Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar was not amused with the way in which his batters threw away their wickets in a heap when factor had been cruise management, saying this was “not acceptable” following a six-wicket house loss to the Delhi Capitals on Thursday (April 11, 2025).
Spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam bowled with goal whereas KL Rahul struck an unbeaten 93 because the DC juggernaut continued to roll menacingly, inflicting a morale-shattering defeat on RCB with 13 balls to spare.
“We have not batted well. Batters are in a good frame of mind, they have shown nice intent. 60 for one, and then 90 for four, that is not acceptable,” mentioned Patidar publish match.
RCB’s Phil Salt had pummelled the DC bowlers in powerplay overs, guiding the house aspect to 61/1 in solely the fourth over earlier than they slumped to 91/4 after which they misplaced momentum to rating a below-par 163/7.
“We thought it would be a nice batting track. We were lacking in assessing the conditions and the situation,” mentioned Patidar, including that Tim David (37) did his bit by accelerating the run-scoring.
But it got here too late within the day.
“The way David accelerated at the end, it was really amazing. The powerplay, the way the (RCB) fast bowlers bowled, it was really special (reducing DC to 30/3),” he added.
Player of the Match KL Rahul mentioned watching the ball keenly behind the stumps helped him when he got here in to bat.
“It was a slightly tricky wicket but what helped me was being behind the stumps for 20 overs, watching how the wicket played. The ball sat in the wicket but it was consistent throughout, it was one-paced.
“I knew what my pictures are, wished to get off to a superb begin, after which assess it accordingly. It depends upon the circumstances and the bottom and the scale. On a wicket like this, I knew what my pockets had been. If I wished to hit an enormous six, I knew what pockets to goal, and ‘maintaining gave me a feeler for the place different batters had been dismissed and the place they hit the sixes,” added Rahul.
Rahul added that having played a lot of cricket in his formative years at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium helped him immensely.
“This is my floor, my house, (I) know this (floor) higher than anybody else. Something I’ve all the time finished with my preparation is that I all the time strive to adapt to totally different wickets (even in apply). I experiment in apply, get out a few instances however it provides me a good thought of the areas I can goal — the place I can take singles, the place I can hit sixes.”
DC skipper Axar Patel said four wins in four matches had given the team a huge boost in morale.
“Everyone is enjoying with confidence, it feels good (to have gained 4 out of 4). We speak about match-ups and what’s occurring off the floor. I felt they like to face pacers, so tried to maintain them again.
“Then the ball was spinning and bouncing, so thought of bowling spin in the powerplay,” he mentioned.
He lauded Rahul’s efforts saying the charismatic ‘keeper-batter had performed a mature innings.
“It becomes a very easy job for me. I have been in that situation, being used as a floater in pressure situations. It is not easy (changing positions). Having a player like him is a very good thing. I played a bad shot today to get out, but he played a mature innings and finished it off. He has been carrying his Champions Trophy form.”
Published – April 11, 2025 04:19 am IST
