IPL 2020: Chris Morris adds potency to RCB's bowling arsenal

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had been struggling to find a frontline pace bowler to support their spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar in the early part of the IPL 2020. The team had also been struggling to stem the flow of runs at the death.

In their first five games, they had conceded 200 runs or thereabouts on three occasions. After the match against Delhi Capitals on October 5 in Sharjah, skipper Virat Kohli had said that they'd need the services of South African pace-bowling all-rounder Chris Morris and things will change when he'd join for the next match after recovering from injury.

Enter Morris and RCB's fortunes change. Thanks to his bowling, they have been able to restrict their next opponents — Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders — to register convincing wins and enter the top three in the points table. They are separated from second-placed Delhi Capitals only by net run rate.

Morris took 3/19 in four overs against CSK while he returned with figures of 2/17 against KKR on Monday night. His confidence has rubbed on to young pacer Navdeep Saini who has also done well to contain the batsmen.

Morris's wickets against CSK included those of Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo whereas against KKR, his victims included the tail. In both the games, he was able to bring down the scoring rate by not allowing the batters to score freely. IANS

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