"He Is Not Overawed Bowling To Anybody": Ravi Shastri Praises Royal Challengers Bangalore Death Bowler In IPL 2022
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Indian Premier League 2022: Ravi Shastri praised Harshal Patel for developing himself into a great death bowler after Royal Challengers Bangalore's first win in IPL 2022 vs Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore produced a great bowling performance on Wednesday to skittle out a strong Kolkata Knight Riders batting unit for just 128, which set up their first victory in IPL 2022. Akash Deep and Wanindu Hasaranga did the damage up front but KKR has a long batting line-up and they had hopes of staging a recovery with the hard-hitting Andre Russell in the middle. It was at this stage that Faf du Plessis used his trump card. Harshal Patel, last season's purple cap winner and RCB's death bowling specialist, was brought on an he started creating problems for Russell immediately.
He bowled two maiden overs and eventually sent the dangerous overseas duo of Sam Billings and Russell back to end KKR's hopes of a late revival. He ended with figures of 2/11 as KKR are were bowled out for a below par total.
Harshal's performance in the IPL last season meant he was retained for a huge amount by RCB and has also landed him a place in the Indian T20 team. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri praised Harshal for developing himself into a great death bowler.
"I have had chats with him in the Indian team, he knows his bowling. He is confident and he is not overawed bowling to anybody. It looked as if he was spared for Andre Russell, which is a big thing. A lot of people can get overawed and intimidated.
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