IPL 2023: Punjab Kings captain Sam Karan was shocked after the defeat from RCB, directly considered responsible for the defeat

 

Today in IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore team was in front of Punjab Kings. This match was played at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. After winning the toss in the match, Punjab Kings captain Sam Karan decided to bowl first. Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 174 runs in 20 overs with the help of half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis.

In response, Punjab Kings were able to score only 150 runs and lost the match by 24 runs. Let's read what Sam Karan said after the defeat.

Sam Karan considered him responsible for the defeat

Speaking in the post match presentation, Sam Karan said, 'I felt that we bowled well as a group. Credit to Faf and Virat for the way they played, but I think we didn't let them get away, but we weren't good enough with the bat. They bowled well, we lost a lot of wickets, some runs went unnecessarily. Rain was also a reason. The wicket was good today, we might look back and regret a few dismissals, but we will come back on Saturday. We are playing in Mumbai on Saturday, the wicket there is good and we are excited to play there.

Virat Kohli's team overpowered Punjab Kings

Batting first, RCB scored 174 runs on the scoreboard. Chasing the target of 175 runs, Punjab Kings got off to a very poor start. Opener Atharva became the victim of Mohammad Siraj by scoring just four runs. Soon after this, Mathew Short also got out LBW at the hands of Vanindu Hasaranga after scoring 8 runs.

The batsman from whom Punjab Kings expected a big innings was Liam Livingstone, but Livingstone was also dismissed by Mohammad Siraj after scoring two runs. After this, two Indian young batsmen struggled and took the score of Punjab Kings to the score of RCB.

On one hand, Prabhsimran Singh scored 46 runs in 30 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. In the final, Jitesh Sharma played a fiery innings and scored 41 runs.