Former India cricketer turned commentator Aakash Chopra has said that the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has a tendency to face massive defeats that could cost them a place in the IPL 2021 playoffs as well. Notably, they were bundled out for just 92 runs in the match against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday.
And, KKR chased down the target in just ten overs as well. While reviewing the match in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra highlighted that the Virat Kohli-led side is known for their embarrassing losses.
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He said: “Royal Challengers looked a little challenged. Kohli’s team doesn’t win when he wins the toss. There has been a slight upheaval already in the table. Bangalore’s system is different, when they lose, they lose so badly. Great teams, when they lose give two points, but do not lose too much with that. They save the net run rate and take the match deep because it will come in handy in the end. If you see the first match, Chennai were 25/4 and found a way to reach 156. In the same match, Mumbai had lost three wickets in the powerplay but they found a way to last 20 overs.”
However, RCB were decently playing at a score of 41/1 just prior to the end of the powerplay. But, soon they started losing wickets and they lost their next six wickets for only 25 runs and failed to bat to their full quota of overs as well. Aakash Chopra also shared that RCB will be in trouble if they don’t register at least three wins from now on.
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“But this is the team that when they lose wickets, they do it one after the other and they don’t play the entire 20 overs. The net run rate takes such a solid beating, that in the end they will get stuck if they don’t have 16 points. The net run rate will drown them if they are stuck with someone on 14 points. Their net run is worst among the top four teams and Kolkata, who have reached the fifth spot, their net run rate is better than them,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
