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Speaking exclusively to Star Sports 'Cricket Live' former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara spoke on Kohli’s dismissal against Bumrah. "Quite happy with Virat Kohli coming in after him with the new ball, he said the wicket was sticky. Virat would have done better looking for the ball, getting his boundary, but he went ultra-aggressive and got out.”
Speaking exclusively to Star Sports Cricket Live, former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh spoke on Mohd. Siraj's form this season. "He should be given rest for a couple of reasons. He should think about what has been happening in the team. He is the same Siraj that we have seen taking wickets with the new ball whether it's in test cricket, one day cricket or even this format in T20. He has been a champion bowler for team India, and even for RCB he has done well. But I feel he's not doing what he is required to do, he requires rest, not only mentally but physically as well because he has been playing lot of cricket. He’s played 4 tests against England, before that whatever series India was playing he has already been a part of the team. And he bowls a lot of overs. So for me he looks a bit tired physically and mentally. And with this kind of hammering, it's difficult for any bowler to wake up the next day and feel alright. I also went through these situations where I got hammered by different batters, you have to give yourself a bit of time to relax, think about your game and work hard in the nets, work on your game and come back stronger like we have seen Siraj and I'm sure he'll come back stronger."
Speaking exclusively to Star Sports Cricket Live former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara spoke on Maxwell's form this season. "Whenever teams think about RCB, they always think about Faf and Virat Kohli, but they also spend some time thinking about Maxwell. We know how dangerous he is but I don't think he is giving himself enough time, even today. And I feel he was baffled with the pace, there were a lot of balls in that over which were short and at his head. Got to the next over, leg spinner is bowling, not read the googly, LBW. I believe that shows that first of all you're not doing your homework on understanding what your game is, what you have to do to get after off the stuff that you're doing and trying to counterattack that stuff get out of that. So it might take some balls, getting the singles and getting into a rhythm with your innings and I believe that yes this game calls for a hit every ball kind of scenario but not everybody can take that ball and cut it over cover or point but that same ball, I think a guy like Maxwell needs a few balls under his belt, get the pace and bounce of the track and then get into his innings. And I feel that he needs to know that bowlers are coming after him, bowling the short balls and the spinners will come after him, you see the left arm spinner coming in because they know he is going to try to be ultra-aggressive and not have this kind of innings. He needs to give the bowler respect for his innings, build it and get going."
Speaking exclusively to Star Sports on Cricket Live, former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara spoke on the RCB performances this season. "They've got to understand that with the bowling attack that they've got, they have to try and hit 20 or 30% more runs because it's just not enough. So they need to break their innings together and say we need to get so much in the powerplay, middle overs and the death, but nobody is getting into batting form, nobody is getting into bowling form as well, and it's a team that is just not in the top 6 or 7 in this tournament. They have to improve so much, to really be a factor, to sort of challenge the teams. Just like KKR have got a good bowling attack. So it's good to see the batters getting runs but they need an injection of good bowlers and positive thinking in that squad."
Speaking exclusively to Star Sports on Cricket Live, former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara spoke on the RCB bowling performances this season. "They've not been able to get it right at all, they are not bad bowlers. You look at Topley, you look at Siraj, they are international bowlers and I believe that something is wrong, they are not getting their game plan properly, they are not bowling in areas that the batters are weak in. I think they are just running in and bowling sort of into the pitch or up to the bat, not thinking of the weakness of the players. When bowling to Ishan Kishan you've got to get the ball to nip back into him and not give him any room. It's just so free for all."
(With Inputs from Press Release)
