RCB "Slow On Learning": Josh Hazlewood Mocks Own Franchise After PBKS Defeat

Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacer Josh Hazlewood said an atypical Chinnaswamy pitch and the batsmen's inability to put learnings from previous matches into practice contributed to his team's third straight defeat at home. The Royal Challengers succumbed to Punjab Kings by five wickets in a 14-over-a-team match on Friday night after losing against Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals here earlier. "Yeah, I think it's not a typical Chinnaswamy wicket. Obviously the bounce has always been there, but it's in past years, it's probably been more consistent," said Hazlewood in the post-match press conference.

It may be recalled that RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik too was not satisfied with the 22-yard strip on offer here and wanted to have a talk with the local curator after their defeat against the Capitals.

Hazlewood said the lack of a strong power play segment added to RCB's woes.

"Yeah, it's obviously three (defeats) in a row now at home. It's just we've probably been a bit slow on the learnings from the first two games and didn't put that into practice as well as we could have, probably in those first probably six to eight overs, obviously, with the score the way it was," he added.

However, the New South Welshman was confident in his team's ability to buck the frustrating trend at the earliest.

"But we'll dive into this game and, you know, probably more so when we get back to Bangalore and really go through in detail and with a fine tooth comb and come up with a few ideas of where we can learn and improve.

"I think the bowling definitely improved from the last two outings. So sort of we're slowly getting there, but probably not quick enough," he said.

Hazlewood had a word of advice to his colleagues in the batting front — step