The infusion of DK was important: Sanjay Bangar

The Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged their seventh win of the season and it would come on the back of a comprehensive all-round performance at the Wankhede against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The dressing room was filled with happiness, smiles, cheers, songs, and most importantly the hunger to carry on and on. From the captain to the management, they were in for a loud night with the individuals opening up about the convincing win against the Orange Army.

Head coach Sanjay Bangar spoke about the team’s performance with confidence oozing from his voice. “A terrific win! We did it on the back of the CSK win. This was pretty special in terms of what we liked about the CSK game was that everybody contributed. The confidence about today’s game was similar. The message was clear: go out and play well. The conditions were not easy for the batters but credit to all the batters who went there and did a job for us. From that perspective, I feel that we put up a good score on the board,” he gleamed.

He would also talk about Rajat Patidar’s excellent knock, saying, “For Rajat, we always had confidence in his abilities. In fact, he is the one who would take the pressure off in the first six overs. In the first two overs, we would really feel the pressure after losing Virat to the first ball of the match. But the way they handled that, at one point even 43 for the loss of 1 wicket seemed like a very very good achievement at that point in time.”

The RCB Head coach then talked about the transition in the gears. “They went from strength to strength and that laid the foundation for the other batters who come in and play the way they did,” he said.

He would also shed some light on the wicket. “The wicket slowed down and the ball also got softer. The more the batter stays there and when he bats for 35-40 balls, he also gets tired. The infusion of DK was important because he was fresh. He could take on the bowlers. At one point we were even considering whether can we ask Faf to come back because he was really cooked at that point. But I think, all the three partnerships that he managed to get in were critical enough to get us to 193,” he said.