Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar made a bold call when he handed the ball to the pace bowling all-rounder Romario Shepherd for the penultimate over against the Delhi Capitals (DC). It was the Caribbean’s first over of the match, and a well-set Tristan Stubbs and David Miller were on the deck at that moment for DC.
Back-to-back sixes from David Miller, followed by a 4, seal the victory for the Delhi Capitals eventually. At the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, DC claimed a 6-wicket win over the defending champions.
Romario Shepherd looked disheartened in the dressing room
As the winning runs came from Shephard’s over, naturally, he was devastated after the match. In the dressing room, he was visibly disheartened. To cheer up the entire troop and especially Romario Shepherd, RCB head coach Andy Flower strongly said that they are fully behind him.
Batting first, RCB posted 175 runs for 8 wickets. The total was competitive, but a little bit low as they were playing on their home ground. The franchise shares a video on Sunday, depicting the dressing scenario and the views of the coaches after the disappointing result.
Dinesh Karthik praised the bowlers
Dinesh Karthik, the mentor and the batting coach of the team, mentioned that the pitch was not easy to bat on. He praised the batters for their efforts in their innings. Karthik also believes that they could have done a lot better on the surface against the Delhi Capitals bowlers.
“It was a tough pitch to bat and we played quite well for about 75% of the innings but yes in the last 5 overs we probably didn’t get as many runs as we wanted but we bowled so well, we fielded out for skin, we did everything possible, showed the kind of commitment that players have towards the team but towards the end they got two great batters who came in and absolutely smashed it and that happens in a T20 game,” Dinesh Karthik said.
The mentor and the batting coach of RCB praised the bowlers, especially Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He mentioned Rashikh Salam and Romario Shepherd as well.
“This Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) and Hoffs over was so good and Rasik’s as well, the 19th over was on point, and obviously we tried to take it as deep as possible, and then Sheppey (Romario Shepherd) had a couple of good balls and then a couple of lovely shots from David Miller as well. So overall, happy with the bowling effort, could we have done both a little better?” he added.
RCB head coach backs Romario Shepherd
Andy Flower also showed his support for the West Indies all-rounder.
“Sheppey, we are 100% behind you. Those are two world-class finishers, and we’ve got to give them credit as well,” the head coach said.
A few runs short with the bat, but some outstanding fielding and top class bowling from Bhuvi and Co. kept us fighting till the end. 📝
Mentor and Batting Coach Dinesh Karthik sums up the game and takes home some learnings from our clash against Delhi Capitals. 🙌#PlayBold… pic.twitter.com/8JD7kCrTig
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 19, 2026
RCB will play their next match in the IPL 2026 campaign on April 24 against the Gujarat Titans at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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