Herschel Patel, who has dismantled the Mumbai Indians’ batting line-up in the first match of the 14th season of the Indian Premier League, said he was aware of his role since joining the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad. He said he knew he had to play the main fast bowler role in RCB’s death overs. Herschel’s bowling against Mumbai took five wickets for just 27 runs. His brilliant bowling in the first match of the IPL 2021, and AB de Villiers’ 48-stormy innings in the last over, beat Bangalore, Mumbai by 2 wickets.
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Herschel became the first bowler to take five wickets for RCB against Mumbai. Batsmen Ishaan Kishan, Hardik and Krunal Pandya showed the way to the pavilion. Talking about his performance after the match, he said, “When the RCB picked me up from the Delhi Capitals, I was told what my role was from the franchise. I had clear instructions to do the last two overs (18 and 20 over). With this I became clear about my role. This helped me to strategize against batsmen. The ball began to take a reverse swing at a time. It was important to have yorkers and slow balls. ‘
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Captain Virat Kohli also praised Harshal Patel after the victory. He said, ‘We have traded Harshal from Delhi. He handled his responsibilities well and was very clear about his plan. His performance was a big difference in today’s game. After losing the toss, Mumbai Indians batted first and scored 159 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Thanks to Chris Lynn for his 49th run. In response, RCB’s side set a target of 160 runs with Glenn Maxwell (39) and AB de Villiers scoring 48 off 27 balls in the last over. Captain Virat Kohli also scored 33 off 29 balls and added 52 runs for the third wicket with Maxwell. As for RCB, Washington went down to open with Sunder Kohli in this match, but he was able to score only 10 runs in 16 balls.
