We were outplayed for the first time: Kohli

Handed a heavy defeat by the Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli said for the first time this IPL, his team was "outplayed" by the opposition.
"Our bowlers have bowled well in seven games. It is not always going to happen in T20 that you are going to have a perfect performance on the day and I think we didn't execute our plans as we wanted to," Kohli said after the 58-run loss last night.
"Mumbai bowlers bowled much better length than our bowlers and that was the difference. We were outplayed in this game, probably first time in this tournament. It is going to happen. It has happened to every team. It is all about regrouping and focusing on the next game," he added.

But Kohli also stressed that every team, no matter how good a form it is in, will have an off day in a long tournament like the IPL.
"In this tournament, every team has collapsed once. Our team is no different. Our players will also get out in one or two matches, that we know. But the attempt will be that the top four perform and in the last eight matches we have consistently performed," he emphasised.
"Today, probably Mumbai bowled better. Our batsmen did not as such hit bad shots but they (Mumbai) bowled in right areas, which built the pressure. And they got the result for that.

"All the credit goes to Mumbai bowlers because they bowled better than us. This will happen in cricket. In one match at least it will happen that your top four don't click. Fortunately in every match someone from the top four has scored runs and we will try to do the same," he explained.
RCB has logged six wins out of the nine games they have played and all of them have come at their home ground Chinnaswamy Stadium. But Kohli said not too much should be read into that stat.