Anil Kumble: IPL 16 seasons completed. The 17th season continues with success. Punjab and Bengaluru are the only teams that have not won the IPL Cup in these 16 seasons. Of these two teams, Bangalore reached the final in 2009 and 2016 but failed to win the cup. Especially in 2009, Bengaluru lost to Hyderabad in the final match held in South Africa. Anil Kumble, the captain of that team, is still suffering from this defeat. Regarding that match, Anil Kumble revealed many important things in a YouTube chat with famous bowler Ravichandran Ashwin.
In the final match held in South Africa, the Hyderabad team led by Gill Christ scored 143 runs for six wickets. In this match, Bangalore bowler Anil Kumble bowled brilliantly. He gave only 16 runs and took 4 wickets. However, Hyderabad won the match. Rather than saying that Hyderabad won this match. “I still remember. We squandered all the opportunities that came our way. Praveen Kumar took 5 wides. His bowling cost us a lot. However, we wanted to chase down the score set by Hyderabad. We needed 15 runs to win in the last over. I am on strike. At the other end is Robin Uthappa. RP Singh bowled. I faced the first ball. I took a single and gave Oothappa a strike. He could not connect for some reason. He left two balls as dots. Whenever I see Robin Oothappa I still say Robs… those sixes.. at least he was batting somehow even if he gave me a strike. I kept telling him back then..begged him at one stage..begged him not to scoop. But he did not listen. I also said that if they give me a strike, I will slog. But it happened. In the end, we lost by six runs,” said Anil Kumble with Ravichandran Ashwin.
Bangalore has lost five consecutive matches in the current season. The team played 8 matches and got only one victory. Remaining at the bottom of the points table. The team has already missed the play-off chances. Despite looking strong in the batting and bowling departments.. the team is haunted by bad luck. In this year's women's premier league, Bangalore women's team won the cup. In this background, everyone thought that the men's team would also win the cup. But, the men's team under Du Plessis could not meet the expectations of all of them. Disappointing fans with terrible performance.
