Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ke fans ek baar phir disappoint hue jab unki team ne Punjab Kings (PBKS) ke against ghar par hi ek aur match gava diya. Is baar toh former Indian opener Virender Sehwag ka patience bhi toot gaya.
“RCB ne behtareen tareeke se batting barbaad ki. Sab reckless shots khel ke out hue. Koi bhi bowler ne aisi ball nahi daali jise out kaha ja sake. Kam se kam ek batter ko toh common sense dikhani chahiye thi. Agar wickets bacha lete, toh 110-120 runs tak ja sakte the aur match me wapas aa sakte the,”
Sehwag ne yeh baatein Cricbuzz se baat karte waqt kahi. RCB ki innings 42/7 pe pahunch gayi thi sirf 9 overs me! Agar Tim David ka explosive fifty nahi hota, toh team apna lowest IPL total bana leti. Unke fifty ke dam par team ne kisi tareeke se 95/9 ka score post kiya.
RCB ka yeh teesra consecutive defeat tha M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru me – aur ab tak ek bhi match ghar par nahi jeet paaye hain. Sehwag ne seedha sawal uthaya RCB ke captain Rajat Patidar se:
“Wickets lena aur unhe kamaana alag cheez hoti hai. Patidar ko baith kar sochna padega. Ghar pe jeet kyu nahi rahe? Bowlers accha kar rahe hain lekin batters bar-bar fail ho rahe hain. Agar aise hi chalta raha toh iski zimmedaari kiski hogi?”
Rajat Patidar ne bhi post-match presentation me batting unit ke failure ko accept kiya. Unhone ye bhi reveal kiya ki Devdutt Padikkal ko conditions ke chalte bench kiya gaya tha aur unki jagah Manoj Bhandage ko impact player ke roop me laya gaya – lekin wo bhi fail ho gaye.
“Pitch initially sticking thi aur two-paced bhi. Lekin batting unit ki performance better ho sakti thi. Hamne partnerships nahi banayi aur wickets continuously girte gaye – yeh hamare liye badi learning hai. Padikkal ko conditions ke hisaab se drop kiya,”
Ab RCB ka agla challenge hai PBKS ke against unke home ground Chandigarh me – 20 April ko. Dekhna hoga kya team waha kuch naya dikhayegi ya yeh losing streak continue rahegi.
