IPL 2020: ‘We are very positive after the Delhi Capitals game,’ says Kings XI coach Anil Kumble


IPL 2020: ‘We are very positive after the Delhi Capitals game,’ says Kings XI coach Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble

The Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) head coach Anil Kumble has said that the team is quite positive and confident going into the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020).

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Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers will face each other later today at the Dubai International Stadium.

In the 2nd match of IPL 2020, Punjab had lost its opening match against Delhi Capitals (DC) in a Super Over on Sunday (September 20).

“You know obviously RCB has a very strong batting lineup with Virat, AB de Villiers and Aaron Finch, very experienced as well. Young Padikkal batted very well for them in the last game, again a debutant, nice to see a youngster do well in the IPL, but we have our plans,” Kumble said in a video posted on the Punjab official Twitter handle.

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KXIP will play at the same ground against RCB

Kings Eleven Punjab
Kings XI Punjab during a team huddle.

In addition, Kumble said the team is prepared and positive to come back on the field on Thursday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

“I think we have the ability to put it across so all depends on the day who plays well. Our preparation over the last month has been really good and we are very positive after the Delhi Capitals game as to what we need to do and what are the corrections we need to make. It’s on the same ground that we would play RCB, it’s a T20 tournament so you just want to be good on a particular day and look at one game at a time,” he added.

Nevertheless, RCB had won its first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs. Punjab and Virat-led RCB have faced each other for 24 times in the tournament so far, and both teams won 12 matches each.

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