Rajat Patidar -led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) suffered defeat against Shreyas Iyer -led Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. In this match, Punjab Kings defeated him by 5 wickets. Speaking about this defeat after the match, RCB captain Rajat Patidar explained why the team had to face the third consecutive defeat of IPL 2025 at their home ground?
Captain Rajat Patidar told the reason behind this. He blamed the defeat on the batting unit. The captain praised the bowlers, but has told the batsmen that they have to make a winning score. In this match, Phil Salt, Virat Kohli and Liam Livingstone were dismissed cheaply. Everyone was failing from top order to middle order.
Silver Patidar counted due to RCB’s defeat
Referring to the reasons for the defeat in the post match presentation ceremony, Rajat Patidar said, “Initially the pitch was sticky and two pace, but we could do better as a batting unit. The partnerships are important, we lost the wickets quickly and this is a big lesson for us. We did not have to change the wickets for this long time. Was, this helped his bowlers, the credit goes to him. “
Captain Patidar further said, “Whatever the wicket, we have to bat well and make a winning score. The bowling unit is doing very well, it’s a very positive thing. The batsmen have played with the introduction, it is pleasant. It is pleasant. We can rectify some of our mistakes in the batting unit.”
RCB scored just 95 runs in this 14 -overs match. Except Tim David, all other batsmen fought. The result of this was that RCB reached the small score. Punjab Kings achieved the target of 96 runs by losing 5 wickets.
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