'They stopped us 20 runs short,' says Kohli post defeat against table-toppers Mumbai

Taking on second-placed team in IPL 2020 as tournament nears business end, defending champions Mumbai defeated Bangalore by 5 wickets on Wednesday at Abu Dhabi. By virtue of win, Mumbai have w placed one foot into qualifiers as race heats up. On or hand, Bangalore seems to have got swayed away from winning ways as y have w lost two games on trot when it actually matters most. 

Commenting upon Bangalore's derailed first innings, skipper Virat Kohli opined that Mumbai stopped m 20 runs short of a good total. Highlighting that last five overs were a 'strange phase' for Bangalore, Kohli said, "It was a strange phase of batting ( last five overs of RCB innings). Everything went to fielders and se kind of things happen. y bowled in good areas in last 5 overs and stopped us 20 runs short. We were in game until 17th over and that was a decent effort by our bowlers. It's basically up to gut of captain and conditions, we thought Dale and Morris for initial swing, and Washy in powerplay. We needed a few wickets re, but ir batsmen did a good job. This is always going to happen - some teams peak early and some do better later."

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Jasprit Bumrah led bowling attack scalping 3 wickets on his way to bagging his 100th IPL wicket. batting attack was led by Suryakumar Yav, who smashed Bangalore bowlers all around park and was consequently awarded Man of Match award. He top-scored with 79 runs leing his side to victory as he also tched up his highest score in IPL. 

Stand-in captain Kieron Pollard emphasised that team cant always depend on Bumrah. He also heaped praises on Suryakumar Yav's match-winning performance hoping for him to keep consistency. 

"We can't just depend on Bumrah. But we would want or guys to step up as it is a team game. We lost a few wickets but Surya took us home. Imagine, someone, coming in at that number and batting at that strike rate despite a wicket going down. most he can do is continue performing for us. As an individual, if you continue to be consistent, rewards will come. I have always done what team wants me to do. If team performs well, I am happy," Pollard said.

Speaking of his kck, Man of match Suryakumar Yav said that he was looking to finish game and revealed that his shots off Chahal over cover and back foot punch of Steyn were his favourites. " I have worked on my game during lockdown. I used to love playing on on-side before. Pleased to have finished game. team manment and Rohit told me before start of tournament told me that you have played eugh to take game deep. I am gl I have been able to do it," Yav told Harsha Bhogle during post-match presentation. 

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