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IPL 2016: Allan Donald wants bowlers to get things right against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Allan Donald told that RCB is continuously working on improving their bowling

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling coach Allan Donald admitted that the team's bowling has to improve and hoped they would get better in the match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday.

RCB, destructive with their batting, have been losing matches because of their poor bowling display. This was evident during the match against Gujarat Lions on April 24, when their bowling debacle cost them the match.

"We batted really well in this competition so far, and there is no doubt we slipped up with the ball and that's something we are continuously working on at the moment.

"But as anyone would say coming into this tournament, momentum is such a massive thing and this is what we need right now. So the next three games for us is absolutely enormous in terms of finding that momentum, that rhythm and that confidence that we are looking for," he said during the pre-match press conference.

"As I said, we have really fired with the bat, Virat (Kohli) has been exemplary with that, he has led from the front but we made some crucial errors with the ball and that is something we got to put right, hopefully we put right in this game tomorrow."

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The South African legend also said Chris Gayle is back and that he is looking forward to score big. The Caribbean all-rounder had flown to Jamaica to meet his newborn daughter. "Chris is here and he had a really good training session in Bangalore the other day and I think he is working really hard with our batting coach Trent Woodhill, he has spent at least an hour and half working on that. It's upto Virat and Dan to sort that one out. But he is here, he is confident and he is hungry."

Donald also praised skipper Kohli and star batsman AB de Villiers for their tremendous batting display. "I am just glad I am the bowling coach who doesn't have to talk about them in bowlers' meetings. Two of the finest young cricketers, I suppose you don't call them young anymore, but two of best young players in the world that you wish to see in one dressing room. Wealth of experience, they bring humility to the dressing room and that's very valuable.

"I asked Virat the other day 'is this the best you have ever played' and he said 'comfortably yes'. I think as this tournament wears on and we haven't got much time left, once the top five click collectively, that is what we are searching for — those guys to come together and play well. From Chris Gayle to Shane Watson. It is a great privilege to be in the same dressing room as those two," the interim Australian bowling coach said. 

RCB, who are currently seventh in the tournament, will take on David Warner's SRH at Hyderabad today. SRH had crashed to a 45-run loss the last time the teams met in Bengaluru this season. 

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