Something Kohli stated caught to my thoughts, says RCB’s Kanika Ahuja

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When Heather Knight slog-swept Deepti Sharma into the palms of Kiran Navgire on the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday night time, a Royal Challengers Bangalore fan may properly have stated, “Not again”.

RCB had slumped to 60 for 4. Already again within the dugout had been Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry.

Though the goal set by UP Warriorz was a modest 137, RCB had proven, in its earlier 5 matches within the Women’s Premier League, that it was able to snatching a defeat from each state of affairs.

So a sixth loss on the trot didn’t look unlikely in any respect. RCB thus would have turn into the primary facet to exit of competition for a spot within the playoffs.

But, Kanika Ahuja, who watched Knight getting out, was decided to take her workforce to that badly-needed win. She did — with the perfect knock but by an uncapped participant on the WPL.

Her 30-ball 46 and her 60-run stand with Richa Ghosh ended the horrendous run for the star-studded RCB. “I just wanted to win the match for RCB,” the 20-year-old stated shortly after taking part in the innings that she’s going to always remember. “The target wasn’t big, so I could wait for the loose balls.”

The left-hander truly confirmed wonderful temperament and belied her lack of expertise, as she took her workforce nearer to the goal. She was impressed by what Virat Kohli instructed the RCB ladies’s workforce earlier within the day. “Something he said stuck to my mind,” she stated. “While on the ground, we should not see it as pressure, but it is a pleasure [to play]. Not a lot of people get to do that,” Kohli had stated.

She wished to dedicate her knock to her mom. “Though my family didn’t even know of the existence of women’s cricket, my mother supported me, though it may initially have been only to stop me from flying kites on the terrace all day,” she stated. “I am playing for my mother, who is not physically well now.”