IPL 2024: Duplessis told the reason for the defeat against Lucknow

Royal Challengers Bangalore have had a disappointing performance so far this season. In IPL 2024, the team has played 4 matches and lost 3 of them. In the last match, RCB was defeated by Lucknow Super Giants by 28 runs. Captain Faf du Plessis reacted to this defeat. He said that due to this we had to lose two catches. RCB dropped the catch of De Kock. After the match, Duplessis explained the reason for the defeat. “We had to pay a heavy price for missing two very good players. Quinton de Kock was playing with 25-30 runs and Nicholas Pooran was playing with 2 runs. We gave 60-65 extra runs. Such mistakes cost you dearly. Our bowling is also not very good.

40 runs on 21 balls

Batting first in this match, Lucknow scored 181 runs. Meanwhile, De Kock scored 81 runs in 56 balls. He hit 8 fours and 5 sixes. Nicholas Puran also did wonders. He scored unbeaten 40 runs on 21 balls. Puran's innings included 5 sixes and one four. Captain KL Rahul scored 20 runs. Meanwhile, Maxwell took 2 wickets for RCB. While chasing the target given by Lucknow, RCB could score only 153 runs. For that, Mahipal Lomror scored the maximum 33 runs.

another loss

Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered their second consecutive defeat this season. Before Lucknow, it was defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets. Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets. RCB won against Punjab Kings by 4 wickets. If we look at the points table, RCB is at 9th position. It has only 2 digits.