Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Director of Cricket Operations, Mike Hesson, said that the franchise is ticking along nicely and will continue to strive for improvement after they recorded their 5th win in the ongoing IPL 2022 on Tuesday (April 19) at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
In the 31st match of the ongoing IPL 2022, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) thrashed the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 18 runs to jump to the second spot in the points table with 10 points on Tuesday.
Mike Hesson said in a post-match press conference: “We are ticking along pretty nicely as a team. Anuj and Faf have had three fifty-run partnerships that have been important for us. We have also had to bat in challenging conditions at times when we lost the toss and struggled to get underway. Faf came really good today and took the pressure off us when we lost early wickets. We are ticking along nicely but we will continue to try striving for improvement.”
The New Zealander further mentioned that the RCB was pretty fortunate to get rid of the LSG captain KL Rahul (30) early in the match. Harshal Patel (2/47) dismissed Rahul in the eighth over of the LSG’s innings to turn things in favor of the RCB.
Hesson further noted, “I would like to say that it was a pre-planned move, but it was not. We have had difficulties getting rid of KL Rahul. We were very happy to get that dismissal. Before that, we had made enough pressure from the scoring point of view.”
Hailing Mohammed Siraj, he said: “It is the beauty of our side that we have three very good death bowlers in Siraj, Hazelwood, and Siraj. Often they cover the final five overs. Today we felt that Siraj was doing a nice job. He got us a wicket, which is important.”
Hesson signed off by saying, “He was able to bowl nicely to the new batter. Ideally, we do not want two bowlers bowling the final over at the back-end, but today they did it. They did an excellent job.”
(With ANI Inputs)
