Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacer Josh Hazlewood stated an atypical Chinnaswamy pitch and the batsmen’s lack of ability to place learnings from earlier matches into follow contributed to his crew’s third straight defeat at residence.
The Royal Challengers succumbed to Punjab Kings by 5 wickets in a 14-over-a-team match on Friday night time after dropping towards Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals right here earlier.
“Yeah, I think it’s not a typical Chinnaswamy wicket. Obviously the bounce has always been there, but it’s in past years, it’s probably been more consistent,” stated Hazlewood within the post-match press convention.
It could also be recalled that RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik too was not glad with the 22-yard strip on provide right here and needed to have a speak with the native curator after their defeat towards the Capitals.
Hazlewood stated the dearth of a robust energy play section added to RCB’s woes.
“Yeah, it’s obviously three [defeats] in a row now at home. It’s just we’ve probably been a bit slow on the learnings from the first two games and didn’t put that into practice as well as we could have, probably in those first probably six to eight overs, obviously, with the score the way it was,” he added.
However, the New South Welshman was assured in his crew’s capacity to buck the irritating development on the earliest.
“But we’ll dive into this game and, you know, probably more so when we get back to Bangalore and really go through in detail and with a fine tooth comb and come up with a few ideas of where we can learn and improve.
“I feel the bowling undoubtedly improved from the final two outings. So type of we’re slowly getting there, however in all probability not fast sufficient,” he said.
Hazlewood had a word of advice to his colleagues in the batting front — step back for a moment and try to assess the conditions before going for big shots.
“So, possibly, it is likely to be a case of pulling again a contact and giving your self a little little bit of time. I do know within the first two video games we misplaced right here it was a batter on the opposite crew going massive and getting a partnership and scoring massive late within the sport.
“So if we can have our top five, top six doing the batting for the 20 overs, I think that’ll go a long way to helping us win,” he defined.
Nehal batted very effectively: Brar
Punjab Kings spinner Harpreet Brar paid good-looking compliments to middle-order batter Nehal Wadhera for managing a small chase with composure.
Wadhera’s unbeaten 33 off 19 balls tilted the steadiness of the sport decisively in favour of PBKS within the chase of 96 after the vacationers have been at a barely difficult 53 for 4.
“Nehal is a very good player. He has been playing in the IPL for the last 2-3 years. He does well domestically as well. Recently, when we won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he played very well in the knockouts. As a senior, I feel very proud,” stated Brar.
Brar himself had a good sport taking the wickets of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal in successive balls within the twelfth over.
Brar, who was taking part in the primary match of the season, stated he was able to bowl ultimately levels of the RCB innings.
“In small matches, you have to be on your toes. You can get an over anytime. I was ready. It was my first game of the season. I didn’t know that I would bowl in the last over,” he added.
Published – April 19, 2025 11:54 am IST
