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IPL 2021: Kevin Pietersen slams Virat Kohli-led RCB for shedding the match from successful place towards CSK

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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has slammed Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore for shedding the match from a successful place towards Chennai Super Kings at Sharjah on Friday. Virat Kohli captain of Royal Challengers shares a lightweight second with Chennai Super Kings Dwayne Bravo (Image Courtesy: PTI)HIGHLIGHTSKevin Pietersen slams RCB for shedding the match from successful place towards CSKRoyal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wicketsRoyal Challengers Bangalore will face Mumbai Indians on SundayKevin Pietersen, former England batsman, stated that Royal Challengers Bangalore have a few large points which they have to sort out urgently with the intention to get their marketing campaign again on monitor in IPL 2021.

Chennai Super Kings defeated RCB by 6 wickets in Sharjah on Friday. This was after the 9-wicket hammering they took towards KKR of their first match of the second leg in Abu Dhabi.Pietersen stated, in contrast to within the final sport, RCB have been in an excellent place towards CSK. But they didn’t drive residence the benefit regardless of a 111-run opening stand between captain Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal after being requested to bat first by MS Dhoni.”You can gain momentum through winning and then you can gain momentum through losing as well. If you are going to get hammered like they were against KKR and now you are going to lose a game from being in a very good position then there is a problem. They were 111 for no loss but lost the game, that’s an issue,” Pietersen stated within the post-match present on Star Sports.RCB managed solely 45 runs within the remaining 6.4 overs after being ready from the place they might have pushed for a rating within the neighborhood of 200.Pietersen stated RCB and Kohli cannot depend upon Chahal alone to ship the ball each time.”There are bowling issues too. We keep saying it, who is the Chahal can’t continue to do it. I know he gets wickets for RCB but you cannot say to him that you’ve got to do it every match. Somebody else has to stand up. One of the seamers have to stand up,” he added.RCB will face Mumbai Indians on Sunday.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.