Virat Kohli has yet again proved to the cricketing world that he can function very well under pressure as a captain with game-winning decisions during the final overs of the match today against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Although Virat Kohli was unable to hit hard for RCB today as he only managed to score 33 runs while trying to post a foundational score for the team during the powerplay. RCB faced heavy opposition by SRH bowlers, nonetheless, Glenn Maxwell’s timely fifty added a little hope to the team’s scorecard as they were able to post of the score of 149 runs for 20 overs.
Coming off of a sloppy batting inning, Virat Kohli was under pressure to contain the hard-hitting Hyderabad batting order, opener Wriddhiman Saha was unable to perform as he was dismissed early by Mohammed Siraj for only one run. But RCB failed to restrict David Warner from going as he mercilessly smashed RCB bowlers for 54 runs off of 37 balls with 7 boundaries and 1 sixer.
RCB was yet again under pressure as SRH was gaining momentum in batting while they steadily chased the 150 targets, Captian Virat Kohli made necessary changes in the bowling order and soon bought Shahbaz Ahmed to the bowling attack, the left-arm orthodox spinner came in as a shock for SRH when they were easily batting for the target, Shahbaz Ahmed took 3 important and essential wicket in his over and highly reduced SRH chances of easily sailing for the victory. Virat’s decision to bring up Shahbaz Ahmed and Mohammad Siraj at the right time worked perfectly in coordination with RCB’s motto to destroy Hyderbad’s batting momentum.
Virat Kohli’s timely decisions, coupled with his knowledge and experience as a captain worked well for him and his team to steal the victory from the Sunrisers court and take RCB to the top of the table.
