'4 player se carrom ka board bhar skte ho' - Fans react as Faf du Plessis admits the line of fault for RCB in IPL 2023

The dream of winning the IPL got vanished once again for the crowd-favorite franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. One of the most decorated teams got eliminated from the tournament yet another time after a loss against Gujarat Titans in the last league match against the defending champions Gujarat Titans. Former skipper and batting superstar, Virat Kohli scored an amazing century for RCB but it went in vain GT chased down the total courtesy of the outstanding century smashed by the young batter Shubman Gill.

Meanwhile, the skipper Faf du Plessis has come up with a confession and big admission while talking about the line of fault for RCB in the current season of the Indian Premier League 2023.

"To be honest, we weren't one of the best teams in this IPL. We are lucky that were some really good performances throughout the IPL. But as a team & whole unit, we don't deserve to be in the semifinals. But still hurts,” said du Plessis in the aftermath of the six-wicket defeat against Hardik Pandya’s men.

Faf Du Plessis said - "To be honest, we weren't one of the best team in this IPL. We are lucky that were some really good performances throughout the IPL. But as a team & whole unit, We don't deserve to be in the semifinals. But still hurts". pic.twitter.com/axS50Ta0GD

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) May 22, 2023

Subsequently, a section of cricket fans agreed with this statement and analysis from the RCB skipper. Later on, the fans also took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and came up with a lot of reactions and responses to du Plessis’ remarks on Bangalore’s performance this season in the Indian Premier League 2023.

Here’s how fans reacted:

he's absolutely right , 4 player se carrom ka board bhar skte ho , IPL nhi jeet skte

— Bunny (@Bunny62125953) May 22, 2023

Very honest and fair assessment from him. If only RCB fans understood this!!

— Pooh (@ThodaYehThodaWo) May 22, 2023

Thanks for exploring reality in RCB faf…..
We have only 4 players in team !!!

Need RCB management to change ……,,,,,,,

— ಸುಮ್ನೆ (@One7Dheman) May 22, 2023

Exactly, Faf please induct some good indian players in the middle order and bowling department.

— Fahad Khan (@FahadKh67286821) May 22, 2023

Absolutely he is right

— Shamsi (MSH) (@ShamsiHaidri) May 22, 2023

He is definitely right, as a Rcbian i personally don't want to see such weak batting line up to qualify nd grab opportunities of other franchise 👍 but definitely yes it hurts a lot 😔

— Vedant Agrawal (@Vedant_2_6) May 22, 2023

A brutally honest assessment of the team that revolved around only 4 players (Bracewell did try though). Outspoken leaders like him and Virat are an asset to their countries.

— Projit Dasgupta (@dasgupta_projit) May 22, 2023

Honest, unlike his teams fans

— Happy KKR Fan (@Ankur55710) May 22, 2023

Absolutely right there are 11 players in a team but performed only 4

— Sumit Hira (@kinghirasumit) May 22, 2023

Focus on Building Team rather highlighting 3-4 imp players in RCB Ego is more bigger than talent.

— 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐭 🇮🇳 (@bharat0700p) May 22, 2023

First Stop this VIP Culture in RCB.

Treat Every Player as Equally.

Give them Confidence that they can also Win Match for Team...

— Vaibhav D (@Vaibhav04563161) May 22, 2023

Speaking of the action of the match between RCB and GT played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the visitors’ skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first, the red and gold outfits managed to post a total of 197 runs for the loss of five wickets owing to Virat Kohli’s knock of 101 runs off just 61 balls with 13 boundaries and a six to his name.

But later in the second innings, it was the young batting sensation Shubman Gill who scored a swashbuckling century and contributed with 104 runs off just 52 balls with five fours and eight sixes with the wood to win the match by six wickets for Gujarat and eliminating RCB from the contention for playoffs.