“He Is Not Overawed Bowling To Anybody”: Ravi Shastri appreciates Royal Challengers Bangalore death bowler in IPL 2022

Royal Challengers Bangalore produced a fantastic bowling performance on Wednesday to defeat a strong Kolkata Knight Riders batting unit for just 128, which set up their first victory in IPL 2022.

Harshal Patel bowled two maiden overs and eventually sent the dangerous overseas duo of Sam Billings and Russell back to end KKR’s hopes of a late revival. He ended with figures of 2/11 as KKR are were bowled out for a below par total.

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri praised Harshal for developing himself into a great death bowler.

 

“I have had chats with him in the Indian team, he knows his bowling. He is confident and he is not overawed bowling to anybody. It looked as if he was spared for Andre Russell, which is a big thing. A lot of people can get overawed and intimidated.

 

“He was very clear in his mind that he was going to bowl wide and he will take the pace off the ball and see how it goes after that. There has been a big improvement in his bowling and he understands his game and keeps it simple,” Shastri said.