IPL 2019 | We can’t keep giving excuses after every game, claims Virat Kohli

Shreyas Iyer’s brilliant 67 off 50 deliveries helped Delhi Capitals to a well-deserved win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the latter's home ground. Having put up a below-par total of 149 on the board, the Bangalore-based franchise failed to impress with the ball once again as they succumbed to their sixth straight defeat in this year’s Indian Premier League. The RCB captain obviously looked extremely disappointed at the post-match interview as he claimed that his side were definitely the second best team on the pitch today.

"We thought 160 was going to be competitive. Even 150 was about par. It was quite dry underneath and we knew it would be slow. Not as good as the last game. That was exactly the case in the first innings. We kept losing wickets at regular intervals - couldn't really explode. Even 150 would have been difficult if we had held on to our chances. We need to grab our chances when they come our way. We can't keep giving excuses every game. We weren't good enough on the day again," Kohli said at the post-match interview after the loss against Delhi Capitals.

Kohli, who scored 41 off 33 balls in today’s game against Delhi, added that he could have added 25-30 more odd runs if he was out in the middle for a longer period.

"That's the whole story of our season so far. When AB got out I had to dig deep, the other guys had to strike around me, Stoinis was good, Moeen was good and Aksh too. When there are two seniors batsmen and one gets out, the other has to take it deep and that the whole idea of that innings. The pitch also didn't allow us to play freely. Understanding the situation and targeting specific bowlers, I wasn't too happy to get out to a ball like that. I thought if I had stayed we could have added 25-30 more to the total. In hindsight we can look at all this, but 160 was a competitive total," Kohli added.