Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Brian Lara admitted that Virat Kohli was at his best against his team but said it was difficult to explain why his side lost six out of seven matches at home to end their Indian Premier League campaign. (IPL)’s chances of reaching the playoffs also ended. Sunrisers Hyderabad, who were already out of the tournament, made a good score of 186 runs for five wickets with the help of a brilliant century from Heinrich Klaasen.
But former Indian captain Kohli’s 100 off 63 balls and his 172-run partnership for the first wicket with captain Faf Duplesey (71) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) win by eight wickets. Turned it around Lara said in a press conference after the team’s ninth defeat in 13 matches, “Our players played excellent cricket but Virat Kohli did his best against us.” Faf has been playing a stellar role for RCB throughout this season. He still has the Orange Cap. So we were up against two world class players and overall I think it was a good effort from our players.
However, it was difficult for the veteran West Indies batsman to explain how the team lost six home matches. Lara said, “It is difficult to tell sitting here but we have consistently performed better. Although we did not expect that we would be able to win only one out of seven matches at home, but it happened.
