Orange cap a nice incentive, but doesn't feel good to be on the losing side: Kohli

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE skipper Virat Kohli was gracious in defeat but admitted that his and AB De Villiers' quick dismissal was a ‘big blow’ in their defeat to the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL finals.

As reported by PTI, the highest run-getter of the IPL-9 at the post-match presentation ceremony said,

"Definitely proud of the way we played this season. This was for people of Bengaluru. They have supported in worst of seasons. We would have been loved to be on other side of result. We went for a few but wicket was nice. Me and AB getting close to each other was a big blow. Had I stayed with AB a little longer, it would have been different."

Kohli lamented RCB going from 113 for zero to 148 for three as the ‘big three’ gave away easy wickets. In the final ball of the 12th over, Barinder Sran bowled Kohli for 54. In the following over, Bipul Sharma dismissed Ab de Villiers after scoring just five runs. 

When asked about how he felt after scoring record 973 runs and winning the ‘orange cap’, the India Test skipper said,

"It is a nice incentive, but it does not feel good to be at the other side of the result. Why Sunrisers won is because they have a strong bowling attack. I knew I was hitting the ball well and I just wanted to keep contributing. Why not, records are meant to be broken."