IPL 2025: RCB captain Rajat Patidar lashed out at these giants after losing at home, told the reason for defeat

Rajat patidar post match: Royal Challengers Bangalore lost by 8 wickets in the match played at their home (M Chinnaswamy) on Wednesday. The Gujarat Titans did not find any difficulty chasing the target of 170 runs. This is the first defeat of RCB this season, both of them won both the matches played before. After losing badly at home, RCB captain Rajat Patidar told one reason for the defeat to fall 3 wickets in the powerplay. Let us tell you that the team was first shocked as Virat Kohli, he returned to the pavilion after scoring 7 runs in the second over.

Rajat Patidar admitted that after the initial wickets, his team was not 200 but was thinking of scoring around 190. He admitted that the team was damaged by the initial wickets. However, he praised his bowlers who took the match so long despite this goal.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar after losing to GT

Rajat Patidar said, “Initial wickets damaged us in this match. 3 wickets in the powerplay created a difference.” Regarding the improvement on the pitch, he said, “A little better but the way our bowlers bowled were fantastic to see. It was not easy, they worked hard. He worked hard on this ground till the 18th over. The batting unit is very confident. The introduction with which he is playing is a positive sign for our team.

Captain’s Reflection: Focus on the positives and move forward!#Playbold #ನಮ್ಮ RCB #IPL2025 #RCBVGT pic.twitter.com/GDUF5LHFNZ

– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) April 2, 2025

Mohammad Siraj’s superb bowling, RCB lost 3 wickets in powerplay

RCB had the first blow as Virat Kohli, who started the innings with Phil Salat. Virat was caught out by Arshad Khan by scoring 7 runs. After this, Siraj took the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal (4) and Phil Salat (14) respectively in the third and fifth over. RCB lost 3 wickets in the powerplay, after which captain Rajat Patidar also fell victim to Ishant Sharma in the 7th over.

After this defeat, the RCB team has already reached number three in the points table. The Gujarat Titans occupies fourth place despite the victory. Punjab Kings have reached first and Delhi Capitals at number two.