3 min learnCould 11, 2026 12:45 AM IST
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) could have received an exhilarating contest over the Mumbai Indians by two wickets, however captain Rajat Patidar was important of his workforce’s run chase of 167, admitting they didn’t should be on the successful aspect.
RCB finally scraped dwelling by two wickets within the final over thanks largely to Krunal Pandya’s excellent 73 off 46 balls, however Patidar felt the goal ought to have been chased extra comfortably.
“Our bowlers did an incredible job to limit them. That was simply chaseable, however to be trustworthy, we didn’t should win this match. We should always have chased that focus on simply. We’ve a batting line-up succesful sufficient,” Patidar stated after the match.
The RCB captain reserved particular reward for Pandya, whose rescue act got here after early dismissals of Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, and Patidar himself left the aspect in hassle contained in the powerplay. He revealed that they’d determined within the workforce conferences that the all-rounder would bat at quantity 5.
“It was a really tight match, a fantastic sport. KP is the person, who has executed it for the workforce,” Patidar stated.
“It was our resolution, we had mentioned in workforce conferences. We needed to provide him alternative at quantity 5 and he executed it fairly nicely. There’s a number of expertise, and such gamers do it for the workforce beneath strain, and in such conditions,” he added.
Patidar additionally praised veteran seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, whose spell within the powerplay lowered MI to twenty-eight/3 and finally arrange the win.
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“I feel it’s unbelievable, I’d say. I feel the best way he (Bhuvneshwar) managed over the ball, his management over the ball, I feel is tremendous. And it’s been troublesome on a wicket that was two paced and variable bounce. I feel it’s very troublesome to play him,” Patidar stated.
The win pushed RCB to the highest of the IPL 2026 factors desk, although the skipper insisted the workforce was not focusing an excessive amount of on standings at this stage of the event.
“Proper now, we aren’t bothered concerning the desk; we wish to play good cricket, moderately than wanting on the desk.”
RCB subsequent tackle the Kolkata Knight Riders in Raipur on Wednesday.