Bhuvneshwar Kumar explained his and Josh Hazlewood's role with RCB this season. Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood have been leading the bowling attack for Bengaluru this season.
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00:00Preparation is as usual, nothing different. What we do against any position, on any ground, it's going to be the same.
00:10Yes, we know Chinnaswamy is known for betting, but if you look at the wicket, it's not the same what it used to be.
00:17I don't know the reason, but yes, we'll play tomorrow's match, we'll bowl or bat first few hours and then see how the wicket will play and then we'll decide the things, what we can do on that.
00:28Another thing, the bowler, Yujibandar Chahal, last time four wickets has taken against KKR. How is the preparation to tackle him?
00:37No, I mean, everyone looks to take wickets or score runs. I mean, we all know that how good he is as a bowler, but I'm sure I'm not a batsman, so batsmen must have prepared their own way and I'm sure they are ready to tackle him.
00:50Bhuviyya, after 4-5 years, this is the use of saliva. First of all, how was it like returning to saliva era and how much do they use the teams and specifically RCB?
01:05How much do they use saliva?
01:07So honestly, I haven't used it. I forgot that saliva can use it. When Mitchell Stark told me, it will come to my mind that it will also be used to use it.
01:16But I'm not sure will it help or not, but if I remember, so definitely in the match, we'll put some saliva and see if it helps or not.
01:24Oh yes, it's a very pace-heavy sort of attack, RCB attack. So in that attack, we'll talk about Hazelwood's role.
01:31So role cannot be defined before the match. We know, I mean, the normal role, if you look at our bowling, me and Hazelwood, we both bowl with a new ball, both bowl in the depth.
01:45So yes, it's a pretty standard role we have, but it keeps changing match to match, how we bowl first two overs, first two overs, how the team is batting.
01:57So it keeps changing, but the standard role is that we have to bowl in the power play and then in the depth.
02:02But yes, being an experienced bowler, we both want to take wickets, wants to do well for the team.
02:09Bhavi, it's almost like five matches into the season. Can you tell us a bit about the growth of Rajat Padidhar as the captain?
02:17Because you yourself have been a captain for the IPL in the past.
02:20No, he's been very good. The best thing that he's been calm, that's what he needed, especially in this format, because, you know, when you lose matches, that's an easy thing is to get panicked.
02:30And that's what he hasn't done. We lost two matches, but he's been the same whether we won or we lost.
02:35So he's been handling the team very well. I mean, with the bowling changes and everything, I mean, he's been superb.
02:40So, thank you.