Missed alternative: Punjab Kings couldn’t maintain on to its probabilities in opposition to RCB and crashed out of the playoff race.
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A butterfingered Punjab Kings paid the worth for dropping 5 catches because it crashed out of the Indian Premier League after a defeat in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
The Kings gave two lifelines to Virat Kohli early on within the innings and the famous person made probably the most of these reprieves to attain an aesthetic 92 and ensured RCB stayed alive within the playoff race.
While Punjab Kings assistant coach Brad Haddin admitted that these dropped catches price his staff the sport, RCB’s Cameron Green was of the opinion that an opponent staff can not afford to provide Kohli so many probabilities.
“He will make you hurt, especially early in the innings — when he is trying to be aggressive. After a couple of drops, he played like he didn’t have anything to lose. He played like vintage Virat that we all know,” Green stated on Thursday.
Talking about Kings’ powerful day on the sphere, the place the facet not solely dropped Kohli, but additionally supplied a lifeline to Rajat Patidar, who went on to attain yet one more fifty. “100 per cent we lost the match because of dropped catches. If we look through the game, we dropped two guys on a duck, and both of them scored big runs. That was where the game was lost,” Haddin stated.
This was the tenth consecutive season that Punjab failed to succeed in the playoffs, whereas for RCB, there’s nonetheless hope.
Source: www.thehindu.com
