Royal Challengers Bangalore won their opening game against the mighty Mumbai Indians very easily. It was Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis who single handedly chased down a decent target of 172 runs by losing just 2 wickets.
After the match, Virat Kohli, former captain of the team, gave critics a hard-hitting reminder with an IPL stat comparing RCB with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. He reminded RCB critics that after MI and CSK, Royal Challengers have the third most number of appearances in IPL playoffs.
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“I wanted to mention this for a while – after MI who have 5 titles and CSK who have 4, if I’m not wrong, we are the third team to have qualified the most times to the playoffs – 8 times. Take one game at a time and try to be a balanced side which we are and we would look to execute our plans as we did tonight,” he said.
Kohli also spoke on RCB’s return to home, after four years, in presence of a packed crowd.
“I thought it was a phenomenal win, a homecoming after 4 years. Couldn’t have asked for a better game,” he said in the post-match presentation. “Phenomenal, it was a packed crowd, every seat was full when we walked in here. Very important we started off well, their support propelled us and that makes a massive difference.”
RCB will be playing their next game against KKR on April 6.
