IPL 2019: Kohli happy with RCB's performance in 2nd half of the season

RCB finished the season with 11 points in their kitty after losing first six matches and were by then almost down and out of the contention to make it to the playoffs.

After ending the Indian Premier League (2019) on a winning note, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli applauded his teammates for getting back on track in the second half of the tournament. RCB finished the season with 11 points in their kitty after losing first six matches and were by then almost down and out of the contention to make it to the playoffs. However, they came out with a much-improved performance in the second half of the tournament, winning five of their last eight games. “If we focus on the second half, it is exactly what we wanted in the first half. After losing your first six matches, it is very difficult to come back in a tournament like IPL,” said Kohli after Saturday's game where RCB defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their final group stage game at the Chinnaswamy. “We haven't finished in the position that we wanted to. But because the second half has been so good, it doesn't feel like a bad season. We won last five off our seven matches and with one no-result, something that we can be proud of,” he added. The RCB skipper also said that his team has a lot to learn from this season. “The first couple of things matters a lot in setting the intensity.” “We are happy with the way guys have turned things around and the kind of cricket that we have played in the second half. A lot of credit goes to the team management for getting us back in the right frame of mind,” he said. On Saturday, RCB rode on blistering half-centuries by Shimron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh Mann as they registered a four-wicket win over SRH and kept the Orange Army's dream of advancing to the playoffs uncertain.