XtraTime Web Desk: After facing a humiliating defeat against SunRisers Hyderabad by 118 runs Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli literally had no words to explain more as he termed this loss as one of their worst losses ever.
“One of our worst losses ever. Literally nothing I can explain. Nothing went right for us from ball 1 until our last wicket fell in the second innings. We were outplayed in all departments by a quality side. They showed that they are a champion side – they were finalists last time and beat us in the final (in 2016),” said Kohli while talking at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Kohli also gave credit to both David Warner and Jonny Bairstow for their remarkable knock.”Credit to them (Warner and Bairstow) – we could have tried a few different things, like pace off the ball. But once those guys got in, they just kept going – you need a few things to go your way, and a few catches fell in between fielders. They were world-class today and they deserve to be on the winning side.
On being asked why he didn’t come to open Kohli said,”We thought about that initially as well – I have done well opening the batting but myself at 3 brings that balance in the side, given that I can bat with AB and put the opposition under pressure. We just need our players to put up a better challenge up front. There are still 11 games to go. The pitch will be nice in Jaipur against the Royals. We need to bring our A-game, like we did against Mumbai and play with that kind of intensity,” concluded Kohli.