A “disheartened” Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli is finding his team’s batting debacle inexplicable. After RCB slumped to their fifth straight defeat against Kings XI Punjab, the 28-year-old lamented on the team’s numerous batting collapses, PTI reported.
RCB have been all out four times this season and according to Kohli, he has not seen so many batting collapses in a single season.
“We let ourselves down with the bat once again. I have not seen so many collapses for a team in one season. You don’t really understand what to do in times like these,” said Kohli after his side lost by 19 runs to Kings XI Punjab.
RCB have now lost nine games out of 12 and are at the bottom of the table with only five points in his kitty.
“It’s really disheartening. I don’t know what to say in games like these anymore. It’s happening many a times now for our liking. Anything we are trying with the bat is not working,”
Kohli failed to pinpoint one single reason for a failure.
“The whole squad is trying to be positive but we are not finding a way to make a big score. Wickets are falling too quickly, I can’t pinpoint anything, we are trying to be as positive as we can. Our preparations have been similar to what we did last year, but what matters is what you do on the field and this season has been against what we’ve wanted,” Kohli said.
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