Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by a huge margin of 47 runs. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who came to bat first, scored 187 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response to which Delhi Capitals was reduced to just 140 runs. However, after this defeat, Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel expressed his views. He told how Delhi Capitals had to face a crushing defeat by 47 runs. Akshar Patel said that dropping the catch was costly for our team. We could have restricted RCB to 150 runs, but failed to do so.
Where did Delhi Capitals go wrong?
Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel said that if you lose your first 4 wickets in the powerplay, you will definitely struggle, on this pitch the score would have been 16-170 runs. This pitch had double pace. Many balls were coming fast on the bat, while many balls were stopping. If your leading batsman gets run out and returns to the pavilion and you lose 4 batsmen in the powerplay, then your problems are sure to increase. Also, Akshar Patel expressed his views on the playoff hopes of Delhi Capitals. He said that anything is possible from here, but we are not thinking that far ahead.
Now what is the playoff equation for Delhi Capitals?
Let us tell you that after the defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals have 12 points in 13 matches. Now this team is at sixth position in the points table. Delhi Capitals will play its last match against Lucknow Super Giants. The teams of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants will face each other on May 14. If the Delhi Capitals team is successful in defeating Lucknow Super Giants, then they will have 14 points, but despite this, the fate for the playoffs will not be in their hands. For this we will have to depend on the results of other teams.
