Thursday 4 April 2013

Kohli bowlers I insisted RCB buy a lot of

 Kohli bowlers
At the IPL auction in February, Royal Challengers Bangalore picked up three of the five Indian seam bowlers on offer in RP Singh, Jaydev Unadkat and Pankaj Singh, apart from West Indies pacer Ravi Rampaul. Strengthening the pace attack, new captain Virat Kohli has said, was something he "insisted on".
"In Bangalore, if the wicket's nice and fresh, the ball does seam around. Last year we were not to our 100% because of injuries to bowlers - we had to persist with a set of bowlers that did not probably work for us. So, this year, I insisted that we pick a lot of bowling options," Kohli said on the eve of Royal Challengers' game against Mumbai Indians.
"With Indian bowlers, if you don't have the regular guys doing well, then you always have six or seven fresh options who can come into the side and are confident.
Royal Challengers had a disappointing IPL 5, failing to make it to the playoffs. Over the last couple of years, Kohli had lead the team when regular captain Daniel Vettori had fitness issues. He admitted he had made a few mistakes, but said he hoped to learn from all that: "I've always enjoyed captaincy, last year and the year before that too. There were a few off moments, like in 2011 we played Kings XI Punjab in Dharamsala and I got the bowling combination wrong, and we ended up giving 220 runs on a green wicket. I was not too good with the field placements either but, yes, all that was a good learning curve.

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