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    "excerpt": "Bengaluru, May 5 -\u00a0Even though Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished at the seventh spot in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), skipper Virat Kohli believes it was not a bad ",
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    "editor1": "<p>Bengaluru, May 5 -&nbsp;Even though Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished at the seventh spot in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), skipper Virat Kohli believes it was not a bad season for the team due to their performance in the second half of the tournament.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nRCB lost their first six matches and were by then almost down and out of the contention to make it to the playoffs. However, they came out with a much improved performance in the second half of the tournament, winning five of their last eight games.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;If we focus on the second half, it is exactly what we wanted in the first half. After losing your first six matches, it is very difficult to come back in a tournament like IPL,&quot; said Kohli after Saturday&#39;s game where RCB defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their final group stage game at the Chinnaswamy.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;We haven&#39;t finished in the position that we wanted to. But because the second half has been so good, it doesn&#39;t feel like a bad season. We won last five off our seven matches and with one no-result, something that we can be proud of,&quot; he added.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe RCB skipper also said that his team has a lot to learn from this season. &quot;The first couple of things matters a lot in setting the intensity.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;We are happy with the way guys have turned things around and the kind of cricket that we have played in the second half. A lot of credit goes to the team management for getting us back in the right frame of mind,&quot; he said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHe also assured fans that RCB will come out with a much improved performance in the next IPL season.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I can certainly feel your (fans) pain. I am emotionally attached to this team like all of you. And next year we will definitely improve our performance,&quot; he insisted.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nOn Saturday, RCB rode on blistering half-centuries by Shimron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh Mann as they registered a four-wicket win over SRH and kept the Orange Army&#39;s dream of advancing to the playoffs uncertain.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nChasing a 176-run target, it was the crucial 144-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Hetmyer (75 off 47) and Gurkeerat (65 off 48) as Bangalore ended their campaign on a winning note.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Every time you turn up, you like an element of control. At the halfway stage it felt like we set a competitive total. Credit to Bangalore for the way they stuck out and kept coming hard at us,&quot; said SRH captain Kane Williamson.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHe added it would have been nice had they got 10-15 runs more in their first innings.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;It would&#39;ve been nice to get 10-15 runs in the first innings, but credit to Bangalore for keeping up the pressure,&quot; he added.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHyderabad can qualify for the playoffs if Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their final encounter to be played on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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