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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Director of Cricket Mike Hesson shared his support for former skipper Virat Kohli, who underperformed yet again against Punjab Kings (PBKS), with his team chasing a tough total of 210 runs. Kohli looked bright at the start of his innings but was dismissed off the bowling of Kagiso Rabada for just 20 runs.
"Look he is the best we have ever had in terms of RCB," Hesson said when asked what was going wrong. "He is an incredible player. He hasn't scored the volume of runs he would have liked. Today he looked in really good touch. It is not a technical thing. As I said, he is putting in a lot of work behind the scenes. He looked in really good touch today. He was unfortunate.
"I thought we were going to see something special. Virat is as frustrated as anyone but we know that the epic one is around the corner. We have got a huge game coming up. So there is no reason why it won't be in a few days' time," added the former New Zealand head coach
Hesson also thought that Kohli started off well against PBKS but has had a patch of poor luck. "Virat, I thought, looked very good today," Hesson said. "He looked in good touch, he was aggressive, and he is doing everything off the park as well in terms of making sure he prepares well. I thought today was going to be his day but once again… it hits the other side of the thigh pad and goes down and he gets a single.
"He hasn't had a huge amount of huge fortune especially when he has got himself set, when he has got himself in. He is as frustrated as anybody. We thought today was going to be the day," he added.
