Former English skipper, Kevin Pietersen has come hard on the Royal Challengers Bangalore as he pointed out a couple of big issues which they must tackle urgently in order to get back to the winning ways. Chennai Super Kings defeated RCB by 6 wickets in Sharjah on Friday. This was after the 9-wicket hammering they took against KKR in their first match of the second leg in Abu Dhabi.

Kevin Pietersen said, unlike in the last game, RCB was in a very good position against CSK. But they failed to continue the momentum they had got the opening partnership of 111 runs between captain Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal after being asked to bat first by MS Dhoni.

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During the post-match show on Star Sports, Kevin Pietersen said, “You can gain momentum through winning and then you can gain momentum through losing as well. If you are going to get hammered like they were against KKR and now you are going to lose a game from being in a very good position then there is a problem. They were 111 for no loss but lost the game, that’s an issue.”

RCB managed only 45 runs in the remaining 6.4 overs after being in a position from where they could have pushed for a score in the vicinity of 200. Pietersen said RCB and Kohli can’t depend on Chahal alone to deliver the ball every time.

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Elaborating the same, Kevin Pietersen said, “There are bowling issues too. We keep saying it, who is the Chahal can’t continue to do it. I know he gets wickets for RCB but you cannot say to him that you’ve got to do it every match. Somebody else has to stand up. One of the seamers have to stand up.”

RCB will now be locking horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday.