Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis conceded that the previous finalists missed the companies of Harshal Patel of their 23-run defeat to Chennai Super Kings in Match 22 of IPL 2022 on the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Harshal missed the Southern derby as he had exited the RCB bio-bubble final Saturday after his sister handed away.
RCB stars had been sporting black armbands to honor Harshal’s late sister. However, in his absence, RCB conceded as many as 216 runs in 20 overs. Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube tore into the RCB bowling assault. The two batters took CSK from 60/2 within the tenth over to 216, including 156 runs within the final 10 overs.
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Invited to bat, Uthappa (88 off 50 balls) and Dube (95 not out) shared a whooping 165-run partnership off simply 74 balls for the third wicket — the best this season — to rally the innings after CSK was reeling at 36 for two of their two hundredth IPL match.
Both Uthappa, who turned again the clock, and Dube displayed their six-hitting prowess, smashing 17 of them to equal a CSK report for essentially the most sixes in an IPL match.
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Barring Josh Hazlewood, who gave away 33 runs and picked up a wicket towards his former franchise, not one of the different RCB bowlers managed to maintain their financial system fee beneath 9.
RCB spinners Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga and Shahbaz Ahmed gave away 83 runs in 8 overs as Faf du Plessis struggled to seek out the correct mixture within the absence of Harshal Patel.
“You see the value he (Harshal) offers not just to this team but any team. He has got the ability to really stop the game. We missed that tonight. Even towards the end we lacked the variety. Big miss for us, hopefully, we will have him back soon again,” Faf du Plessis mentioned.
RCB had been decreased to 50/4 as their massive weapons du Plessis, Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell failed. However, Shahbaz Ahmed (41 off 27), debutant Suyash Prabhudessai (34 off 18) and in-form Dinesh Karthik (34 off 14) helped them publish 193 on the board in 20 overs.
Faf du Plessis lauded the courageous effort from their batters, saying it was a strong efficiency to not get blown away after conceding 216.
“Impressed by the way the guys coming in on a debut at 5 or 6 and playing like that just shows depth in our bowling. Even though we lost we were only 20 runs short on a total we should have been blown out of order and that is impressive,” he added.