RCB vs DC / This player became the biggest villain of Bengaluru's defeat, he left the team in trouble

RCB vs DC: The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team has once again disappointed its fans. In the latest match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, RCB suffered a crushing defeat in the match played against Delhi Capitals. After a brilliant opening in the beginning, the condition of the team deteriorated so much that a comeback became difficult. This is RCB's second defeat this season, which can give a blow to the playoff hopes.

Virat-Salt pair gave a great start

At the beginning of the match, Virat Kohli and Phil Salt opened the innings and brought a storm. Both the batsmen scored 61 runs in the first four overs. Phil Salt's bat was spewing fire - it seemed as if he was determined to send every ball across the boundary. But then the whole game turned in a moment. There was a misunderstanding between Virat and Salt on the score of 61 runs and Salt was run out.

Padikkal's flop show became the reason for the defeat

After this, Devdutt Padikkal came at number three, who was expected to capitalize on that fast start and take the team to a big score. But exactly the opposite happened. Padikkal was out after scoring just 1 run in 8 balls. His strike rate was 12.50—which would be considered a very disappointing performance for any batsman in a T20 match.

Virat Kohli, who was holding on till now, came under pressure as soon as Padikkal was out and he also lost his wicket in a hurry. Kohli scored 22 runs off 14 balls. After this the team seemed to have disintegrated.

Padikkal had a very bad season

If we look at the entire season, Devdutt Padikkal's performance is continuously declining.

10 runs against KKR in the first match

27 runs against CSK in the second

4 runs against Gujarat Titans in the third

37 runs against Mumbai Indians in the fourth

And now just 1 run against Delhi

These figures clearly show that Padikkal is far from form this season. In Thursday's match, his batting was not only lackluster, but also became a major reason for RCB's defeat. If he had scored even 40-50 runs in this match, the result would have been different.

Will RCB be able to make a comeback?

RCB has big names—stars like Kohli, Du Plessis, Maxwell—but once again the same old story is being repeated. As soon as the top order flops, the middle order kneels down. RCB's biggest weakness so far this season has been that it is unable to capitalize on the initial lead.

In the coming matches, the team needs to think afresh about the batting order and the strategy of the impact players. Especially players like Devdutt Padikkal should either be given a break to get into form, or they should be kept on the bench and a new face should be given a chance.