"IPL will help me become a better ODI player"

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at :

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After managing a mere 179 runs and five wickets in the Ashes, Ali found himself out of the team for the second New Zealand Test, and then dropped for the Pakistan series.

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Pleased after being able to express himself with the bat, Ali hoped that his team's confidence gets a boost going ahead.

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He credited RCB support staff, including Gary Kirsten and Trent Woodhill, for his improved batting.

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The English player hammered a 34-ball 65, which was studded with two boundaries and six sixes, to guide RCB to 218 for 6.

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However, all is not lost for Moeen Ali, who has made his debut in the IPL after being picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Axed from the England squad for the Tests against Pakistan, Moeen Ali says his IPL stint will make him a better one-day player and improve his game.

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Ali has been instrumental in keeping Royal Challengers Bangalore's chances of qualifying for playoffs intact. He picked up two wickets and in the company of AB de Villiers then, smashed a match-winning half century against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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He was one of the potent weapons of his side in Test cricket even till the last series.

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But lack of impact performances and emergence of young cricketers has now forced the selectors to look beyond the all-rounder who used to turn matches at will.