We need to be ruthless in order to finish games off - Simon Katich

Former Australian cricketer and Royal Challengers Bangalore's head coach, Simon Katich, advised the players to be 'ruthless' in an attempt to prohibit opponents from staging a retaliation in the game.

"The thing that stands out was obviously how skipper Kohli decided to negotiate all his bowlers. Sundar bowled three overs in the powerplay for just seven runs and that was absolutely magnificent. Negi was fantastic as he held three catches. Isuru got his first wicket for RCB. The energy out there was magnificent to watch,” Simon was quoted as saying. 

Riding on half-centuries from Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal and AB de Villiers, RCB posted a formidable 201 for three. MI needed a herculean task to overhaul the mountainous total. Thanks to some tidy bowling from the RCB bowlers in the first ten overs, MI were left reeling at 78/4 and the target appeared to be out of sight. The Kishan-Pollard liaison then forged a vital partnership in a bid to resurrect the run-chase. If not for the dropped chances, RCB had the opportunity to wind up the game in a more convincing way. It opened the doors of opportunity for MI, as Pollard and Kishan made optimum use of it. Navdeep Saini's gallant display backed up with a pragmatic batting by AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli helped RCB ease past the Mumbai Indians in the Super Over.

Katich acknowledged that there were more positives than negatives to take away from the game. However, he cited the primacy of finishing off games, particularly in a tournament like the IPL, where the margin for error is very minimal.  "We did a lot of things right, there are more positives than negatives. In all three matches, we have given the opposition chances, if we are ruthless we will finish them off. If we tidy up, we will go a long way. This game owes us nothing so we will have to start again, " he said.