TheHitavada JABALPUR Saturday September 26 2020 SPORTS 7 POINTS TABLE I was not feeling in control TEAM M W L PTS NRR Firing KKR ready to meet SRH KXIP 2 1 1 2 +2.425 ABU DHABI, Sept 25 (PTI) of my batting, says Rahul MI 2 1 1 2 +0.993 Jab We Met RR 1 1 0 2 +0.800 SKIPPER Dinesh Karthik’s tacti- Matches KKR won 10 DUBAI, Sept 25 (PTI) He is captaining in the IPL for DC 1 1 0 2 +0.000 cal nous will once again be put the first time. CSK 2 1 1 2 -0.145 to test when Kolkata Knight SRH won 7 KINGS XI Punjab captain KL “I still try to maintain the same RCB 2 1 1 2 -2.175 Riders take on a depleted 17 Rahul, who made a scintillating routine. Once I am in the mid- SRH 1 0 1 0 -0.500 Sunrisers Hyderabad in their sec- century against Royal dle and during the toss is the KKR 1 0 1 0 -2.450 ond IPL fixture here on Saturday. Live on Star Sports: 7.30 pm Challengers Bangalore, said he only time I feel like a captain and (Updated before CSK-DC match) Much was expected from a was lacking in confidence otherwise I try to balance being revamped Kolkata Knight Riders heading into the team’s second a player and the captain,” he said. set-up but it seemed Karthik did IN 2019 IPL fixture. After Rahul starred with the Anil sir asked me to not learn from his past mistakes ■ KKR beat SRH by 6 wickets at Rahul starred with an unbeat- bat, KXIP bowlers put a disci- and made some inexplicable Kolkata en 132 off 69 balls as KXIP out- plined performance to bundle be calm and back decisions that led to their com- ■ SRH beat KKR by 9 wickets at played RCB by 97 runs here on out RCB for 109 in 17 overs. plete capitulation against Hyderabad Thursday. “It’s as complete a team per- my skills: Bishnoi Mumbai Indians. “I have actually been not so formance as it can get. We had DUBAI, Sept 25 (PTI) Once again, the batting posi- confident (hitting it this well). I few different plans going into tion of their biggest hitter Andre had a chat with Maxi (Glenn this game. KINGS XI Punjab’s young spin- Russell became the talking point NUMBER PLATE Maxwell) yesterday, he said how “We knew RCB have a power ner Ravi Bishnoi says head coach in their 49-run loss to Mumbai are you feeling, I said that I am packed batting line-up and we Anil Kumble has advised him to Indians. Dinesh Karthik has won 17, not feeling completely in control had to get 2-3 wickets up front always stay calm and back his The Jamaican, who was their lost 19 and tied one in 37 of my batting, he said you must and that also meant putting runs matches as captain in IPL. He skills as a bowler. highest run-getter last season 37 be joking, you are hitting really on the board, we know what these won two and lost three in five matches The 20-year-old Bishnoi with 510 runs from 249 deliver- as skipper for KKR against SRH. well,” Rahul said at the post- guys can do if they get set. The snared three wickets in an ies and the tournament’s high- match presentation. analyst, coaches and the man- emphatic 97-run win over Royal est strike rate of 204.81, was seen Andre Russell, who claimed 295 He had already spoken about agement will be happy.” Challengers Bangalore in the at No 6 but by then the task had wickets at an average of 25.97 in his fears leading up to the IPL, He was all praise for young leg- Indian Premier league (IPL) on become extremely difficult. 5 303 innings of 331 matches, considering he was coming back spinner Ravi Bishnoi. Thursday night. World Cup winning captain needs just five wickets to become the after a five-month long break due “Something that has “Anil sir has always asked me Eoin Morgan, who was roped in ninth bowler to take 300 wickets in to the COVID-19 pandemic. impressed me in him (Bishoni’s to back strength in my bowling to bolster the wobbly middle Andre Russell plays a shot during their practice session. (Twitter) Twenty-20. —S Pervez Qaiser “Quite honestly I was nervous heart of coming back even after and skill. He asked me not to try order, also could not do much as Marsh has compounded their but I knew if I spend time in the an expensive start). I watched too many things and try to be cool the asking rate had shot past 13 his IPL ‘bunny’ Rohit Sharma lacked strength and experience misery. middle, hit a few balls from the the U-19 World Cup. He has a lot and calm in the middle,” Bishnoi by the time he came to bat at No was well set. in their middle-order, failing mis- Skipper David Warner, after middle of bat, it will all settle of fight in him. said at the post-match press 5. In bowling too, there was a tac- It really defied logic to see such erably against Royal Challengers being run out in an unfortunate down. “I try to do (the same rou- “Every time I throw the ball he conference. tical blunder by holding back a defensive strategy by a team Bangalore. Needing just 43 runs manner at the non-striker’s end, tine as I did when I was a play- wants to do well, he was a little The India U-19 World Cup their ace spinner Sunil Narine till now coached by Kiwi great from last five overs, SRH lost their will be keen to get into the act, er) but as a captain you have nervous bowling at guys like player returned impressive fig- the last over of power play. Brendon Mccullum who is last seven wickets for 32 runs to while it remains to be seen shortened time and you are run- Finchy and AB, once he got ures of 3-32 in his four overs On a day, their biggest buy Pat known for his aggressive mind- lose the game by 10 runs. whether Kane Williamson has ning around and doing a lot of through that he did well,” against a side that boasts of the Cummins failed miserably, set. Known to put up a balanced If that was not enough, injury recovered from his injury to bol- things,” Rahul said. added Rahul. likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Narine was given a go only when side on the park, Hyderabad to their all-rounder Mitchell ster the batting department. Villiers. When asked, he sounded con- fident about bowling against the top players. Kohli takes blame for dropping Rahul twice “Since we had a long camp before the IPL, I was preparing RCB skipper says Rahul, who remained unbeaten we went wrong and I have to put myself mentally as skill level is on 132, KXIP would not have my hand up and say a couple of RCB fined Rs 12 the same for everyone here. So time to move on been able to go past the important chances being mentally strong and brave 200-run mark. went down. There are lakh for slow was my main focus.” after heavy loss “I have to stand in days when these kind “I told myself not to bowl lose front and take the brunt of things happen on the over-rate deliveries which would allow DUBAI, Sept 25 (PTI) of it, not the best day cricket field, they hap- them to attack me,” said the leg- in the office, couple of pen and we have to DUBAI, Sept 25 (PTI) spinner. ROYAL Challengers Bangalore important chances of accept them. “We prepared well in our camp captain Virat Kohli took the KL when he was set and “We have had a good ROYAL Challengers before the tournament here. We blame for his team’s 97-run that cost us 35-40 runs game (against Bangalore captain Virat Kohli were focusing on mental strength thrashing by Kings XI Punjab in at a later stage. Virat Kohli Sunrisers Hyderabad), has been fined Rs 12 lakh after and not bowling lose balls,” he the Indian Premier League here. “Maybe if we restrict- we have had a bad his team maintained a slow added. Without hesitation, Kohli took ed them to 180 we wouldn’t have game and now it is time to move over-rate during their Indian Skipper KL Rahul’s sublime the blame for dropping Kings XI been under pressure from ball on and learn from the mistakes Premier League match hundred was the highlight of an Punjab skipper KL Rahul twice, one of the chase,” said Kohli at we made,” said Kohli. against Kings XI Punjab here. all-round performance as Kings which contributed significantly the post-match presentation. The Australian wicketkeeper- RCB were thrashed by 97 XI Punjab crushed Royal to their defeat on Thursday. KXIP posted 206 for three and batsman had batted in the mid- runs in the match on Challengers Bangalore by a Kohli felt had he not dropped RCB were bundled out for 109 in dle-order in RCB’s first game Thursday night. Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul with his Orange cap (R) and whopping 97-run margin.