Dinesh Karthik breaks down RCB’s win against CSK while heaping special praise on Yash Dayal
RCB packed a thrilling punch last night as they seized a fine victory against CSK to pull off a historic double over their Southern rivals. It all started with a fine opening partnership featuring Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli. It was then followed by a mad storm from Romario Shepherd. Eventually it was Lungi Ngidi and Yash Dayal who sealed the deal for RCB.
Talking in a post-match interview, RCB’s batting mentor, Dinesh Karthik opened up on the overall victory while underlining the crucial presence of power-hitting towards the fag end of their batting order. He also revealed how the resurgence of Yash Dayal has been a massive boost for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Shedding light on the dynamics of the final over, Dinesh Karthik said, “It will take a humongous effort to stop them scoring runs that were left in the last over, Yash being Yash, the way he delivered was outstanding. It was a good team effort. Sometimes these kinds of games uplift the mood and we are happy with how it transpired today.”
Underlining the presence of power-hitters while blending it all with the conditions, DK added, “We had good batters - Jitesh, David and Romario - we know what these three are capable of, so try and get the maximum out of them but at the same time make them understand it is not an easy pitch to start on, we have not had the rub of the green with the tosses, at times it has been tough to start, initially it has been sticky, it has been raining here, you have to make sure you are hitting strong shots.”
He heaped unreserved praise for Yash Dayal, stating, “Good choice of word there - work ethic. He is right up there with some of the best that are there in India, the one thing that you see with the young crop of cricketers is how much they work hard behind the scenes, Yash is someone who is very diligent, comes to meeting with a paper and writes down everything what he wants to do, the execution might be up and down at times but one thing you will not get less from him is effort. He always has a plan, he has got a special skill and that is one of the reasons we retained him.”
He concluded with a word for the RCB spinners, adding, “I think wrist spinners are worried that they will get hit, but Suyash's name might not be there in the wickets column but his work has helped Krunal Pandya pick wickets.”
