Legendary India batter Virender Sehwag lashed out at Royal Challengers batters after their disappointing present in opposition to Kokata Knight Riders of their second IPL 2023 match that came about on the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. Sehwag additionally identified that the crew’s batting could not simply depend on their openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. Chasing a complete of 205 in opposition to KKR, RCB had been bundled out for 123 runs in 17.4 overs as Kohli and du Plessis scored solely 21 and 23 runs, respectively.

RCB had earlier began its IPL 2023 marketing campaign on a dominating word because it had crushed Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets. In pursuit of 172 runs, RCB openers Kohli and du Plessis had stitched 148 runs for the opening wicket to assist the facet ease previous MI. However, the duo failed to supply the same begin in opposition to KKR and that affected RCB badly.

“You can’t depend on just two players. It’s like only when Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli play well RCB will win. This can’t happen. Glenn Maxwell has to contribute. Dinesh Karthik has to contribute. The others must chip in,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.

Despite RCB’s poor present, Sehwag backed them to bounce again within the match.

“The type of game Banglaore (RCB) has played will happen to every team in this tournament. One batting collapse happens to everybody, that is the history of IPL. It’s good that this happened to RCB early in the tournament. If this had happened after 8 to 9 matches in the league then it would have made a huge difference in the points table because of a poor net run rate. Then you might have been left with no option but to win all of your remaining matches to qualify. But now they still have a chance to make a comeback.”