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‘When you drop Virat Kohli, it becomes difficult’: Abhishek Nayar after KKR’s loss | Ipl News

‘When you drop Virat Kohli, it becomes difficult’: Abhishek Nayar after KKR’s loss | Ipl News

KKR head coach Abhishek Nayar did not spend too much time searching for complicated reasons after Royal Challengers Bengaluru chased down 193 with relative comfort in Raipur on Wednesday night. For him, the turning point was simple enough. “When you drop Virat Kohli, especially in a chase, it becomes very difficult,” Nayar said after KKR’s six-wicket defeat. Kohli made KKR pay dearly for the dropped chance on 21, finishing unbeaten on 105 off 60 balls and guiding RCB home with the kind of control and composure that has defined his career for years. Nayar admitted KKR had enough runs on the board but felt the game slowly slipped away through a series of small moments that did not go in their favour. “As I said earlier, the score was fine on this pitch,” Nayar said. “There are a lot of things that could have been better. Virat’s catch was a very tough one. The Angkrish catch, you would expect him to take.” The KKR head coach also pointed to the absence of Varun Chakravarthy, whose …

IPL 2026 playoffs qualification: Scenarios for all 8 teams in contention explained | Cricket News

IPL 2026 playoffs qualification: Scenarios for all 8 teams in contention explained | Cricket News

IPL 2026 playoffs qualification scenarios: In a few hours from now, Royal Challengers Bengaluru could rise to the top of the IPL 2026 standings with a win over Kolkata Knight Riders. But before that game begins in Raipur, as things stand, there are as many as eight teams in the contention for the IPL 2026 playoff spots. Here’s what the IPL 2026 points table looks like after GT’s win over SRH on Tuesday. With inputs from Press Trust of India, we look at the qualifying scenarios for the eight teams still in contention: If Rajat Patidar’s team defeat KKR on Wednesday night, they will have one foot in the IPL play-offs. After that, the defending champions would need another win to secure a last four spot with 18 points being a safer number compared to 16. For reference, only Mumbai Indians qualified with 16 points last season. With 14 points from seven wins in 11 games, RCB have the best net run rate among the teams in contention. After KKR, they play Punjab Kings and …

Rajat Patidar reacts to RCB’s two-wicket win over MI: ‘We didn’t deserve to win this match’ | Cricket News

Rajat Patidar reacts to RCB’s two-wicket win over MI: ‘We didn’t deserve to win this match’ | Cricket News

3 min readMay 11, 2026 12:45 AM IST Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) may have won a thrilling contest over the Mumbai Indians by two wickets, but captain Rajat Patidar was critical of his team’s run chase of 167, admitting they did not deserve to be on the winning side. RCB eventually scraped home by two wickets in the last over thanks largely to Krunal Pandya’s outstanding 73 off 46 balls, but Patidar felt the target should have been chased more comfortably. “Our bowlers did a tremendous job to restrict them. That was easily chaseable, but to be honest, we didn’t deserve to win this match. We should have chased that target easily. We have a batting line-up capable enough,” Patidar said after the match. The RCB captain reserved special praise for Pandya, whose rescue act came after early dismissals of Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, and Patidar himself left the side in trouble inside the powerplay. He revealed that they had decided in the team meetings that the all-rounder would bat at number five. “It was …