Srikar Bharat says “Glenn Maxwell said you can finish it off” in IPL 2021. Srikar hit a match-winning 78 off 52 deliveries. Also, in a difficult chase as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Capitals. It’s by three wickets in their final league stage match of the Indian Premier League 2021. Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli early but Bharat, with the help of first AB de Villiers, and then Glenn Maxwell. They helped chase the target down on the last ball of the match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore needed six to win off the final delivery. Also, Bharat was on strike, but Avesh Khan was fired. It is down the leg side for a wide. Bharat needed to hit a six to win it off the extra ball. While a boundary would have taken the game to a Super Over.
Avesh bowled a full toss in the middle. Bharat managed to hit it straight back over the bowler. Also, managed to clear the fence and seal a great win. Ahead of their Eliminator against Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Srikar Bharat had the in-form Maxwell at the non-striker’s end. But he said that the destructive Australian trusted him to finish the job. Also gave him a lot of confidence.
“In the last over, me and Maxi, we were talking to each other with regard to what are the areas we can access, and he was like ‘okay, just watch the ball and get bat on the ball.’ And that is exactly what we were doing. The last three balls, I asked him whether to run, and he said no, you go ahead, you can finish it off. That gave me a lot of confidence. And then I was just focused on one ball that was coming next. So I kept it simple, and as a team, we did very well, and we pulled it off,” Bharat said.
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