Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli said they didn't deserve to win against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and blamed the sloppy fielding for their six-wicket loss, which has jeopardised their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign.
RCB slumped to their fifth defeat in seven games after failing to defend 176 against KKR on Sunday, 29 April.
If we look back, we didn’t deserve to win. I don’t think we’re trying hard enough, we need to be hard on ourselves. We don’t deserve to win if we field like that. We can’t afford to field like that and let singles go to boundaries.Virat Kohli
“We were just not good enough tonight”, said the RCB skipper.
If RCB lose their next match, they would put themselves in a precarious situation of winning all remaining matches, out of which four are away games.
Kohli said they need to consider every match as a virtual semi-final from now.
"I can't pinpoint anything right now, we need to win six out of seven to qualify from here. We need to be in that mindset to take every match as as virtual semi-final from now", he said.
“There’s no room for lapses, complacency or hesitation. We need our guys stepping up and hopefully the guys can put up a better show.”
(The Quint is now on WhatsApp. To receive handpicked stories on topics you care about, subscribe to our WhatsApp services. Just go to TheQuint.com/WhatsApp and hit Send.)
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)