We'll have to be creative – Faf du Plessis with a promise of fighting back

Despite the defeat against MI, RCB’s captain found his form back as Faf du Plessis hammered a 40-ball-61 to keep the team afloat in the game. Talking at the post-match presentation, du Plessis highlighted what went wrong for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru while also heaping praises on Jasprit Bumrah, the star act for Mumbai Indians. He also vowed to turn things around in whatever way possible.

Talking on the conditions, Faf du Plessis said, “It's a tough pill to swallow - combination of two things, very wet (the conditions with dew), I need to somehow win some tosses, secondly, they played really well, put the pressure on us and we made a lot of mistakes (especially during the powerplay). We knew dew would be a factor, we might have needed to make 250+, but they made 196 look very less.”

Adding further, he said, “You know when there's dew coming, you'll have to bat big, the ball was very wet, it was changed a few times and the bowlers struggled. We also lost a few key moments, we were going well when myself and Patidar were out in the middle with that partnership, but they did come back well.”

Heaping praise on Jasprit Bumrah, Faf stated, “Every time you see him with the ball in his hand, you think you'll have to put him under pressure. But he has so many skills, bowls well under pressure, he bowls with the same action and has a lot of variations. I think he has become even better under the guidance of Lasith Malinga. We would have loved it if he was part of our team (smiles).”

He concluded with a note of promise, stating, “We will have to find ways with the bat, get those big scores, we know our bowling is not our strongest suit, but we'll have to find ways to manage it, we'll have to be creative, go hard with the bat and make most of the first 4-5 overs with the bat.”