Lucknow: Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-rounder Shane Watson has apologized to the fans of the team. Let us tell you that he has apologized for RCB not winning the final in 2016. Watson was a part of Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the history of IPL from 2008 to 2015 and after that he spent two years in the RCB camp i.e. 2016 and 2017. During this time, Bengaluru had reached the finals in 2016 but had to face defeat in the summit clash and in this match, Watson was a flop with both ball and bat.
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In the 2016 season, the former veteran player played an important role in bowling and took 20 wickets in 16 matches but he could not do so in the final. In the final match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Watson gave 61 runs in 4 overs and even with the bat he could score only 11 runs on 9 balls. It was the result of his bowling that Hyderabad had scored a huge score of 208 runs in this match and Bengaluru had to face defeat. Regarding this, Watson apologized to the RCB fans during a program at Presidency University, Bengaluru.
He said, “I want to sincerely apologize to all the RCB fans present here. I need to apologize to the fans of Bengaluru also because the final match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. I was as prepared as I could be for this match. I was trying to give my best in this match but when it came to the match, I had one of the worst performances. Maybe RCB could not win the title because of my poor performance.”
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Let us tell you that in the year 2016, Bengaluru had a disappointing performance in the first half but in the second half they made a wonderful comeback and made it to the finals. Veteran batsman Virat Kohli, who was captaining the team at that time, had given an incredible performance with the bat. He scored 973 runs this season, which included 4 centuries. This season, RCB came closest to the trophy but they had to face defeat by 8 runs at the hands of Hyderabad. So in IPL 2024 too, Bengaluru has made a tremendous comeback and has confirmed its place in the playoffs. However, it will be interesting to see whether they are able to win the title this time or not.
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