‘No common sense’: Virender Sehwag slams RCB’s poor batting show in Bengaluru defeat to PBKS | Ipl News
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s woes at home extended to a third match in succession as they suffered a five-wicket defeat to Punjab Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Sent in to bat first after a two-hour delay to rain, the RCB batters imploded during a 14-over game, making only 95/9 in the allotted period. None of the top-order batters got going, with openers Phil Salt and Virat Kohli falling to rash pull strokes within the first three overs. While captain Rajat Patidar brief knock and Tim David’s late surge helped RCB put on a fight, middle-order bats Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma and Krunal Pandya threw away their wickets. Former India opener Virender Sehwag slammed RCB for another abject batting display at home. “RCB batted poorly. All of them played reckless shots to get out. Not a single batter was out to a good ball. At least one batter should’ve used common sense. If they had wickets in hand, they could have reached 110 or 120 in 14 overs, which would have given …
