Virat Kohli is doing "all that is within his control," but there comes a point in a player's career when fielders take even the first edge, according to RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar, who defended the former India captain after his second golden-ball duck. Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated RCB by nine wickets on Saturday after destroying their star-studded batting line-up for 68 runs. Kohli, who hasn't scored a century in any format in over three years, has been sent for first ball ducks in consecutive games, following a familiar pattern of dismissals outside the off-stump.
"He (Kohli) is somebody who has consistently performed for RCB. Players go through these kind of rough patches. He started the season really well, nearly hit the winning runs in Pune but then you have an odd run-out or the first edge that finds his bat lands in fielder's hands," Bangar, a long time India batting coach, said.
"We just needed to get through that phase where the ball was swinging and seaming, once you get through it, it becomes easier. This wicket looked the best, the expectations were pretty high, it was a very good wicket. There are no excuses though," Du Plessis said.
Du Plessis praised South African paceman Marco Jansen for taking three wickets in a single over.
"Jansen bowled well in his first over swinging the ball both ways and got the big wickets. You want to make sure you don't get a lot emotional.
"It was a bad day at the office, but you need to keep your chin up and need to get the learning from it. As a team, we need to move forward, it's a long tournament," he said.