Virat Kohli shouldered the responsibility of his team’s defeat as Kings XI Punjab hammered Royal Challengers Bangalore by a massive 97 runs in an IPL match.
K. L. Rahul slammed a brilliant unbeaten century but en route to his ton, Kohli dropped the Punjab skipper twice and that allowed his India teammate to reach the three-figure mark.
Chasing a massive 207-run target, Bangalore slipped right from the start with Kohli, Ab De Villiers and Aaron Finch not able to make an impact as it folded out for 109 in 17 overs.
“We know exactly where we went wrong and I have to put my hand up and say couple of important chances went down.
“There are days when these kind of things happen on the cricket field, they happen and we have to accept them. We have had a good game, we have had a bad game and now it is time to move on. Learn from the mistakes we make,” Kohli said.
“We did pretty well closing in on the second time out. Those are the moments, we pulled things back nicely so we understand how to do that as a team,” he added.
Kohli came in at no.4, allowing Josh Philippe to take his no.3 spot. The tactic did not work with Philippe being dismissed for a duck and Kohli walking back on one run.
“He (Philippe) has batted at the top of the order for Western Australia and done well in the BBL as well, early days in the tournament so we thought we will maximise his ability and see how we go from thereon. We thought we will give ourselves a bit of depth in the middle overs,” said Kohli.
