Virat Kohli not happy with RCB players after loss to KKR: 'Certainly not up to standard'

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Kolkata Knight Riders yet again in IPL 2023 by 21 runs in match 36 of tournament. After losing RCB vs KKR match at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. RCB's stand-in captain Virat Kohli has lashed out at his team's fielders and feels that his team deserved to lose. Virat scored 54 runs in 37 balls and kept his team well in chase but as soon as he fell, target proved to be too much for hosts and y ended up being on losing side. 

'We did deserve to lose': Virat Kohli 

"To be honest we handed m game. We did deserve to lose. We handed m a victory. We were certainly t up to standard. If you look at game, we didn't capitalize on our chances. We dropped a few chances which cost us 25-30 runs. We set up ourselves really well. We ended up hitting fielder to balls that weren't wicket-taking", Virat Kohli said in post-match presentation. 

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"It is what's on scoreboard and how to get m. Even while chasing, despite losing wickets we were one partnership away from being in game. We needed one partnership to get us home. We need to be switched on and t give away soft plays. We have won one and lost one on road. It is t something that is making us nervous. We need to win some away games to be in good shape for later sts of tournament", Virat Kohli continued. 

KKR grab third win in IPL 2023 

Coming back to furr highlights of RCB vs KKR IPL 2023 match, Kolkata Knight Riders put up a brilliant batting display in first innings and registered a first-innings total of 200/6. Openers Jason Roy and Narayan Jagadeesan gave ir team a brilliant opening start and added 83 runs for first wicket. Roy went on to score a half-century and made 56 runs in 29 balls which consisted of four fours and five sixes. Skipper Nitish Rana played anchor role after openers fell and scored 48 runs in just 21 balls with three fours and four sixes. 

Coming into chase target, RCB's permanent captain Faf du Plessis came in as an impact player and opened innings with Virat Kohli. orange cap holder though was t able to repeat his batting heroics and was dismissed for a score of 17. After du Plessis's wicket, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost two quick wickets in name of Glenn Maxwell and Shahbaz Ahmed, and both of m got dismissed in single digits. Virat though held innings from one end and went on to score a fifty but after his wicket target proved to be too much for hosts and y ended up being on losing side.