Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has added that the Royal Challengers
Bengaluru’s (RCB) home campaign in WPL 2025 has been as bad as
Pakistan’s in the 2025 Champions Trophy as well. He also stated that the Women’s
Premier League defending champions have been on a losing spree since
they started playing at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as well. However, RCB started their WPL 2025 campaign with back-to-back wins against the
Gujarat Giants (GG) and the Delhi Capitals (DC) in Vadodara but they
have lost their next three games against the Mumbai Indians (MI), the UP
Warriorz (UPW) and GG in Bengaluru as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “RCB are the defending champions. They played extremely well last year and lifted the trophy. They didn’t play well the year before that. They started the tournament very well this year. They chased 200. They were outstanding. However, then the Vadodara leg ended, they reached the RCB ground, and haven’t won a single match since.”
“They lost in the Super Over when the match got tied. Obviously, there is a slight disadvantage of the toss as they are getting to bat first, but you want to start winning at some stage. Their situation is like Pakistan. Their home doesn’t suit them, and this happens with their men’s team as well,” Chopra again added. “The entire ground is completely filled in both their men’s and women’s matches. Harmanpreet (Kaur) had to put her fingers in her ears as the crowd was so loud in the RCB-MI match. They win my heart as this is loyalty. There is no give and take in that relationship.”
However, Aakash Chopra also expressed hope that the RCB play way better away from home in their last two WPL 2025 games as well.
“I am waiting for them to leave from here and go to Lucknow, so that they start winning at least. The team is good. Nothing is lacking in the team. With Danni Wyatt-Hodge coming in, the team is looking even better, but they are not winning. I really hope that when they leave the Chinnaswamy ground and go to Lucknow, maybe we will say ‘muskuraiye’ there,” he concluded.
