“It’s a mixed bag,” says Virat Kohli after losing vs Delhi Capitals but qualifying for IPL 2020 playoffs

Dixit Bhargav | 02/11/2020
"It's a mixed bag," says Virat Kohli after losing vs Delhi Capitals but qualifying for IPL 2020 playoffs

Virat Kohli after losing vs Delhi Capitals: The captain of Royal Challengers expressed mixed emotions after losing their last league match.

Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli expressed mixed emotions after losing their last league match against Delhi Capitals but still qualifying for the playoffs on the back of their impressive performance in the first half of the league stage.

“It’s a mixed bag [of emotions]. You come to games to try and get a result your way. Through probably the 11th over, the 17.3-over mark was informed by the team management. Even if the game was drifting away, we controlled the middle overs well enough,” Kohli told Star Sports during the post-match presentation ceremony.

Virat Kohli after losing vs Delhi Capitals

Royal Challengers, who constantly remained in the Top Three on the points table despite losing their last four matches, will play either one of Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator match on November 6.

Further speaking, Kohli considered that his team played “good enough” cricket this season to deserve a qualification. Having both won and lost seven matches each in IPL 2020, Royal Challengers are currently at the third position but might move to the fourth position depending on the result of tomorrow’s match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians.

“I think we’ve played good enough cricket in this tournament to qualify. We have two games to the final now. We can be more brave in the back end, probably be better in the powerplay [with the ball] which has been our strength. You take what you can with these games,” Kohli added.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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