Delhi: Former South African captain and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman AB de Villiers expressed resentment over the commentators criticism during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match played against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Tuesday. De Villiers said that some commentators made unfair comments about Bangalore’s bowling and ignored the real position of the pitch.
Speaking in his weekly show “ABD 360”, De Villiers said, “If the pitch was really so difficult, as some commentators told, Rishabh Pant could not score 118 runs in 61 balls. The pitch was clearly suited to batsmen.”
In this important match, it was necessary to win RCB to make it to the top-2. Captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first, but Lucknow scored a huge score of 227 runs. Pant and Mitchell Marsh beat RCB bowlers fiercely and made the highest score of LSG on this ground.
Rishabh Pant hit 8 sixes and 11 fours in his 118 -run innings. The pitch of Ekana Stadium is usually not so flat, but on this day both teams enjoyed batting.
RCB made history and achieved the target of 228 runs in 18.4 overs. Virat Kohli’s 54 runs in 30 balls and captain Jitesh Sharma’s unbeaten 85 runs (33 balls) gave the team two important points and secured a place in qualifier-1.
De Villiers criticized the commentators and said, “I heard the commentary last night and I really got angry. It was being said all the time that RCB’s bowling is under pressure, the team is lagging backward. But no one thought that maybe the pitch was very good for batting? Every time the old is being run, this is the analysis of RCB.
He added, “Now there is no dependence on names like Virat Kohli or Chris Gayle in earlier times. The whole team is performing well. Krunal Pandya’s brilliant innings or exact bowling of Josh Hazelwood is contributing to the match against Delhi.”
Giving the example of Mayank Agarwal, he said, “Mayank played the match winning innings despite recently joining the team. This means that the team culture and atmosphere is so positive that new players also feel comfortable.”
RCB will now play a qualifier 1 against Punjab Kings in Chandigarh on Thursday, ie 29 May. Both teams are in great form this season, and the match is expected to be very exciting.
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Delhi: Former South African captain and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman AB de Villiers expressed resentment over the commentators criticism during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match played against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Tuesday. De Villiers said that some commentators made unfair comments about Bangalore’s bowling and ignored the real position of the pitch.
Speaking in his weekly show “ABD 360”, De Villiers said, “If the pitch was really so difficult, as some commentators told, Rishabh Pant could not score 118 runs in 61 balls. The pitch was clearly suited to batsmen.”
In this important match, it was necessary to win RCB to make it to the top-2. Captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first, but Lucknow scored a huge score of 227 runs. Pant and Mitchell Marsh beat RCB bowlers fiercely and made the highest score of LSG on this ground.
Rishabh Pant hit 8 sixes and 11 fours in his 118 -run innings. The pitch of Ekana Stadium is usually not so flat, but on this day both teams enjoyed batting.
RCB made history and achieved the target of 228 runs in 18.4 overs. Virat Kohli’s 54 runs in 30 balls and captain Jitesh Sharma’s unbeaten 85 runs (33 balls) gave the team two important points and secured a place in qualifier-1.
De Villiers criticized the commentators and said, “I heard the commentary last night and I really got angry. It was being said all the time that RCB’s bowling is under pressure, the team is lagging backward. But no one thought that maybe the pitch was very good for batting? Every time the old is being run, this is the analysis of RCB.
He added, “Now there is no dependence on names like Virat Kohli or Chris Gayle in earlier times. The whole team is performing well. Krunal Pandya’s brilliant innings or exact bowling of Josh Hazelwood is contributing to the match against Delhi.”
Giving the example of Mayank Agarwal, he said, “Mayank played the match winning innings despite recently joining the team. This means that the team culture and atmosphere is so positive that new players also feel comfortable.”
RCB will now play a qualifier 1 against Punjab Kings in Chandigarh on Thursday, ie 29 May. Both teams are in great form this season, and the match is expected to be very exciting.
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