Royal Challengers Bengaluru legend AB de Villiers was not happy to listen to the damaging remarks concerning the franchise throughout their final IPL 2025 league match towards the Lucknow Tremendous Giants on the Ekana Stadium on Tuesday.
A win essential to safe a Qualifier 1 spot, RCB had been silenced by the house aspect within the first half after they racked up an enormous 227-run complete on the again of skipper Rishabh Pant’s century. The RCB bowlers got here below collective hearth within the absence of Josh Hazlewood, however de Villiers mentioned he was fuming when he heard the extreme criticism from the commentary field.
“I listened to the commentators final evening, and actually, it received me so offended,” mentioned de Villiers on his YouTube channel. “They had been so damaging after we had been bowling. They stored saying, ‘RCB’s bowling is below stress. They don’t seem like they’re going to handle it. As soon as once more, an in-form staff is beginning to lose momentum.’ However what about this- perhaps it was only a actually good batting wicket, guys? To all you very intelligent and sharp commentators on the market, how about contemplating the chance that it was a wonderful floor for batting?”
de Villiers additional elaborated on how commentators are inclined to formulate and stick with sure narratives.
“They went on about how RCB’s bowling unit was as soon as once more in poor type. As I watched the match, I assumed: generally commentators get fixated on a story. Sure, RCB have by no means received a title, nevertheless it’s lazy to maintain saying, ‘Right here we go once more. The bowlers are failing, they’re ineffective,’ with out correctly analysing what’s taking place on the sector. Rishabh Pant isn’t going to attain 118 off 60-odd balls on a tough, very tough pitch. All of the LSG batters had been fluent on the market.
“Sure, there was some poor bowling at instances. However finally, one should have a look at the larger picture- 227 runs on a wicket that usually doesn’t help such batting suggests it was merely an excellent floor. RCB had been nonetheless within the contest; they weren’t blown away, they usually proved that,” he added.
However, RCB razed down the tall goal, securing their highest-ever chase in historical past with seven balls to spare on the again of Jitesh Sharma’s unbeaten 84 and Virat Kohli’s fifty. The three-time runners-up will face Punjab Kings within the Qualifier 1 match in New Chandigarh on Thursday.