IPL: Kohli blames poor fielding for RCB s loss against KKR

Bengaluru April 30 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli has blamed his side s poor fielding for yet another defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Bangalore were handed a six-wicket defeat by Kolkata at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday as RCB s bowlers failed to defend a 176-run target.

The defeat has put Bangalore in a critical situation as their play-off dreams now lie on shaky ground.

Speaking after the match Kohli said: "The pitch is bringing out surprises everytime we bat. It looked better than it played..175 was a really good score I felt."

"If we field like that we don t deserve to win. We need to be hard on ourselves and be more brave with the ball and in the field we need to correct those things going forward " the RCB skipper added.

A furious Kohli minced no words on his team s lacklustre show on the field against Kolkata and said such performances won t let the team win.

"We didn t deserve to win with the way we fielded. We weren t just good enough tonight. I can t pinpoint anything at this point " said the 29-year-old.

On Sunday it was Kohli s unbeaten 68-run knock which helped Bangalore reach a challenging total against the visitors.

Meanwhile KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik also praised Kohli s valiant effort.

"With AB not being there we knew Virat was the big wicket. But he s Virat he came out all guns blazing " he said.

Bangalore will next face Mumbai Indians here on Tuesday while Kolkata will take on Chennai Super Kings at home on Thursday.

--IANS
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