IPL: We Bowled According to Plan vs Mumbai Indians, says Bangalore's Harshal Patel
AB de Villiers slammed a 59-ball 133 to help RCB reach a impressive 235/1 in 20 overs. In reply, home side Mumbai managed 196/7, losing by 39 runs.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: May 11, 2015 12:01 PM IST
Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Harshal Patel on Sunday said the team bowled according to their plan and it worked against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai. (IPL 2015 complete coverage | Stats | Points Table)
AB de Villiers slammed a 59-ball 133 to help RCB reach a impressive 235/1 in 20 overs. In reply, home side Mumbai managed 196/7, losing by 39 runs. (AB de Villiers - Virat Kohli put on record stand in IPL)
"We had certain plans while bowling. Looking at the way the wicket was behaving we bowled and it finally paid off," Patel said at the post-match press conference.
The bowler, who took two wickets, said the total could have been chased down with Mumbai having a few match winners in their squad. (Dwayne Bravo says his 'catch of the season' was a fluke)
"Honestly in T20 any score can be chased down. With some big hitters in Mumbai team, they could have chased the total down.
But we aimed to not do the mistake they did against our batting. We wanted to keep our intensity right throughout the innings. We did it against them and we won," Patel concluded.