RCB vs DC: ‘That’s why we lost the match to Delhi’, RCB Mentor Karthik counted many reasons
Bengaluru:
The Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) In 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB vs DC) lost by six wickets to Delhi Capitals on Thursday. After this defeat, RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik said that we did not get a pitch friendly for demand. This was the second consecutive domestic defeat of RCB in this season. RCB mentor Karthik accused the curator of not giving him a good pitch. And it was challenging to bat on the pitch. Karthik said in the press conference, ‘In the first two matches, we had demanded good pitches, but it became challenging to bat on the pitch. However, whatever we get, we try to perform best in it, but we will talk to the curator.
He said, ‘It was definitely not a pitch that is helping the batsmen a lot. It was a challenging pitch. Therefore, the situation has been the situation in all the matches we have played so far. ‘Batting first, the RCB team scored 163 runs losing 7 wickets. In this, Phil Salat and Tim David scored 37-37 runs, while Vipraj Nigam and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each for Delhi Capitals. Chasing the target, KL Rahul scored a brilliant innings of 93 not out. It consisted of six sixes and seven fours. Rahul gave Delhi Capitals the fourth consecutive win and retained the rhythm of victory in the tournament. Karthik further said that at the time when Delhi Capitals batsmen were following the target, the drizzle that took place stabilized and made it easier to bat.
He said, ‘After the first four overs and till the 13th over, we were fully in the game. We stumbled a little in batting, but we succeeded in making a very good score. Delhi Capitals was struggling by losing 4 wickets for 50 runs while chasing the target. Karthik said, ‘The first game (against GT) was dew. Therefore, it became much better to bat in the second innings. Today, there was not that dew. Then, unfortunately, it rained a little and then you could see the difference in the pitch. The shots he played was not possible in the first innings.
