According to the RCB’s star pacer Josh Hazlewood RCB batters’ failure to adapt to the unexpected Chinnaswamy pitch and their inability to apply lessons from previous matches led to their third consecutive home defeat. On Friday night PBKS defeated the RCB by five wickets in a 14 overs match following three consecutive losses at home against GT and DC. “Yeah, I think it’s not a typical Chinnaswamy wicket. Obviously the bounce has always been there, but it’s in past years, it’s probably been more consistent.”  Hazlewood said in his post-match interview.

Hazlewood’s Views On RCB’s Recent Defeat

“Yeah, it’s obviously three (defeats) in a row now at home. It’s just we’ve probably been a bit slow on the learnings from the first two games and didn’t put that into practice as well as we could have, probably in those first probably six to eight overs, obviously, with the score the way it was,” he added.

Hazlewood’s Confidence In The Teams Ability

“But we’ll dive into this game and, you know, probably more so when we get back to Bangalore and really go through in detail and with a fine tooth comb and come up with a few ideas of where we can learn and improve.

“I think the bowling definitely improved from the last two outings. So sort of we’re slowly getting there, but probably not quick enough,” he said.

Hazlewood’s Advice For The Team

“So, maybe, it might be a case of pulling back a touch and giving yourself a little bit of time. I know in the first two games we lost here it was a batter on the other team going big and getting a partnership and scoring big late in the game.

“So if we can have our top five, top six doing the batting for the 20 overs, I think that’ll go a long way to helping us win,” he explained.