KKR vs RCB: Kohli admitted that his team gifted the victory to KKR

KKR vs RCB: After the defeat at home from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), RCB captain Virat Kohli lost his temper on Wednesday. The hosts won the game by 23 runs (KKR vs RCB). The stand-in captain, Kohli was delighted with the effort, admitting that his side gifted the victory to the opposition.

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Barring Virat Kohli, none of the RCB batsmen made a major impact

Chasing 201 to win, none of the RCB batsmen except Virat Kohli made a major impact and the home side failed to chase down their target. RCB could manage only 179 runs in front of the spin duo of Varun Chakraborty and Suyash Sharma.

Kohli – fiercely criticized his team in the press conference after the match

This method of defeat did not go down well with Kohli, who lashed out at his team in the post-match press conference. The 34-year-old said his team deserved to lose and hand KKR a comfortable win at Chinnaswamy on Wednesday.

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To be honest, we gifted them the match

Kohli said after the match, “To be honest, we gifted him the match. We deserved to lose and didn’t show a professional enough game, bowled well but the fielding was not up to standard. We gave them a free gift.”

RCB fielders gave two lives to Knight Riders captain Rana while Roy also dropped a catch

Kohli said, “We missed two chances in the field which cost us 25 to 30 runs. We were in a good position with the bat but then we lost 4-5 wickets easily. They were not wicket-taking balls but we hit shots straight into the hands of the fielders. Chasing down the target even after losing wickets, a partnership got us back in the match. We couldn’t have put together another good partnership.”

RCB’s team could manage only 179 runs for eight wickets despite Kohli’s half-century

Chasing Knight Riders’ target of 201, RCB’s team could only manage 179 for eight despite Kohli’s (54 off 37 balls, six fours) half-century. Apart from him, only Mahipal Lomror (34) and Dinesh Karthik (22) could cross the 20-run mark.