I’ve Been Trying To Improve My Sequencing: Harshal On 3/35 vs CSK

Mumbai: RCB pacer Harshal Patel, who was named Man of the Match for his performance against CSK, has said he has been trying to improve his sequencing in the ongoing IPL season.

Superb bowling efforts from Harshal Patel (3/35) and Glenn Maxwell (2/22) guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 13-run win over Chennai Super Kings here at MCA stadium in Pune.

Harshal Patel returned to his best form and took 3 wickets for 35 runs to help Royal Challengers Bangalore get their first win in 4 matches.

“I think in the first over, slower balls. I tried to put it into the wicket, but it floated on the bat. I was trying to improve my sequencing. I’m glad I was able to come back both left-handed batsmen, I was asked to bowl wides from outside so that they could hit the larger part of the ground,” Harshal Patel said in the post-match presentation.

Talking about his bowling performance and yorkers, Patel said, “One thing has to know about the conditions and then what the batsman is trying to do. Then you should know what kind of ball you bowl as long as you have clarity when you’re over the mark, you should be fine. When people are waiting for the slower balls, my hard length balls and my yorkers are released. Till now this season I have not been able to bowl those but hopefully will do it in the business end of the tournament.”

RCB scored 173 runs on the board thanks to contributions from Mahipal Lamor, Rajat Patidar and Dinesh Karthik.

Fighting knocks from Devon Conway (56), Moeen Ali (34) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (28) kept the hopes alive for CSK but were not enough for CSK to dismiss Bangalore as a unit, as the bowlers overtook the batsmen in yellow.

Shahbaz Ahmed (1/27), Josh Hazlewood (1/19) and Wanindu Hasranga (1/31) also bowled for RCB.

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