Glenn Maxwell relishes being a part of thrilling video games however the Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder didn’t disguise his disappointment following their slender defeat in Monday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller in opposition to Chennai Super Kings.
It rained 33 sixes, equalling the league report, and a complete of 444 runs have been scored in a conflict between two of the most well-liked IPL sides which was determined within the closing over.
Eight sixes got here off Maxwell’s bat because the Australian smashed 76 off 36 balls however it was not sufficient to keep away from an eight-run loss for his aspect.
Chennai amassed 226-6 with Devon Conway (83) and Shivam Dube (52) scoring hitting 11 sixes between them.
Bangalore misplaced two early wickets however Maxwell and skipper Faf du Plessis (62) plundered 126 runs in 10 overs to show the match on its head.
Once they fell in successive overs, Chennai clawed again into the competition and restricted Bangalore to 218-8.
“It was a pretty exciting game of cricket regardless of how you look at it,” Maxwell informed reporters.
“There’s always going to be a winner or loser. Unfortunately we just fell a little bit short.”
“It’s a little bit disappointing. We did so well to get so close and we were in the position where we probably should have won the game.”
Bangalore will search their third win in six video games after they tackle Punjab Kings on Thursday.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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