<p>Kohli said it was good that the defeat has come before the play-offs as it will give them a chance to regroup.<br /><br />"It's a good reality check, we needed something like this to re-group, see our faults and correct them going forward. You can not go and win every time. Good that it has happened before the semifinals," Kohli said after the match.<br /><br />Chasing a mammoth 233 against Kings XI Punjab yesterday, the Bangalore outfit lost the match by 111 runs.<br /><br />Defending his bowlers, the stand-in Bangalore skipper said the way Adam Gilchrist (106) and Shaun Marsh (79 not out) batted, the bowlers had no chance.<br /><br />"We didn't bowl well but all the shots they hit were clean shots, so we couldn't do much about that. I thought we could restrict them to 160 after the first six overs but after that the next five overs I don't think we bowled very well. They also batted brilliantly, hats off to them," he said.<br /><br />Gilchrist and Marsh raised the highest partnership in T20 cricket -- 206 runs for the second wicket.<br /><br />Gilchrist, who smashed his second IPL century, said he himself was surprised with his whirlwind knock.<br /><br />"A pretty important win for us, it will boost our run-rate and we may need that to come into the equation. It's a bit of a surprise to be honest (the knock) but you need to keep trusting yourself. Twenty20 cricket is a funny game," he said after being adjudged man-of-the-match.<br /><br />Gilchrist said it was a conscious decision to go after the bowlers once he and Marsh settled on the pitch.<br /><br />"It was a nicer batting track today, we felt it's a small ground and we might be able to make up for any slow overs early on. Marsh has also turned into a dominator. Once we got to the 10-11 over mark, the track had settled down and it was an intentional decision to keep going hard," he said.</p>
<p>Kohli said it was good that the defeat has come before the play-offs as it will give them a chance to regroup.<br /><br />"It's a good reality check, we needed something like this to re-group, see our faults and correct them going forward. You can not go and win every time. Good that it has happened before the semifinals," Kohli said after the match.<br /><br />Chasing a mammoth 233 against Kings XI Punjab yesterday, the Bangalore outfit lost the match by 111 runs.<br /><br />Defending his bowlers, the stand-in Bangalore skipper said the way Adam Gilchrist (106) and Shaun Marsh (79 not out) batted, the bowlers had no chance.<br /><br />"We didn't bowl well but all the shots they hit were clean shots, so we couldn't do much about that. I thought we could restrict them to 160 after the first six overs but after that the next five overs I don't think we bowled very well. They also batted brilliantly, hats off to them," he said.<br /><br />Gilchrist and Marsh raised the highest partnership in T20 cricket -- 206 runs for the second wicket.<br /><br />Gilchrist, who smashed his second IPL century, said he himself was surprised with his whirlwind knock.<br /><br />"A pretty important win for us, it will boost our run-rate and we may need that to come into the equation. It's a bit of a surprise to be honest (the knock) but you need to keep trusting yourself. Twenty20 cricket is a funny game," he said after being adjudged man-of-the-match.<br /><br />Gilchrist said it was a conscious decision to go after the bowlers once he and Marsh settled on the pitch.<br /><br />"It was a nicer batting track today, we felt it's a small ground and we might be able to make up for any slow overs early on. Marsh has also turned into a dominator. Once we got to the 10-11 over mark, the track had settled down and it was an intentional decision to keep going hard," he said.</p>