Retired Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag claimed that his former teammate Parthiv Patel did not need Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to qualify for the playoffs. Patel had obtained a little bit of a stick on social media after apparently claiming that Bengaluru would not qualify for the playoffs.
However the 37-year-old was on the Wankhede Stadium supporting Mumbai Indians (MI) throughout their encounter towards the Delhi Capitals (DC), regardless of understanding that the Royal Challengers would qualify if MI gained.
Talking to Cricbuzz, Sehwag pulled Patel’s leg throughout with a light-hearted piece of banter by saying that the previous wicketkeeper-batter did not need MI to win in order that Bengaluru would qualify for the playoffs. He stated:
“If it had been in his (Patel’s) arms, he would not have gone to the stadium. As a result of he did not need RCB to qualify! (laughs). He simply went there as a result of there have been orders despatched to him that they need to query him about one thing.”
“I had RCB within the second place from the start”- Parthiv Patel
Parthiv Patel claimed that he obtained pointless criticism when the Royal Challengers certified for the IPL 2022 playoffs. The 37-year-old acknowledged that Bengaluru had been at all times on his listing for the playoffs spots and he went to the stadium to help each his former groups.
On this, Patel stated:
“You may test my reels of this season. I had RCB within the second place from the start. There are such a lot of improper blames placed on me that I do not need them to achieve playoffs. I had even posted on Instagram with an MI jersey but in addition with a purple masks supporting them.”
Sehwag believes Bengaluru did not play poor cricket to get knocked out within the Eliminator for 2 years in a row. He simply felt that the opposition used to get a little bit of confidence after they performed the Royal Challengers. He added:
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“RCB do not play badly within the Eleminator. They fight their finest however the opposition’s self-worth will increase immensely after they come to know that they’re taking part in them.”
Faf du Plessis and his males will now have to win three video games on the bounce to lastly win that elusive maiden IPL title.
