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In a hilarious exchange in the dressing room, Jitesh Sharma roasted his RCB captain Rajat Patidar for scoring just six runs against DC.
Rajat Patidar (left) and Jitesh Sharma (Screengrab/RCB)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru continued their winning run in the ongoing IPL, getting the better of Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday night. It was an all-round show from the Rajat Patidar-led franchise they sauntered to a six-wicket win to climb up to the top of the points table.
RCB have shared a video of post-match address by head coach Andy Flower as he lauded the bowlers for restricting DC to 162/8. He said that it was their best bowling performance of the season so far.
Riding on half-centuries from Krunal Pandya (73*) and Virat Kohli (51), RCB overhauled the target in 18.3 overs
And then he invited wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma to talk about the batting. He praised debutant Jacob Bethell for his short but sweet innings that saw him hitting left-arm speedster Mitchell Starc for a stunning six.
Jitesh then lauded Tim David who struck an unbeaten 19 off 5.
His assessment of skipper Patidar that left the dressing room in splits.
The 31-year-old Patidar scored run-a-ball six before a mix-up with Kohli resulted in him being run out in the fourth over which left RCB wobbling at 26/3.
“Rajat, nothing,” Jitesh quipped drawing laughter from his RCB teammates.
Later, Patidar teased his teammate for disregarding his contribution.
“Nothing bol raha hai (He said nothing),” he said.
And Jitesh was quick to hit back.
“Batting mein kya ukhada isne? (What did he do with the bat?),” he said.
Patidar then concluded by adding, “Chal theek, hai match jeet gaye na! (It’s fine, we won the game).”
