'Not Acceptable': Rajat Patidar Slams RCB Batters After Six-Wicket Thrashing Vs DC
Spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam bowled with purpose. At the same time, KL Rahul struck an unbeaten 93 as the Delhi Capitals juggernaut continued to roll.
On Thursday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar expressed his disappointment over his team’s batting collapse, saying that going from 61/1 to 90/4 was unacceptable, as the team suffered their second loss in five games in IPL 2025.
Spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Vipraj Nigam bowled with purpose. At the same time, KL Rahul struck an unbeaten 93 as the Delhi Capitals juggernaut continued to roll, inflicting a morale-shattering loss on Bengaluru with 13 deliveries to spare.
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Bengaluru lost their first wicket in the fourth over when Phil Salt was run out, with the score at 61/1. By the end of the 10th over, they had lost Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal and Liam Livingstone, as batting looked harder than ever.
“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," Patidar said while speaking at the post-match presentation.
“We thought it would be a nice batting track. We were lacking in assessing the conditions and the situation," Patidar added.
With Bengaluru reeling at 125/7 in the 18th over, Tim David did his usual bit by going for a few big hits to take the team past 160 and post a respectable score, but it was never going to be enough on a Chinnaswamy track.
“The way David accelerated at the end, it was amazing. The powerplay, the way the (RCB) fast bowlers bowled, it was really special (reducing DC to 30/3)," Patidar said.
Once Bengaluru were restricted to 163/7, Delhi just needed to bat with common sense, but it was a rare commodity in their frontline batters on the night.
But player of the match KL Rahul, whose innings came off 53 deliveries with seven boundaries and six sixes, added 111 runs for the fourth wicket with a level-headed Tristan Stubbs (38 not out) to score their fourth win on the trot.
Delhi made 169/4. The way Rahul, who was dropped on five by Patidar off Yash Dayal, dealt with leg spinner Suyansh Sharma and pacer Josh Hazlewood underlined his intelligent approach.
RCB play their next match against the Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, April 13, in Jaipur.
(With PTI Inputs)
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