The Free Press Journal

49 is fine, RCB still remains a strong team, says Cutting

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Sunrisers Hyderabad allrounder Ben Cutting feels Royal Challenger­s Bangalore remains a strong team, despite their batting collapse against Kolkata Knight Riders where they scored the lowest total in IPL history.

"49 all out - it happens time to time, RCB is still a very strong team," he told reporters at an interactio­n here.

Chasing a paltry 132 to win, Royal Challenger­s Bangalore collapsed to 49, the lowest total in the history of IPL, to succumb to an embarrassi­ng 82-run loss against as Kolkata Knight Riders last night.

Cutting said they don't have any specific strategy against Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle and his side would stick to their gameplan of restrictin­g RCB in the first six overs.

"We do not have strategy against ABD, Kohli and Gayle. We will stick to our gameplan which is working for us - that is restrictin­g opponents in first six overs," he said.

Cutting said Hyderabad is not out of contention because four wins in seven games is good enough.

"We are not too far off the map, four wins in seven games is quite good. We are halfway through and seven more games left. If things improve, we will be in comfortabl­e position," he said.

Cutting said he cannot be disappoint­ed if he doesn't get to play all the games since there is only one place left for foreign players and David Warner, Rashid Khan and Kagiso Rabada pick themselves in the playing XI.

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