Axar Patel: Shock loss to Punjab Kings played a role in DC’s collapse against RCB | Cricket News
2 min readApr 28, 2026 07:30 AM IST The list of excuses for Delhi Capitals’ collapse against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Monday began with the shock defeat to Punjab Kings two days prior. Fronting up to the media after a dire performance from his batting lineup, skipper Axar Patel admitted that the defeat to Punjab on Saturday, where the visitors managed the highest run-chase in IPL history, impacted his players. Axar said that not only was it a huge psychological blow, after which they had to dust themselves off quickly and play again, but also influenced the thinking of the batters about the kind of pitch they should expect. “After what happened in the last game (not being able to defend 264 against Punjab), I feel like the team’s morale went down. After scoring so many runs, nine times out of ten, you win the game. But the team were down that they could not defend that score. I felt there was a little hesitation because of that,” he said at the Feroz Shah …
