IPL 2021: Virat Kohli's team looks dangerous - Sunil Gavaskar
After a comfortable win over Punjab, Bengaluru's team will now be eyeing the top two places in the points table by defeating Hyderabad. In such a situation, the team of Bangalore will get equal points with Chennai with one match remaining. Bengaluru's last match will be with Delhi sitting on top and this match can also be the final before the final.
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Choosing Glenn Maxwell was the most beneficial for Bengaluru and he proved this decision right with tremendous innings. He brought out his best performance away from the eyes of everyone and remained the center of expectations. We have never seen Maxwell as happy and laughing on the field as he is now. And when he bats like this, even the fans of the opposition team have a smile on their faces.
Virat Kohli is giving the innings the start he needs. And now against Punjab, AB de Villiers is also seen hitting the ball well, then Bengaluru's batting looks very dangerous. The best thing Bengaluru has done this season is that they have made good use of Yuzvendra Singh Chahal's magic bowling in the middle overs. During this, the opposition bats look completely lost.
When one gets to see such excellent leg spin bowling from a player, it is natural to wonder how he can be kept out of the Indian team. However, spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin and Varun Chakraborty in the Indian team have also performed well on the slowing pitches in this tournament. What is a matter of concern for India is the mediocre performance by their fast bowlers for their respective franchises. And if Hardik Pandya does not bowl before the tournament, then the team may face a struggle to maintain the balance.
It was expected that Hyderabad would enjoy their game by going to the ground and make some changes, but the team is still finding it difficult to come out of their captivity and that is why the team is sinking even more at the bottom rung. Due to the absence of stormy bowlers, the hands of the team are tied. Of course Umran Malik is fast but he is still young and it will take him time to demolish the opposition batsmen.
The young players of Hyderabad have not done justice to their talent. It has shown that it's another thing to perform at the under-19 level against an inexperienced team, but when you play in such a big competitive tournament, the level of performance is different. Only few people get success at the international level. Bangalore captain Virat Kohli is a great example of this. But other players seem to be struggling to achieve success at this level. The meaning of this tournament is that here talent meets opportunity. But as far as Hyderabad is concerned this season, it seems that this team has opportunities but not that much talent.
