Jaipur, April 15: After taking Royal Challengers Bangalore close to the IPL semifinals with a blistering 29-ball 62, Kevin Pietersen tonight said they came to bat with an aim to finish the game within 15 overs.
Chasing 131 to win, the visitors cruised to the win in 15.4 overs which helped them move up a place to second in the points table and get to a healthy net run-rate of +0.467.
“Against Deccan Chargers we took too long to be there and wanted to finish it early to improve our run-rate. I was firing on all cylinders because we wanted to finish it inside 15 overs,” Pietersen, adjudged Man-of-the Match, said
The British batsman’s splendid knock had a tragic end as he got run out after a mix up with Virat Kohli but Pietersen condoned the young teammate.
“I was disappointed with the run out.
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