Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finally finished the victory of victory at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at its home ground M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB won by 11 runs in an exciting match against Rajasthan Royals (RR). In this match, the veteran batsman of the team Virat Kohli batted responsibly in the first innings and scored a half -century and took the team to a strong score.
After the match, Kohli told that after three consecutive domestic defeats, what changes did the team make, which made it possible to win the Chinnaswamy. He admitted that earlier the team’s batting in domestic matches was not as expected and needed to work seriously.
What did Virat say after victory?
After the victory, Virat said, “We had played three average matches in the house and we talked about things that we have to improve. In this match we adopted the same plan and batting well and scored a big score on the board.”
On the high-scoring ground like Chinnaswamy, RCB was scoring less earlier, but Kohli said that the pitch was not as easy as it looked. He said, “The pitch was not as flat as it seems to be looking at the score. In the second innings, dew made batting easy. Rajasthan also batting well.”
Kohli also said in a funny manner that the biggest challenge here is to win the toss because the second innings always has the effect of dew.
The effect of the changing plan showed
RCB adopted a new batting plan this time, where a set batsman handles the entire innings and the rest of the players score fast around them. Kohli said, “Now the template is quite simple. A player has to handle the innings and the rest of the players will bat aggressively around him. Devdutt and I know this ground well, so we let Phil Soult play openly.”
Under this plan, Phil Soldt scored fast runs, while Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal carried forward the scoreboard by rotating the strike. Later, both of them also intensified the run speed by putting big shots. Kohli also told that pace and bounce are more with the new ball, so it was necessary to pay more attention to shot selection in the initial overs.
Virat Kohli’s innings
Virat Kohli scored 70 off 42 balls which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. His strike rate was 166.67. He was caught by Nitish Rana on the ball of Jofra Archer.
This victory was very special for RCB because after three consecutive defeats on the home ground, the team finally won by showing improvement in their game. Also, with this victory, the team has now come in third place in the points table.
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