'Mujhe nahi pata kya hua': Axar left searching for answers after DC collapse to 75

Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel had fewer answers aft his squad suffered 2 dense defeats successful little than 48 hours successful IPL 2026.After failing to support 264 against Punjab Kings connected Saturday, Delhi were bowled retired for conscionable 75 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru connected Monday.Delhi were reduced to 9 for 6 wrong the Powerplay arsenic Bhuvneshwar Kumar got question with the caller shot and Josh Hazlewood utilized the short-ball program well.It became the team’s lowest people of the play and RCB completed a nine-wicket triumph comfortably.“Even I don't cognize what happened. That's wherefore they accidental you person to beryllium connected your toes successful cricket. We person to determination connected from this match,” Axar said astatine the post-match presentation.He besides looked backmost astatine cardinal moments from caller matches, including the missed azygous against Gujarat Titans and dropped catches by Karun Nair against Punjab Kings.“From today's constituent of view, you tin accidental it did effect, but you tin look back, if the catches were taken (Nair) oregon had we taken the azygous against GT, past momentum would person been with us. The crippled is specified that determination is nary country for ifs and buts. You person to beryllium positive, you had a atrocious time and instrumentality the positives from the past 5-6 games,” Axar added.However, the Delhi skipper did not hold that determination was excessively overmuch plaything connected offer, adjacent aft Bhuvneshwar’s inswinger bowled debutant Sahil Parakh.

“I wasn't surprised, they are satellite people bowlers, they plaything it each ground, but if our openers oregon apical bid had played them retired past the effect mightiness person been different.”Hazlewood, who removed KL Rahul and Nitish Rana with abbreviated balls, said helium was unsure what to expect from the transportation aft much than 500 runs were scored successful the erstwhile lucifer astatine the aforesaid venue.“Probably turning up present aft 500-plus runs successful the past game, was not definite what was going to happen,” Hazlewood said, adding that helium followed Bhuvneshwar’s lead.“Was conscionable pursuing his (Bhuvneshwar) lead. There was a spot determination successful the archetypal six overs - capable determination to enactment with, and it was skidding connected rapidly from a abbreviated of a length. Once the shot got soft, it got much even,” Hazlewood said.He besides explained however helium planned the dismissal of Rana.“In general, you wanted the batter to deed it down the wicket and successful the V. The abbreviated shot was bully arsenic well, conscionable astir the accuracy. When that shot was bully and hard, it was pugnacious to bat.

Would person been bully to vessel 4 and get disconnected the field,” said Hazlewood.RCB skipper Rajat Patidar besides admitted helium was amazed by however the transportation behaved.“Even I americium amazed the mode wicket played,” helium said.“All recognition goes to the bowlers, Bhuvi and Hazlewood. They deed the close areas. The plaything was mean but the bully happening was we got aboriginal wickets and that kept america successful the driving seat. The mode Suyash Sharma bowled, stump to stump, it was truly bully to see,” helium concluded.