Mumbai: Fast bowler Reece Topley said ahead of the match against Mumbai Indians here that Royal Challengers Bangalore's overseas batsmen have got plenty of time to recover from their poor start and revive their faltering campaign in the Indian Premier League.
RCB is under immense pressure to make a comeback after losing four out of their five matches so far. Now they face a tough task, as their overseas batsmen have flopped en masse and the bowling has also not been good.
Virat Kohli has performed heavily so far, scoring 316 runs at an average of 105.33, but others have fared poorly in their bid to support the former RCB skipper.
Current captain Faf du Plessis has scored just 109 runs at an average of 21.80, while the struggles of star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (32 runs) and Cameron Green (68 runs) have increased RCB's troubles this season.All three have featured in each of the five matches so far.
When Topley was asked whether the failure of overseas batsmen had an impact, he replied, "You can take away the fact that it is (only) overseas batsmen and you can probably say that the run-scoring is on Virat. The department is overloaded." Deep impact on RCB's fortunes this season.
“I don't think anyone needs to be an expert to look at everyone's performances and say they haven't been good and those are all aspects of the game, and obviously we've had five games now. " ,
Topley said it is "still relatively young" in the tournament and the RCB team has enough energy to turn its fortunes around.“The exciting thing is that this tournament is still relatively young. There's still a lot to play for and what's exciting is that there's a lot of time to turn it around and still show how good we are.
"At the start of the season (the aim) is to qualify for the finals. There is still a chance to do that, we are working hard to achieve that," he said.
RCB have lost seven of their 10 matches against Mumbai Indians so far at the Wankhede Stadium."It's always dangerous when things aren't going so well for a side so there's even more emphasis on going out and putting the onus on the opposition. We need to put them under pressure and we'll do everything we can." we can." That,” he added.
Meanwhile, many stalwarts from both the Mumbai and Bengaluru camps opted for rest on the day before the match. While MI captain Hardik Pandya did not train alone with Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma was present during the training session and also batted.Similarly, Kohli, who trained with du Plessis Maxwell and a few others in the afternoon on Tuesday, opted to rest on the eve of the match.
RCB is under immense pressure to make a comeback after losing four out of their five matches so far. Now they face a tough task, as their overseas batsmen have flopped en masse and the bowling has also not been good.
Virat Kohli has performed heavily so far, scoring 316 runs at an average of 105.33, but others have fared poorly in their bid to support the former RCB skipper.
Current captain Faf du Plessis has scored just 109 runs at an average of 21.80, while the struggles of star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (32 runs) and Cameron Green (68 runs) have increased RCB's troubles this season.All three have featured in each of the five matches so far.
When Topley was asked whether the failure of overseas batsmen had an impact, he replied, "You can take away the fact that it is (only) overseas batsmen and you can probably say that the run-scoring is on Virat. The department is overloaded." Deep impact on RCB's fortunes this season.
“I don't think anyone needs to be an expert to look at everyone's performances and say they haven't been good and those are all aspects of the game, and obviously we've had five games now. " ,
Topley said it is "still relatively young" in the tournament and the RCB team has enough energy to turn its fortunes around.“The exciting thing is that this tournament is still relatively young. There's still a lot to play for and what's exciting is that there's a lot of time to turn it around and still show how good we are.
"At the start of the season (the aim) is to qualify for the finals. There is still a chance to do that, we are working hard to achieve that," he said.
RCB have lost seven of their 10 matches against Mumbai Indians so far at the Wankhede Stadium."It's always dangerous when things aren't going so well for a side so there's even more emphasis on going out and putting the onus on the opposition. We need to put them under pressure and we'll do everything we can." we can." That,” he added.
Meanwhile, many stalwarts from both the Mumbai and Bengaluru camps opted for rest on the day before the match. While MI captain Hardik Pandya did not train alone with Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma was present during the training session and also batted.Similarly, Kohli, who trained with du Plessis Maxwell and a few others in the afternoon on Tuesday, opted to rest on the eve of the match.
