IPL 2022: Virat is doing everything under his control but is going through rough patch: RCB head coach Bangar

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On
Saturday,
Sunrisers
Hyderabad
beat
RCB
by
nine
wickets
in
their
IPL
match
after
dismantling
the
star-studded
batting
line-up
for
a
mere
68
runs.
Kohli,
who
hasn’t
scored
a
hundred
in
any
format
for
more
than
three
years
now,
has
got
out
to
first
ball
ducks
in
successive
games
with
a
familiar
pattern
of
dismissals
outside
the
off-stump.

“He
(Kohli)
is
somebody
who
has
consistently
performed
for
RCB.
Players
go
through
these
kind
of
rough
patches.
He
started
the
season
really
well,
nearly
hit
the
winning
runs
in
Pune
but
then
you
have
an
odd
run-out
or
the
first
edge
that
finds
his
bat
lands
in
fielder’s
hands,”
Bangar,
a
long
time
India
batting
coach,
said.

Bangar
side-stepped
the
issue
of
Kohli
needing
a
long
break
because
former
national
team
head
coach
Ravi
Shastri
feels
that
he
is
“over-cooked”.
“He
is
certainly
doing
everything
that
is
in
his
control.
He
is
doing
his
fitness
and
skills
and
taking
good
breaks
and
not
letting
the
pressure
get
to
him.
He
has
been
taking
breaks
at
regular
intervals
and
will
continue
to
do
so
going
forward.”

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Bangar
was
stout
in
his
defence
for
Kohli,
saying
that
he
understands
that
people
have
their
opinions
since
he
has
been
such
an
important
player
for
India
for
such
a
long
time.

“Even
if
you
look
at
South
Africa
series,
the
80-odd
that
he
scored
in
one
of
the
Test
matches
was
a
fine
innings,”
Bangar
said.

Shouldn’t
have
lost
four
wickets
in
four
overs,
says
Du
Plessis

RCB
skipper
Faf
du
Plessis
feels
that
losing
four
wickets
for
20
runs
in
the
first
four
overs
became
his
team’s
undoing.
“The
first
four
overs,
we
shouldn’t
have
lost
so
many
wickets,
it
was
a
bit
spicy
upfront.
We
still
got
to
find
a
way
to
set
a
foundation
(in
the
upcoming
games),
even
if
it’s
sacrificing
a
few
runs
in
the
powerplay,”
Du
Plessis
said
after
the
match.

“We
just
needed
to
get
through
that
phase
where
the
ball
was
swinging
and
seaming,
once
you
get
through
it,
it
becomes
easier.
This
wicket
looked
the
best,
the
expectations
were
pretty
high,
it
was
a
very
good
wicket.
There
are
no
excuses
though,”
Du
Plessis
said.

Du
Plessis
was
all
praise
for
South
African
pacer
Marco
Jansen
as
he
got
three
wickets
in
one
over.
“Jansen
bowled
well
in
his
first
over
swinging
the
ball
both
ways
and
got
the
big
wickets.
You
want
to
make
sure
you
don’t
get
a
lot
emotional.

“It
was
a
bad
day
at
the
office,
but
you
need
to
keep
your
chin
up
and
need
to
get
the
learning
from
it.
As
a
team,
we
need
to
move
forward,
it’s
a
long
tournament,”
he
said.