The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is popping out to be a nightmarish one for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The Faf du Plessis-led facet suffered its fourth loss of the season and has slipped to the eighth spot on the factors desk.
Playing their fifth recreation of the season in opposition to Rajasthan in a Royal showdown on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, RCB posted 183 after batting first with the assistance of Virat Kohli‘s century, nonetheless, it did not show to be sufficient on the finish because the hosts chased it down comfortably on the finish.
The RCB skipper felt that they fell brief by 10-15 runs and the wicket obtained higher to bat within the second innings with the dew taking impact when Rajasthan got here to bat.
“I think batting out there with Virat, we found the wicket really tricky and low,” du Plessis stated in the course of the post-match presentation.
“We did really feel 190 could be an excellent rating. I did really feel we may have maximised 10 or 15 extra in direction of the tip. It was an excellent toss to win, you probably did see that it performed a lot nicer with the dew. Virat was enjoying rather well on the again finish. Whether it was Virat or a Greeny or a DK coming in, we may have scored a number of extra.
“We tried, but it was quite tricky to hit. With the spinners, a lot of balls were hitting the bottom of the bat. I think the pitch definitely got better. That’s what dew does, that’s the nature of the wicket,” he added.
Notably, RCB are solely the second crew within the ongoing season with a solitary win together with Delhi Capitals. The five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) are having a really poor run within the season as they’ve performed three already and are but to win a recreation.
