Mumbai, Pretr. In the third league match of IPL 2022, RCB scored 205 against Punjab and set the team a target of 206 runs to win. Punjab completed this target with 5 wickets in 19 overs and won the match. After all, what proved to be the biggest mistake in this match, due to which RCB got defeated, the new captain of the team, Faf du Plessis, told about it.

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Du Plessis, who played a brilliant innings of 88 runs in 57 balls in the match against Punjab, said that our bowling was good. Had we caught that catch of Smith, we would have had 10-15 runs to defend in the last over. We often say that catches make you win the match. He said that it was challenging to bowl later because of the dew. And Punjab had added to our troubles by batting well in the powerplay.

RCB captain Du Plessis told that dropping the catch of Punjab batsman Odion Smith cost his team

RCB captain Du Plessis told that it was heavy for his team to drop the catch of Punjab batsman Odion Smith. Man of the match Smith played an unbeaten 25 runs in just eight balls to give Punjab a five-wicket win with one over remaining in this big-scoring match. Chasing a target of 206 runs for victory, in the 17th over of Punjab’s innings. Anuj Rawat dropped Smith’s catch on the ball of Harshal Patel and gave him life. After this, he turned the tide of the match by hitting three sixes. And a four against Mohammad Siraj in the next over itself.

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Punjab captain Mayank Agarwal, who started the IPL 2022 season with a win. Also admitted that it was easier to bat in the second innings. He said it was easier to bat in the second innings because of the dew. But some balls were getting stuck on the pitch which was causing some problems. Mayank said that we gave 15-20 runs more but it was good to chase him. There is such an atmosphere in our team that every player has the ability to win.