Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 1 run in the 22nd match of the IPL 2021. After the win, RCB captain Virat Kohli said, “t one stage I thought it was getting away, but Siraj's final over gave us confidence and we thought he would manage a professional and clincal job. If there weren't fielding lapses it wasn't going to go this far anyway. We lost wickets but AB went berserk and then in the last few overs while bowling Hetmyer got hold of a few, otherwise we were in control.”
“Maxi is still not bowling, he's the 7th option, so we have enough options to do the job for us. We always had batting depth, but now we have a lot of bowling options too. I choose to be optimistic, but captaining for too long does make you nervous. I invariably go with the gut feel of the bowler. AB doesn't like me saying this, but he hasn't played competitive cricket for 5 months, and given that, AB's innings was absolutely top-notch as he has done time and again for us.”
