INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
"It was a (tough defeat) but that is how the game goes
We deserved to lose this game
We were not good enough on the day
We scored 60-odd runs in the first six overs and then we ended up like that
I don't think we showed enough application
The kind of shots we played, they were not on at that stage
I think we threw it away," Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony."I think we let the opposition get back in the game
That has been the story of the season so far
The fielding was up to the mark but I think 10-15 runs less would have been ideal for us
This was a tough wicket (to bat)
We should have done a better job with the ball but in the field we were up to the mark," he added.Williamson's half-century and Shakib Al
Hasan's solid 35 helped the hosts post a par score of 146 all out in 20 overs on a difficult batting track.Pacers Mohammed Siraj and Tim
Southee were the pick of the RCB bowlers, taking three wickets apiece while Umesh Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal chipped in with a wicket
each.Parthiv Patel, playing only his second match of this season, gave RCB a fast start despite Manan Vohra's struggles at the other
end.Captain Kohli picked up from where Parthiv left off and bludgeoned Shakib for a 15-run over to put RCB on the front foot in the chase.At
74 for two in 9.4 overs, things were going smoothly for Kohli's team but Yusuf Pathan pulled off a blinder to send the RCB skipper packing
The catch turned the match as RCB lost their next two wickets (AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali) for another 10 runs.Mandeep Singh and Colin de
Grandhomme steadied the ship for RCB but SRH managed to get a few overs in without giving too many runs away
With the run-rate climbing De Grandhomme decided to take matters into his own hands and smashed Rashid Khan for consecutive sixes in the
17th over.RCB needed 19 off the final two overs but standing in the way were Siddarth Kaul and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Kaul gave away just seven runs off the 19th over, leaving RCB needing 12 off the final over.With the ball in Bhuvneshwar's hand that was
just too much to ask from Mandeep and De Grandhomme and the Indian fast bowler proved emphatically why he is regarded as one of the best
death bowlers in the world currently.Bhuvneshwar gave away just six runs and bowled De Grandhomme on the final ball to help SRH open a
two-point gap to second-placed Chennai Super Kings.
