2024-05-10 07:23:18
Hospice: After the defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the rain-affected Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Thursday, Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran said that his team’s performance this season has been disappointing. RCB kept their playoff hopes alive by defeating Punjab Kings by 60 runs. Due to this win, the RCB team reached seventh place with 10 points in 12 matches.
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings (08) are out of the race for the IPL playoffs as they will be able to reach only 12 points despite winning the remaining two matches.
What did Sam Curran say after the shameful defeat?
Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran said after the match, ‘If we talk about the tournament, it was heartbreaking, there were many positive things. But if we are not able to perform well in an important match, we feel bad.
Kohli’s brilliant inning of 92 runs in 47 balls was instrumental in RCB scoring 241 runs for seven wickets, who along with Patidar (55 runs in 23 balls) 72 runs in 32 balls and Cameron Green (46 runs in 27 balls) Together they made a partnership of 92 runs in 46 balls. Karan said, ‘We knew that Virat was at the crease so we had to take his wicket. We tried to make a good adjustment but could not. Will try to make a comeback next year. Shikhar Dhawan (regular captain) could have made a comeback after a few matches but it could not happen.
The condition of the match was like this
Batting first after losing the toss, RCB scored 241 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Punjab could not even play the full 20 overs and was all out after scoring 181 runs in 17 overs.