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Royal Challengers Bengaluru are yet to win a match at home this season, and on the other hand, the franchise has won all five away matches. In their three defeats at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the story has been the same they lost the toss and were asked to bat first on tough pitches, lost early wickets, ended up with low scores and then couldn't defend those totals as dew made batting easier for the chasing team.
RCB are currently in Bengaluru, preparing for their fourth home clash of the tournament, where they will face Rajasthan Royals on April 24.
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Liam Livingstone and Tim David are the only two RCB batters who managed to score a fifty in Bengaluru this season, whereas they've had nine scores of over 50. One of their main problem is that they have tried to attack too much too early in the powerplay on home pitches, which aren't as easy to bat on as they used to be. At home, they lose a wicket every 12 balls in the powerplay. They show the same intent, but the results are very different.
Ahead of their upcoming clash against RR, Paditar admits their weakness that the bowlers are getting a lot of help during the first innings, and they have to make the right shot selection.
"Absolutely, you are right, the shot selection matters," Patidar said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
"Because this time the wickets are two-paced wickets and the bounce is varying, so I think the bowlers are getting a lot of help, the way their ball is dipping, the way they are getting the bounce, so I think the more we focus on hitting (behind) square of the wicket, the better it will be," he added.
RCB are currently fourth in the points table with five wins in eight matches, behind Mumbai Indians (MI), who bounced back into the top 3 after registering a dominating seven wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
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