Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli has blamed his batsmen for the 6-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Eliminator. He said that he failed to put pressure on the bowlers and score enough. RCB scored 131 for 7 wickets on being invited to bat first. AB de Villiers scored 56 runs from his side.
Sunrisers reached the target in 19.4 overs with an unbeaten 50-run knock from Kane Williamson. Kohli said after the match, “If you talk about the first innings, I don’t think we scored enough.” We lost by a small margin and if we had dismissed Kane (Williamson) then the result would have been different. Overall, we let their bowlers bowl freely and did not keep them under pressure.
He said, “The last four matches were very strange for us. We played shots directly into the hands of fielders. Some of our players performed well and it was a good season. Devdutt (Padikkal) and (Mohammad) Siraj are among those players. Yuzi (Yuzvendra Chahal) and AB (de Villiers) have always done well.”
