Aakash Chopra has duly noted that RCB’s hard-hit batter, Glenn Maxwell has led down his team once again against GT in the IPL 2024. The Gujarat Titans (GT) set a 148-run target for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on 4th May, Saturday, where Glenn Maxwell has managed to score only four runs off 3 deliveries. But still, the RCBs’ registered their four-wicket win over GT with four innings left, with the hope of getting qualified for the playoffs.
What has Glenn Maxwell done this year?- Aakash Chopra furious on RCB’s batter
A video of RCB’s chase for the target run was uploaded on Aakash Chopra’s YouTube channel, where he was stunned to see the batters of RCB losing their wickets in a familiar pattern. He agreed with Parthiv Patel’s point of view on Maxwell being a disappointment in this season.
“RCB scored more than 90 in the first six overs but after that wickets started falling and it seemed like an action replay was on. First Faf got out to a bouncer. Rajat Patidar came as an impact sub and hit it straight to the fielder. Then Glenn Maxwell came and he too hit the ball straight to the fielder,” Chopra noted.
“We were checking whether it was a replay. Parthiv Patel got excited as well and said that he (Maxwell) is the most overrated player in the IPL at the moment. To be very honest, what has he done this year? Maxwell has not come at all this year. This is not Maxwell but Miniwell. Then Cameron Green also got out and Joshua Little picked up four wickets,” the former Indian opener mentioned.
Chopra illustrated that Plessis and company were in a state of inconvenience as they were minimized to 117/6 at Virat Kohli’s fall. Chopra lauded Dinesh Karthik for smashing 21* off 12 and taking his team over the line accompanied by Swapnil Singh’s 15* off 9.
It seemed like they were taking their past lives’ revenge- Aakash Chopra on RCB’s opening pair of Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis were lauded by Aakash Chopra for their dazzling start to their target chase.
“The way Faf and Kohli started hitting, it seemed like they were taking their lives’ revenge. They said they won’t spare them no matter what they bowl. Faf was absolutely stellar till the time he was there. His half-century was probably the second-fastest in RCB’s history, ” he stated.
“The captain played boldly. He was Bengaluru’s royal captain. He batted extremely well. Virat Kohli was there with him. He was also batting well although he was playing second fiddle at that stage as Faf was hitting. However, when it was his turn, he too played big shots,” mentioned by the renowned commentator.
Plessis smashed 64 off 23 balls (10 fours and 3 sixes) and Kohli smashed 42 off 27 balls.
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