Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Director of cricket Mo Bobat praised their all-round bowling performance against Delhi Capitals (DC), which helped them restrict DC to 162. RCB managed to win the match by six wickets and climb to the top of the points table.
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00:00Well, I think it's interesting you raised the dew because we were talking about it and I was actually talking to a couple of the Delhi lads.
00:07It looked like the dew came in the middle of the game and then disappeared.
00:10I think one of our lads said, I think we've got reverse dew. It came and went.
00:14So, look, I don't know how much that affected the innings.
00:18Look, what I would say is I thought we bowled really well.
00:20I'll focus mainly on what we've done, not on the opposition, but I thought we bowled really well.
00:24Probably one of our better bowling performances.
00:26I thought Yash Dayar bowled brilliantly up front and created chances.
00:30With Bovey and Hazelwood, you kind of know what you get from them, but they bowled brilliantly too.
00:34And then I think our spinners did a great job through the middle.
00:36They were always threatening the stumps and making it difficult for the batters.
00:41And I think that created a bit of pressure.
00:44At the end of that innings, we were pretty happy with that score, but you don't know until you get a chance to bat on it.
00:49It certainly looked like the pitch was a little bit slow and it definitely held for the spinners and it turned a little bit.
00:53So we went in a little bit cautious about that, but expecting it to be something that we could control as a chase.
01:01We did lose a few pretty soft wickets to begin with.
01:04I'm sure our batters will be reflecting on that.
01:06And that made the chase a little bit more difficult than it needed to be.
01:09But when you've got Virat at the crease, you've always known you've got a chance of getting home in a chase.
01:14He showed great composure and great skill.
01:17Crunel did a great job going in just to break a bit of that momentum for us and build a partnership with Virat, which he did brilliantly.
01:23And then it was good to see him go through the gears as well and get us closer to the score.
01:27And obviously we had a lot of firepower left in the pavilion.
01:30So, you know, Tim David going in and a few other people to come still.
01:33So, you know, once we got past the sort of the midway point, we were confident that we were back in the game.
01:39Yeah, one of the things we wanted to do at the auction was make sure that we had batting depth.
02:03So it goes back all the way to our recruitment.
02:05We wanted to make sure that we had contributions all the way down to 7-8 in our batting order.
02:11And I think we've done that through most of the season so far.
02:14Today was Crunel's opportunity and he took it really well.
02:16I think we've got that really hard, yeah.
02:21You spoke with the auction about the money to balance out the experience of Indian players in particular.
02:28Maybe having a new one-player side game, do you think he's a little bit of miseries in such a step?
02:32What are you trying to do in terms of the auction policy?
02:34Having a new one-player role players and then you have to be happy to start with the game so they don't.
02:38Absolutely right, Matt.
02:40I think a win like today where we stuttered a little bit with the bat but eventually got there was a good example of the personality and character of our team and the togetherness.
02:51I think we're in a good place right now.
02:52We've been playing pretty good cricket all season.
02:54But we've got to a point now where the character shines through and you want that in the business end of the competition.
02:59And you're right, Crunel's a good example of that.
03:01You know, a huge experience.
03:03He bowled brilliantly.
03:04You know, I spoke to him at the halftime interval and he was passionately talking about how some of our fielding positions could have been better.
03:09He's got so much to offer tactically.
03:11And then he went out and did the business with the bat as well.
03:13So, look, in the recruitment we wanted to add players of that ilk, of that experience, guys who can stand up under pressure.
03:20And it was great to see Crunel do that today, particularly with Virat guiding us through.
03:24Thanks.
03:54Well, look, whenever you're going into any season or post-auction, there's always a lot of opinions about people's squads.
04:11I try not to pay too much attention to those opinions.
04:14We got what we wanted at the auction.
04:17I think if you look at the performances of Crunel and Suyash, I wouldn't describe them as punching above their weight whatsoever.
04:22I think they're doing what they're capable of.
04:24And actually, I hope they're going to get better.
04:27Suyash is still young.
04:28He's 21 years old.
04:28He's going to get a good run of games this season.
04:32He's going to keep improving.
04:33I think today was one of his better bowling performances.
04:35So, he's getting better game after game.
04:37So, I definitely don't think he's punching above his weight.
04:39I think he's got a lot more to go.
04:42Crunel's got a reputation for a reason.
04:44He's been a fantastic spin bowler in the IPL for a long time.
04:48He's typically been someone that's been quite miserly.
04:50He hasn't given many runs away with his economy rate.
04:53But actually, it's been good seeing him bowl even more bravely this year and taking more wickets.
04:58So, look, we've tried to evolve what they do.
05:00We're trying to coach them and improve them and get them to be even better than they have been in the past.
05:05And I think they've got even more to add, hopefully, in the back half of this competition.