<p>Visibly satisfied with his best Twenty20 bowling effort, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s KP Appanna credited their batsmen for providing to a big total to defend against Rajasthan Royals here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Definitely, the wicket played its part,” admitted the left-arm spinner, the joint man of the match along with AB de Villiers for his 4/19 haul. <br /><br />“It was turning a bit and played a bit slow. But I think credit should also go to our batsmen. They did a very good job. AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan gave us a good total that was crucial,” he remarked while adding that Owais Shah’s stumped dismissal was his favourite amongst the others.<br /><br />After going for 23 runs in his two overs against Pune Warriors, it was a good comeback from the Karnataka bowler. <br /><br />“Well in T20s you tend to go for a few runs every now and then, and that understanding has to be there as a bowler. Confidence-wise I had no problem but yes, it’s always nice to stage a comeback,” said Appanna.<br /><br />Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Rahul Dravid was disappointed that the team couldn’t keep up the initial good work. <br /><br />“I think in the last seven overs we didn’t execute our plans well. That’s been an issue for us this season. I thought we had the match in control till about 13 overs but credit to their (RCB) batsmen. <br /><br />“They (De Villiers and Dilshan) are two experienced batsmen and they showed what they are capable of. Our fielding was a bit poor. I thought we could’ve done a lot better,” he observed.<br /><br />Dravid admitted that he was surprised not to see Chris Gayle open the innings. <br />“Obviously, we were surprised not to see him open. He is one of their biggest names and you would have planned things around him. But I thought the guys didn’t lose focus and came up with a good job in the first half of the innings.”</p>
<p>Visibly satisfied with his best Twenty20 bowling effort, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s KP Appanna credited their batsmen for providing to a big total to defend against Rajasthan Royals here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Definitely, the wicket played its part,” admitted the left-arm spinner, the joint man of the match along with AB de Villiers for his 4/19 haul. <br /><br />“It was turning a bit and played a bit slow. But I think credit should also go to our batsmen. They did a very good job. AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan gave us a good total that was crucial,” he remarked while adding that Owais Shah’s stumped dismissal was his favourite amongst the others.<br /><br />After going for 23 runs in his two overs against Pune Warriors, it was a good comeback from the Karnataka bowler. <br /><br />“Well in T20s you tend to go for a few runs every now and then, and that understanding has to be there as a bowler. Confidence-wise I had no problem but yes, it’s always nice to stage a comeback,” said Appanna.<br /><br />Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Rahul Dravid was disappointed that the team couldn’t keep up the initial good work. <br /><br />“I think in the last seven overs we didn’t execute our plans well. That’s been an issue for us this season. I thought we had the match in control till about 13 overs but credit to their (RCB) batsmen. <br /><br />“They (De Villiers and Dilshan) are two experienced batsmen and they showed what they are capable of. Our fielding was a bit poor. I thought we could’ve done a lot better,” he observed.<br /><br />Dravid admitted that he was surprised not to see Chris Gayle open the innings. <br />“Obviously, we were surprised not to see him open. He is one of their biggest names and you would have planned things around him. But I thought the guys didn’t lose focus and came up with a good job in the first half of the innings.”</p>
