Batting stalwart Virat Kohli has been horribly out of form in this IPL but he got the backing of his Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis, who on Tuesday said "great players go through phases like this".
"We tried changing the batting line-up today and we feel that they can try playing positively," du Plessis said when asked about a struggling Kohli being sent to bat as an opener along with him.
"It's pretty similar to the previous game.
"We have been backing him (Parag) and he came in and showed the world how explosive he can be," Samson said.
"In this kind of conditions, it was a matter of putting pressure.
Player of the match Parag said, "A little bit of satisfaction.
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