Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have lost more against the
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) due to the match being rained off. He added that the potential lost point could cost RCB a top-two finish after the league phase as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “When I look at it from RCB’s perspective, I feel this match should have happened because you played your last match on May 3. So it’s been a long time since you played. Your players are also going, Devdutt Padikkal and Josh Hazlewood are missing, so you want to start playing.”

“You need to reach 21 points. They can still reach there. The last match is theirs. It’s against Lucknow. However, the Hyderabad match is also in Bengaluru. If that also gets rained off, you will reach 18 points. You would qualify, but even if you reach 20 points after the last match, you might not finish in the top two. So I feel RCB have lost more, if you look at it from that point of view,” he further added.

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Meanwhile, Aakash Chopra also stated that KKR’s slim IPL 2025 playoffs hopes have finished, highlighting that they failed to utilize their batting depth effectively this season as well.

“I had less expectations from Kolkata. Technically, they were still in the game. They wouldn’t have qualified with 15 points. Now they are eliminated. There are a few prima facie things. You have such a lengthy batting lineup, but you couldn’t use that properly,” he said.

“Your batters didn’t get to play the entire overs properly. If we talk about bowling, you couldn’t use the overseas fast bowler well. Interestingly, when they think about how to ace the mini-auction, they won’t have an answer to it. Their problems won’t be addressed that easily because they are not that glaring,” Aakash Chopra concluded.