IPL 2024: 'RCB fielded with 11 batsmen', Srikanth angry over Bengaluru's poor performance, said this about Virat

Former Indian cricketer K. Srikkanth is disappointed with the poor performance of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing IPL. He has said that he was hurt after seeing the performance of RCB bowlers against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the record-breaking match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. On Monday, RCB suffered a 25-run defeat to SRH, their sixth defeat in seven matches. Sunrisers scored 287/3 in 20 overs, which was the highest score in IPL history.

Srikkanth took a dig at RCB and said that they should field only 11 batsmen, especially when they play at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Srikanth also said that Virat Kohli could have bowled better than the one who gave away 287 runs in the match.

Srikanth said on a YouTube show – Reece Topley is being thrashed. Loki Ferguson was getting beat up. He has not performed well in IPL. Ferguson has traveled from Kolkata to Bengaluru. Will Jacques was their best bowler. It would be better if they played 11 batsmen. Ask Faf du Plessis to bowl two overs. Give four overs to Cameron Green. I think Virat Kohli would not have given so many runs if he had bowled four overs. Virat Kohli is a good bowler. At one time I was feeling very bad for Virat Kohli, who was watching the balls flying from the stadium. When he came out to bat, he came out angry. Travis Head was thrashing RCB bowlers and even Abdul Samad played big shots.

RCB did not give a chance to any specialist spinner against Sunrisers. Apart from this, Mohammad Siraj was also made to sit on the bench. The team's bowling lineup looked inexperienced. Will Jacques was seen bowling off-spin for RCB. He spent 32 runs in three overs. Fast bowlers Reece Topley, Yash Dayal, Loki Ferguson, and Vijaykumar Vaishak gave away 137 runs in 10 overs. It was a perfect day for the batsmen as Sunrisers hit 22 sixes and RCB hit 16 sixes. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad took T20 batting to a new level. He hit 41 fours in the innings.

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