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00:00I'm not surprised for a reason because there have been games after games where Virat Kohli has lost narrow games.

00:14Hi guys and welcome once again to Straight Back with Mr Cricket, UAE and Golf News.

00:18We've had an absolute cracker tonight with RCB and DC.

00:22But first of all, as always, we'll go over to say hi to Anis Sajan.

00:27Hi Matt. Hi beautiful people of the Golf News community.

00:31What a cracker of a game. But before I talk about the game, as every day we speak about,

00:35you need to predict the winner of every match and you walk away with this beautiful jacket and three months of subscription of Golf News.

00:44Now, we'll just get right in there.

00:47We had Virat Kohli partying like he just won the trophy at the end there with a one-run win over Delhi Capitals for RCB.

00:57He really knew how much this one meant after they lost their last match.

01:01I'm not surprised for a reason because there have been games after games where Virat Kohli has lost narrow games,

01:08where his bowlers in the end, rather in the death overs, have leaked in 4 overs 50, 4 overs 60.

01:14And he's always been on the losing side.

01:16So in this tournament, he has got a big smile where he's pulled up two matches defending,

01:21where the margins would have gone either this way or that way.

01:26So definitely a relieved man. And unfortunate for Delhi, it's a game of small margins.

01:32And today, probably RCB was on the right side.

01:36Okay. And again, I would say, as you said, there was that second last ball that could have gone either way,

01:43as you mentioned just before we came on air, that it could be an umpire's call,

01:47that could have been a no ball and it would have changed the result.

01:49That's the finest of margins, isn't it?

01:52I bet, for example, had it been given a no ball, you would have seen Virat Kohli fuming.

01:57And I wouldn't blame, that's the emotions which come out.

02:00To be very honest, Pankaj held his emotions.

02:03But Hetmayar was very clear that it was a no ball.

02:06But that's the way the game goes. Sometimes the umpire's call goes in your favour.

02:10Sometimes it goes in the other's favour.

02:12And today, it was RCB's turn.

02:14Otherwise, that two balls, you would have got an extra ball.

02:17And you never know what would have happened.

02:18But credit to Siraj, he bowled three good balls in the last over.

02:22And that probably made the difference.

02:24And of course, small mistakes here and there proved costly for Delhi.

02:30Of course, you could talk about the whole two innings,

02:33about one error that cost one run.

02:35But it all comes down to those fine margins right at the end of the game.

02:41Sahil, looking back, RCB really needed to win this one.

02:47And they did, just about.

02:49But I don't think either side will come away with this with too much damage.

02:55Absolutely not. It was an equal contest.

02:59I mean, yes, Shimron Hetmeyer saved them to come at least in there.

03:03But it was still even.

03:05Delhi bowled well.

03:06But it was again, AB de Villiers.

03:08You know how crazy that guy is.

03:10He scored a crazy 75 runs.

03:13And AB de Villiers saved them to get to 117.

03:16It was like Shimron Hetmeyer played a quick innings.

03:18Otherwise, if he had not played, I don't think Delhi would have been in contention.

03:22But he did.

03:23Rishabh Pant, had a tough day with the bat.

03:25He went very slow.

03:28Credit to RCB for holding their nerve.

03:30After Jameson going for 21 runs, after three overs, he was 11 runs.

03:33He went 21 runs.

03:34No one expects that, you know.

03:35This is the beauty of T20 cricket.

03:39And obviously, Rajwel and Maxwell also, after a slight wobble between Coley and Badegal at the start.

03:46Maxwell, they set a little bit of a base as well.

03:50So that AB could then go on and, you know, cut this.

03:54And get them to that total that was then just one run out of touch.

04:01Is that the confidence that is now there in the RCB team that maybe,

04:06that they are now instilling that wasn't there before?

04:10It's true.

04:11You know what?

04:12Till last year, they had only AB and...

04:14Yeah, hi Shyam.

04:15Till last year, they had only AB and Virat running the show.

04:21They had this time Glenn Maxwell.

04:23So what is happening is, after Virat and Glenn Maxwell give the platform with the help of Badegal,

04:28there is the fireworks from AB De Villiers.

04:30So that is giving them that extra cushion.

04:32But mind you, one fact I want to share before, since we are talking about this game.

04:36This is the first time two players have been unbitten on a half-century and they have been on the losing side.

04:44And secondly, Rishabh Pant's two half-centuries have not had a six.

04:48So there is that margin of pin.

04:51It could have gone either way.

04:52Rishabh Pant generally is a clean striker of the ball.

04:55But today I felt he was slogging the ball more than time.

04:58And there is where it was a difference.

05:00Whereas Hetman was hitting it clean.

05:03Okay.

05:04So like I say, even though Pant still hit a 58, two half-centuries there, Shyam.

05:09But obviously, thanks for joining us, sir.

05:11But obviously, we'd covered the Kohli celebrations and the fine margins.

05:17Pant and Hetman, as I said, generally will come away with this, like I say, without too many problems, I don't think.

05:26I think they know how to pick themselves up from here, Shyam.

05:36Sorry.

05:37I'm just saying that I think that maybe DC won't come away with too many problems from this game.

05:41They know it was a one-run defeat and they know how to pick themselves up.

05:45It's not going to dent their confidence too much.

05:49It may be a one-run defeat.

05:51But you see some problems there.

05:55Simply, I don't know whether you guys have covered this already.

05:58Because the last over from Delhi, that is the small ball by Stein, perhaps cost this match.

06:06If you look at that, he gave it 23 runs in that over.

06:10Whereas the margin of defeat is just one run.

06:13So the match would have been won and lost right there.

06:18We did talk earlier about how we could analyse here, there and everywhere.

06:22We talked about was the second last ball a no ball?

06:27But you could look at a missed run here and there.

06:29But yes, you're bang on.

06:30That was a very expensive over.

06:34I mean, all the commentators were saying, because they were quite surprised.

06:39Because up till this point, Stein had bowled a single over.

06:42And you had other bowlers who had their quotas left.

06:46And why would you bring a bowler, even if he's the best bowler.

06:51If he's coming in to bowl, I mean, you can't be expected to take on the final over when all the pressure is on you.

07:00So you could have brought in Rabada, who had his lowest left.

07:03He is a very good left bowler.

07:05And he's a proven one too.

07:07So it's a steep learning curve for somebody like Rishabh Pant.

07:12Probably he didn't calculate it that well.

07:14Or maybe he placed too much confidence on Stoinis.

07:21Because Stoinis has done this kind of situation in the past.

07:24He's bowled exceptionally well at the death.

07:26But today to come and bowl just one over the entire match to the final over.

07:31I think that was too much of an ask.

07:34So just explain to me one thing as an innocent Scotsman in the world of cricket.

07:40Is that an on-field decision by the captain then who takes the final over?

07:44It doesn't come from upstairs?

07:46No, on the field, all the on-field decisions are the captain.

07:51Because they might discuss a broad strategy.

07:53But the final point, the execution of the field is entirely left to the captain.

07:59You can have all your strategies in your place.

08:01You can plan everything.

08:02But the by-the-minute planning is entirely up to the captain.

08:05Which is why cricket captaincy is so different from any other game.

08:10Because the captain has to be thinking on the field all the time.

08:14Okay.

08:15As you mean, like in football, you've got a manager on the touchline

08:18that will make all the key decisions for you?

08:21No, not at all. This is his own decision.

08:24Because the whole scenario changes by the minute.

08:28So he has to be making changes by the minute.

08:32So you're changing on the field all the time.

08:34That's interesting.

08:35Absolutely.

08:37Occasionally, you might see some managers send messages across.

08:43Because one of the matches when Punjab Kings played,

08:47I saw Kumble sending some messages through the field.

08:52I was standing on the line.

08:54So those kind of things happen.

08:56But by and large, it is entirely up to the captain.

09:00Okay.

09:01And Anas, just touching on that same sort of thing,

09:05if you look at the captaincy and the trust that teams obviously

09:10with experience comes to success.

09:13But guys like MS Dhoni, they know how to manage these critical decisions.

09:18We saw Virat do that today.

09:21Does it look like RCB now have that confidence back again

09:25and they're going to, shall we dare say it,

09:29really threaten for the title this time?

09:32Well, as much as I'd love to say that they're there for the title,

09:35but with RCB and Virat Kohli, you cannot be sure of anything.

09:40This is a tournament which has eluded RCB and Virat Kohli

09:44for 13 long years.

09:46We hope he breaks his jinx, not only for RCB,

09:48but for the sake of India.

09:50Because mind you, the T20 World Cup is following

09:52and it will give him a lot of confidence.

09:55Okay.

09:56And Sahil, again, looking at that innings, that chase,

10:01obviously they came up one short.

10:04We talked about everything there,

10:06but we'd not really talked about Steve Smith.

10:09Again, only four runs on the board.

10:12Is he out of place at number three there?

10:15I mean, to be honest,

10:17if this was a chase made for Steve Smith to anchor,

10:20yeah, he did get out early.

10:21But yes, for your question, he has to be there.

10:25He's a fantastic batsman.

10:27You know how we say, we see Kane Williamson

10:29play for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

10:31You remember the last game,

10:32the man took it till the end against Delhi Capitals.

10:35So that's how Steve Smith is to them.

10:37And he has to play.

10:39They need a guy who anchors.

10:41Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shah, yes, they're openers,

10:44but they can get out sometimes.

10:46And I can agree that Steve Smith did not work out today,

10:48but I think he's got to play.

10:50He's got to start the other games for sure.

10:53Okay, yeah, no, I'm not asking that.

10:55I'm just talking about,

10:56as we talked about shuffling the order,

10:57he stays where he is.

10:59Yeah, he's got to come at number three.

11:01It's the right call to bring him at number three.

11:03Absolutely.

11:05Cool.

11:06There's no debate there then.

11:08Okay.

11:09And you mentioned about Sunrisers there

11:11and Sham and also Anas there.

11:13We've got an interesting one.

11:15Sunrisers find themselves at the bottom of the table right now

11:18and they're up against a Chennai team.

11:21They've had a little bit of a rollercoaster,

11:23but it seemed to have their tails up.

11:25How do we see this going tomorrow?

11:29Either or.

11:31Okay, I'll go first.

11:34Hyderabad doesn't look the team they were last year in the sense

11:38that they had a second win when they came back into the reckoning

11:42and into the knockout stages last year.

11:45But this year they somehow don't seem to get things right,

11:50even with Williamson back.

11:54Okay, they took Delhi to the Super Over.

11:58But that's about it.

12:00If you look at their other losses, they've been pretty bad.

12:03They lost very, very badly.

12:06So I don't have much hopes on them unless they really turn around big time.

12:11Because you take away the top three players,

12:14let's say Bairstow, Warner, and Williamson,

12:17there's little left in the batting line-up there.

12:20It is almost like a sinkhole really,

12:23which is why it doesn't give me much confidence to pick Hyderabad

12:28for any of the games.

12:31For tomorrow, I would say CSK are overwhelming favorites.

12:37And Anas, do you concur with that?

12:40Oh, yes.

12:41I feel it right that CSK definitely go as favorites,

12:44and Hyderabad unfortunately seems to be not playing the way they played last year.

12:50But we never know if strange things happen.

12:52We need to see if Hyderabad openers can finish the games.

12:55It's the middle order which is letting them down.

12:58Cool.

13:00No, I think we've covered all the things there.

13:03I mean, other than, you know, like we mentioned Smith.

13:07Good enough, Matt.

13:09Dhawan was the only other one with his six today,

13:12but I think as Sahil said that he thinks he's going to come good,

13:15so that's okay.

13:17Well, good luck to Kohli and Koh.

13:19I hope they can have a little bit of relief tonight

13:23and they can celebrate that thrashing of one run.

13:27And we'll see you all tomorrow for Sunrisers against Chennai.

13:31Thanks very much for watching, guys.

13:32And thank you to Anas, Sahil, and Sham.

13:36Thank you. Good night.

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