The Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered their second consecutive loss and their fourth in five games as they were beaten all ends up by the Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets at Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday. Defending a total of 175, the visitors won with five balls to spare.
[4/30, 10:01] Pushpendra Albe: It was RCB’s dismal performance in that left captain Virat Kohli fuming after the match, as he honestly accepted that they didn’t deserve to win the match.
“The pitch is bringing out surprises every time we bat. Looked better than it played. 175 was a really good score I felt. If we field like that, we don’t deserve to win. We need to be hard on ourselves and be braver with the ball and in the field, we need to correct those things going forward. We didn’t deserve to win with the way we fielded. We weren’t just good enough tonight. I can’t pin-point anything at this point,” said Kohli.
He, though hopes RCB can still make it to the knockout stages as they are mathematically still in with a chance.
“We got to win 6 out of 7 to qualify from here. We need to be in that mindset to take every match as a virtual semi-final from here and there’s no room for complacency. Need guys stepping up their game at the right time. Hopefully, they understand that moving forward,” he concluded by saying.
