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'Virat Was Struggling To Hit' - Faf du Plessis Points Out Where RCB Lost Vs KKR

Du Plessis alongside Virat Kohli (AP Photo)Du Plessis alongside Virat Kohli (AP Photo)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) lost their second game of the season on Friday against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium after KKR batters went berserk against the RCB bowlers in IPL 2024. 

Winning the game by a margin of seven wickets, Shreyas Iyer-led side earned two crucial points to their name and moved second on the points tally.

RCB star batter Virat Kohli took responsibility for scoring runs on a tough wicket in the first innings, with his 83* coming off just 59 balls with four maximums,pushing RCB to a total of 182 after 20 overs. However, KKR batters did a brilliant job in the second innings to finish the game inside the 17th over.

Speaking after the game, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis reflected on the loss and pointed out that the wicket was two-paced, making it difficult for them to score runs, including batter Virat Kohli, who struggled in the middle phase of his knock.

"Strange one, first innings we thought that the wicket was very two-paced, you could see that when the guys bowled the cutters, back of a length, the guys really struggled. We thought it was a decent score knowing that it gets a little bit easier in the evening, there was a little bit of dew that came in. Looking at the way we batted in the first innings, even if you have someone in there, Virat was struggling to hit the ball just because there was lack of pace and the two-paceness," the RCB captain said.

Further, he went on to laud the KKR openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt, who utilised the pace up front and took the game away from them in the first six overs, as recovery from that stage was extremely tough.

"With Narine there, you can't really go to spin, you want to use pace upfront. That's also a really good match-up for Salt and the way he plays. They were excellent, really broke the game in the first six overs."

After this loss, Faf du Plessis and RCB will go on to play against Lucknow Super Giants at the same venue on 2nd of April in hope of registering their second victory of the season.