Royal Challengers Bangalore leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal termed his team’s narrow one-run win over Kings XI Punjab as crucial, saying it has kept them in the hunt in this edition of the IPL.
Royal Challengers Bangalore leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal termed his team’s narrow one-run win over Kings XI Punjab as crucial, saying it has kept them in the hunt in this edition of the IPL.
“Obviously, in the table, we were on the seventh position (moved to 6th after the win). This win was very crucial for us, we got two points, we are still in the fray (to make the playoffs),” said Chahal at the post match press conference after his team snatched a nerve-wracking win here last night.
Chasing a target of 176, KXIP were cruising along with skipper Murali Vijay smashing 89 off 57 balls but Chris Jordan managed to hold his nerves, defending 17 runs in the final over.
Asked what was the thinking behind bringing Jordan to bowl the final over, Chahal revealed, “Chris Jordan is a death bowler, even when he bowls for England. (After discussion), he was told to bowl a slower one, a little bit shorter, because leg side boundary is very big and very difficult to hit. On this wicket, batsman always wants pace and Virat (Kohli) bhai told Chris to bowl slower ones on the leg but a little bit shorter.”
The 25-year-old said the score of 175 was a good total on the Mohali wicket. “On this wicket, 170-175 is a very good total. Even before the match, we planned 160-165 on this wicket.”
