Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori expressed happiness over his team’s eight-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings on Sunday night. RCB are on the top of the table thanks to a great team performance. Vettori addressed the post-match press conference.
Excerpts:
On the break benefitting him and Zaheer Khan
The break helped us as we came in a bit fresher. Our experience and skill have been an asset to the team and we both bowled well [tonight]. That was an important contribution to the win.
How did he prepare for the game against CSK?
Chennai is an impressive side. They have played well for quite a long time in this competition. We were soundly beaten by them when we played in Chennai. This is an important win because it ensured a top finish and makes things easy for us in the Playoffs. We are not just happy that we are placed at the top of the table but also with the way we played today.
On having only four specialist bowlers
That is the risk we take. Chris [Gayle] has been pretty good with the ball and we have Virat [Kohli] up our sleeve as well. We have still got Syed Mohammad on the sidelines. We have to look at the track in Mumbai in the last few games and decide whether to go with that extra bowler or an extra batter. Today we went with an extra batsman and it worked. It may not be the right combination for the next game.
On using inexperienced bowlers at the death
I support the theory that we can use our best bowlers as soon as we can so that we can change the game. Anyone can go for runs at the end. Zaheer [Khan] and myself can take wickets early on, that is going to assist the younger players at the death. That is what we have been trying to do. [MS] Dhoni played well but they still made only 128 [runs].
On Zaheer Khan being the bowling spearhead
He doesn’t have an official role. I like Zak talking to the bowlers particularly because all of them respect him. They probably understand him better than me. Particularly in the death overs, I like Zaheer talking to them. I trust him.
On trying four opening pairs in four matches
We are searching for that right combination since [Tillakaratne] Dilshan left. Today we wanted to give AB [de Villiers] a bat because Chris and Virat have batted so well. It didn’t work today but I know how good a player AB is. So he could be an option in the next game as well. [Luke] Pomersbach is another option and we have couple of others up our sleeve. So we will see how the wicket is and who we play.
On Chris Gayle’s phenomenal run
I have never seen him play this well. It has been amazing the way he played since he turned up for us. It is not slogging. He’s hitting good cricket shots and using his strengths.
On Gayle playing R Ashwin cautiously
He was determined to get back the Orange Cap today. He knew how many runs we needed and he really wanted to do that. Ashwin has been their outstanding bowler in the campaign and Chris acknowledges that. If we were chasing 180/190 [ runs], we would see a different method.
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