Glenn Maxwell traps Faf du Plessis twice and beats Virat Kohli’s outside edge in the nets before the duo tear apart the Australian all-rounder ahead of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow on Monday.
In the video posted by the RCB, Maxwell can be heard praising the leg-spin duo of Wanindu Hasaranga and Karn Sharma, who were bowling in tandem to Kohli and Du Plessis.
Maxwell decided to roll his arms over and troubled the RCB openers. However, a few balls later, he was taken to the cleaners by Virat and Faf.
“I did the right thing, but he is still hitting six,” said Maxwell after Kohli danced down the track and hit him over deep mid-wicket.
RCB have struggled to maintain momentum provided by Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, who have done all the scoring in the eight games so far.
With most teams bunched up closely in the standings, the margin for errors has reduced in the second half of the competition.
Kohli, du Plessis and Maxwell can’t be expected to do the job in every game and it is high time the likes of Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed and Dinesh Karthik step up.
The fielding and catching, too need to improve, something which was pointed by Kohli himself after the loss to KKR.
Virat will continue to lead the side unless du Plessis, who has been used as an ‘Impact Player’, regains full fitness.
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