‘This feels amazing’

Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB captain Virat Kohli on Sunday said itrsquos an amazing feeling to qualify for the IPL playoffs with a couple of games to spare and now their aim is to finish in the Top 2 in the standingsRCB beat Punjab Kings by six runs to make it to their second successive IPL playoffs ldquoFeels amazing After 2011 we havenrsquot done it with games to spare Eight wins out of 12 games is a great campaign We have two more opportunities to finish in the Top 2 Should give us motivation to play even more fearlesslyrdquo Kohli said after the matchldquoWhen you donrsquot have any wickets on the scoreboard you can take more risks Which myself and Devdutt Padikkal have tordquoThe India captain however said there are still areas of improvement for RCB ldquo1520 runs on this ground can be crucial We have to plug those areas As a side we have had an endeavour to improve whether in losses or wins We knew the wicket would get slower and slower KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal batted well but we knew we were just two wickets from coming back into the gamerdquoAlso Read 2 held in Thane for running IPL cricket betting racketSuper SirajTalking about the performance of his bowlers Kohli said ldquoThe resurgence of Mohammed Siraj ever since he has done well in Test cricket Harshalrsquos Patel inclusion has been outstanding ldquoYuzi Yuzvendra Chahal has chipped in as has Shahbaz Nadeem Garton has come in If the players donrsquot step up then the campaign goes off trackrdquoPlayer of the match Glenn Maxwell who scored 57 off 33 balls said he has been batting well in the last two years of IPL ldquoCame in at a nice time to bat Lucky to hit the first couple of risks out of the middle To have it set up by the openers today gave us some time to get an idea of the wicket Coming into RCB they wanted me to do the exact same role as with Australia This Sharjah is probably the most difficult to adjust to The spinners get it to skid on which means you have to be sharper at the start of your inningsrdquo Maxwell saidRCBrsquos Glenn Maxwell after his half century against PBKS yesterday PicPTIPunjab Kings captain Rahul said he would have been happier had his side qualified for the playoffs instead of him wearing the Orange Cap ldquoI wouldnrsquot say I havenrsquot enjoyed wearing it the Orange Cap but I would have been happier if we had qualified It was a score that was par Maybe 1015 runs extra When a guy like Maxwell comes in with that sort of form it makes it difficultrdquoBatting let us down KLRahul said batting has let the team down ldquoWith the bat the last couple of years have been disappointing Our batting has let us down Irsquoll be lying if I say it doesnrsquot play on my mind that I play a role that the team demands Itrsquos not something that I enjoy but when you lead the team you have to accept the responsibilityrdquo Rahul saidBrief scoresRCB 1647 in 20 overs G Maxwell 57 D Padikkal 40 M Henriques 312 M Shami 339 beat PBKS 1586 in 20 overs M Agarwal 57 KL Rahul 39 Y Chahal 329 by six runsAlso Read Dont think we could have scored more than 190 but dew became factor DhoniThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever