Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis praised his teammates for extricating themselves from trouble once again and noted the good work by his bowlers in the 18-run win against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022 on Tuesday, adding that he is happy with his own performance which helped the team to recover from a tricky situation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
RCB were 42\/3 in the sixth over after losing Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell cheaply before skipper du Plessis struck a superb 96 to help them post 181\/6. In reply, Josh Hazlewood claimed 4\/25 and helped RCB restrict Lucknow Super Giants to 163\/8 in 20 overs and seal victory at the D.Y Patil Stadium here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Amazingly tonight we were in trouble, as we were in the last three or four games, but we have a knack of someone getting through it, stabilizing the innings, having composure and then towards the end we're a very dangerous team," said du Plessis after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Today, I'm grateful that I could do it. I was hungry for some runs. I wanted to make a big impact because the last few games had been quiet for me," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The veteran felt that batting on this wicket was a bit difficult considering the big boundary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Because of the nature of the ground, it's quite big so you run a lot of twos. Towards the end it can get a little bit tiring but it's a good way to keep your fitness up," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The South African said the maiden hundred in IPL that has been eluding him so far is around the corner. "My elusive IPL hundred... I feel it is around the corner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I went through my own processes and blueprint for scoring runs so I had a clear mental image going into this match and was glad that it paid off. [I was tiring] but I was still in a mode where I felt I could still hit the ball."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He said it was difficult to score boundaries on this ground. "If you bowled slow into the wicket to the big boundary, the ball stopped quite a bit so you never felt like you had enough power to clear the boundary. I think it was evident from everyone that big boundary if you bowled well it was difficult to score boundaries," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The RCB skipper gave credit to his bowlers for pulling off a good win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n