Royal Challengers Bengaluru suffered a six-wicket defeat against defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2024 opener at Chepauk, Chennai on March 22, 2024. Dinesh Karthik reviews the match. (Video Credit: IPL)
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00:03 Main reason being when Jadeja and Shivam Dubey came,
00:08 obviously, bowling a left-arm spinner is not a great matchup.
00:11 The chance of a few boundaries going will--
00:14 becomes higher.
00:15 So that was the thinking for Faf to just hold on to--
00:19 hold on, rather, to bring a fast bowler on who can obviously
00:23 bowl a few short balls and try and put them under pressure.
00:26 I thought he bowled brilliantly.
00:28 In all spells, he bowled in three spells.
00:30 In all three spells, he showed his skill.
00:32 He's bowling a lot quicker than what he normally does.
00:34 So that's great for him personally.
00:36 And he hit the right lengths.
00:37 His slow ball came out well.
00:39 So I thought he had a really good game.
00:41 I couldn't be happier for him.
00:43 Number one, he's been part of this team for two years.
00:46 And people just can see how much talent he has.
00:48 The ball flies off his bat.
00:50 He's got great bat speed.
00:51 He's a strong boy.
00:52 He really works hard in the nets.
00:54 And the last two years haven't exactly panned out as well.
00:57 Last year, towards the end, he showed glimpses
00:58 of how good he is.
00:59 But today, we saw the skill that he's got.
01:01 I just wish that he keeps continuing this form,
01:03 because he's a very key player for us, a left-hander
01:06 through the middle.
01:06 And he hits a long ball.
01:07 He's got a lot of power.
01:08 So it's great to see him do so well.
01:12 This is a very good pitch.
01:13 It's not the usual slow step-up, turn-up pitch
01:16 that we probably are visualizing in our mind.
01:19 The ball skid on a lot more.
01:21 It was good for batting.
01:22 And he bowled really well, as I said.
01:24 What makes it really tough is the fact
01:26 that he can bowl at 138, 139.
01:28 And then he has a slow one, which is very deceptive.
01:30 And he bowled it at 120, 125, which makes it really hard
01:33 to line him up.
01:34 So that's what is so special about him.
01:35 And he's a world-class bowler, again.
01:37 So it's important that he does well for CSK.
01:40 On the other hand, the batters try and do the best against him.
01:42 It's never easy.
01:44 But I guess all the batters will try hard.
01:46 It's a great question.
01:48 I genuinely wish it's not only because I
01:49 think the playoffs last couple of games could be here.
01:52 So if I come back for that, I guess that could be the last.
01:54 Otherwise, I think it could be.
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