IPL 2017, RPS vs RCB: Five mistakes that led to RCB's defeat
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s disastrous journey in 2017 continued as they slumped to their seventh defeat of the season. Playing against Rising Pune Supergiant at Pune’s home ground, RCB were outplayed in all departments and lost the game by a huge margin of 61 runs.
Except for the toss, very few things went in Kohli’s favour. After conceding 157 runs, RCB managed to score only 96 in their 20 overs.
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Here, we look at the five mistakes committed by Bangalore which led to their downfall in Pune.
#1 Rahul Tripathi dropped on 11 by Kohli
One of the vital ingredients of Pune’s success is the start given by Rahul Tripathi at the top of the order. In the last five matches, he has scored over 30 runs in each innings, building the team a perfect platform.
Today Adam Milne created an opportunity to send back this right-handed batsman early in the innings when he was on 11. On the last ball of the third over, Tripathi went down the track to pull Milne and offered a simple catch to Kohli who was at mid-on.
The ball headed straight to the skipper, who is considered one of the safest fielders around the world. But Kohli misread the trajectory of the ball and dropped the catch.
This dropped catch proved to be vital as Tripathi went on to score 37 runs from 28 balls.