Dhawan told the reason for defeat

The sixth match of IPL 2024 was played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, Punjab Kings had to face defeat by four wickets. Let us tell you, Punjab Kings had defeated Delhi Capitals in their first match of IPL 2024. At the same time, he had to face defeat in his second match. After this defeat, Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan told everyone the reason for the team’s defeat. He said that it was a good match, we bounced back from difficult situations, but despite this we failed to win. Our team scored 10-15 runs less. I batted slowly in the first 6 overs.

IPL 2024: Virat’s dropping the catch proved costly: Dhawan

Putting forward his views, Shikhar Dhawan said that we had to bear the brunt of scoring 10-15 runs less, apart from this our fielders dropped catches. Especially, dropping the catch of a player like Virat Kohli proved costly. If we had managed to catch Virat Kohli, the momentum would probably have come to us on the very second ball. But we failed to do so. This wicket was nice to look at, but it was not easy to bat on. Apart from double bounce, the bowlers were getting turn on this pitch. However, this pitch was 70 percent favorable for batting, while 30 percent was favorable for bowlers.

IPL 2024: I should have scored runs faster: Dhawan

Talking about his batting, Shikhar Dhawan said, ‘I scored runs for my team, but I think I should have scored runs more quickly. I should have provided more strength to my team during the powerplay. If I had scored fast in the first six overs, my team would have definitely benefited from it. Whereas my team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Due to this, pressure started building on our team. This match went till the last over, but I think our bowlers could have bowled better than this. Apart from this, Shikhar Dhawan expressed his views on Punjab Kings spinner Harpreet Brar. He said that the way Harpreet Brar displayed brilliant bowling under pressure is praiseworthy.

IPL 2024: Virat scored 77 runs

Virat Kohli got a lease of life on the very first ball of his innings and even after that he narrowly missed out on the score of 33. The bowler both times was Sam Curran. After missing the catch in the first over, he hit three more fours off Curran and took 16 runs. He also hit a four to Kagiso Rabada and a six to leg spinner Rahul Chahar. While Rabada and spinner Harpreet Brar troubled the other batsmen of RCB, Kohli made shots freely.

IPL 2024: 52-run partnership between Jitesh and Curran

Prabhasimran hit Cameron Green for a six by playing a flick shot at mid-wicket. This dangerous partnership was broken by Maxwell when Prabhasimran came forward to play a pool shot and Anuj Rawat caught him behind the wicket. Rawat also caught Liam Livingstone in the 12th over and this time the bowler was Alzarri Joseph. Punjab got the biggest blow on the next ball in the form of Dhawan’s wicket. While trying to play a high shot to Maxwell, he was caught by Kohli at long on. Punjab’s score at this time was 98 runs for four wickets in 12.1 overs. After this, Jitesh hit Dagar for two consecutive sixes. He along with Sam Curran added 52 runs in 34 balls for the fifth wicket and took the team beyond 150 runs. Shashank Singh scored 20 runs in the last over of Joseph.

IPL 2024: Playing 11 of Royal Challengers Bangalore

Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat (w), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal.
Impact Players:- Suyash Prabhudesai, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vishak, Swapnil Singh

IPL 2024: Playing 11 of Punjab Kings

Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar.
Impact Players:- Arshdeep Singh, Riley Rossouw, Tanay Thiagarajan, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kawerappa

IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore team

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik, Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Swapnil Singh, Vijaykumar Vaishyak, Lockie Ferguson, Mahipal Lomror, Will Jacques, Manoj Bhandage, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Tom Curran, Reece Topley.

IPL 2024: Punjab Kings Team

Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Riley Rossouw, Tanay Thiagarajan, Harpreet Singh. Bhatia, Vidyath Kawarappa, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Ashutosh Sharma, Atharva Tayde, Nathan Ellis, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh.