"Are You Nervous? Even I Am Too" - Sachin Baby Recalls Batting For RCB Alongside AB de Villiers Back In IPL 2016
Kerala batter Sachin Baby was part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team that reached the final of the IPL 2016 season before being humbled by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the final.
RCB had won just 2 of its first 7 games but began a win-streak on the back of skipper, Virat Kohli’s stupendous performances. During one of the must-win matches, RCB was in trouble at 67/4 when Baby joined hands with former Proteas player, AB de Villiers.
The duo went on to stitch a match-winning partnership of 88 that helped RCB set up a competitive total on the board. Batting alongside de Villiers was a great experience and Baby recalled the nervousness during the partnership.
“They also feel the pressure but he didn’t show it in a way. As an experienced player, he read my mind and said, ‘We will go through this, just play one ball at a time and we will go through this.’ I realized everyone feels the same and we need to be in the present. So that was a very memorable thing for me playing with AB at that time,” Baby said in a chat with Sportskeeda.
“I was very sad and I was watching the other team lifting the cup” – Sachin Baby on the loss in the IPL 2016 final
RCB had put itself in a winning position while chasing down 209, running away with the match at 114/0 in the 11th over. Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli were in the form of their lives but the dismissal of the former triggered a collapse.
RCB ended up falling short by 8 runs and Baby burst into tears on the field. Following the conclusion of the game, the dressing room was down but Kohli tried to remind the team of the good run they had.
“Everybody was silent, Virat (Kohli) then said that it was a match and we are really happy that we came this close. Because half the line we were really down the table and then bottom to top it was amazing.”
“We won like six or seven games on the trot and coming back, so that is what Virat told after the match. I was very sad and I was watching the other team lifting the cup from the balcony but it was a very emotional moment for me,” Baby added.
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