Riders posted a challenging total of 200 runs, with Jason Roy and Narayan Jagadeesan providing a strong start.

This allowed Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana to play freely and maintain a steady run rate. Rinku Singh and David Wiese’s late flurry of boundaries added impetus to the innings.

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Despite Kohli and Mahipal Lomror’s efforts to revive the chase, RCB lost three wickets in the powerplay and struggled to find support from the rest of their batting line-up. Spinner Varun Chakaravarthy took three wickets as RCB ended their innings with 179 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.

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Virat Kohli was the top scorer for his side as the RCB stand-in skipper registered a fifty to his name that also saw him become the all-time highest scorer at any particular venue in T20 Cricket.

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We Need to Win Some Away Games: Virat Kohli

RCB’s stand-in skipper Virat Kohli was present alongside the broadcasters after the end of the match where he seemed disappointed with the team’s performance and felt like his team did not give it all and failed to capitalize on chances.

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“To be honest we handed them the game. We did deserve to lose. We handed them a victory. We were certainly not up to standard. If you look at the game, we didn’t capitalize our chances. We dropped a few chances which cost us 25-30 runs. We set up ourselves really well. We ended up hitting the fielder to balls which weren’t wicket taking.”

“It is what’s on the scoreboard and how to get them. Even while chasing, despite losing wickets we were one partnership away from being in the game. We needed one partnership to get us home. We need to be switched on and not give away soft plays. We have won one and lost one on the road. It is not something that is making us nervous. We need to win some away games to be in good shape for the later stages of the tournament.”

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RCB despite their defeat remain in the fifth position on the points table, the side still have 8 points to their name and a good chance of securing a place in the knockouts of the tournament.

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