My aim was to go for wickets: Yuzvendra Chahal

Royal Challengers Bangalore have begun their Dream11 Indian Premier League campaign with an emphatic win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday at Dubai International Stadium. RCB who batted first set-up a commendable total of 163 in their 20 overs. Given that SRH has one of the finest opening pairs in the IPL, chasing became more intense.

During the post-match conference on IPLT20.com, Yuzvendra Chahal spoke about the things that were going through his head as Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey started to consolidate a solid stand. "I felt very good, it was a very important over. I was thinking, this over could either go for runs or go in our favour.”

The 30-year-old bowled a fantastic spell that helped RCB script a win against SRH in their first game of the season. Yuzi took three important wickets of Manish Pandey Jonny Bairstow and Vijay Shankar.

"My aim was to go for wickets, there was a defensive field but the chat with Kohli was about bowling attacking...as only if we took wickets, the complexion of the match would change. With the ball turning (first ball), I kept the line on leg-stump because it is difficult to hit from there,” he said. 

Yuzvendra Chahal finished with impressive figures of 4 overs, 18 runs, 3 wickets with an economy of 4.50 and ended up as the man of the match.

“When Vijay Shankar came, the chat with AB and Virat was about bowling the googly... something that I was practising in the nets. It is difficult for a new batsman to read," he added.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be in action against Kings XI Punjab on Thursday at the same venue.