Royal Challengers Bangalore bowler Megan Schutt has admitted that her side has not been good enough in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) as they remained rooted at the bottom after five straight defeats in the tournament.
RCB remained winless in the WPL so far as they suffered a six-wicket loss to Delhi Capitals at DY Patil stadium here on Monday.
“Yeah it hurts, I am not going to lie. We improved in a lot of areas today and showed a lot of fire which is something we have not done in previous matches,” Schutt said after the match.
“The change of venues was nice, to be honest, but unfortunately not enough runs on the board today. A few big overs changed the game a bit,” she added, talking about the Brabourne Stadium where the team lost the first four matches.
Invited to bat, RCB posted 150 for 4 with Ellyse Perry top-scoring with a 52-ball 67 not out, but DC chased down the target with two balls to spare.
It will now be very difficult for RCB to qualify for the knock-outs though they still have a mathematical chance.
Schutt, who took one wicket for 24 runs in the match, said the pitch was a tough one to bat on, and Delhi bowlers, led by Marizanne Kapp (4-0-17-0) did well.
“It was a big toss to lose. Even in my warm-up overs before the game, I could tell there was a little bit of tack in the wicket,” said the star Australia pace bowler.
“It was a tough wicket, to begin with, Kappy is a world-class bowler as are a few others in their squad. Got to give credit to that as well, they bowled some terrific lines, the cutters were really holding in the wicket there. I think the intent was there, unfortunately we hit (to the) fielders too many times and (played) too many dots,” she added.
“It has been a whole team effort in a way. We have leaked too many runs in the field while bowling and fielding and probably are not putting enough on the board. I think we cannot put it down to any single person’s performance,” she said.
“Richa (Ghosh) was short of runs and today she batted like the way I have seen her bat for India so many times, so again that is short-format cricket. It is fickle, you cannot come off performance in every single game. (I am) not going to pin that on one player alone but I think we need to be collectively 10-15 percent better,” Schutt added.
“It was a great win. You want to get on the right side of these kinds of games. The way Marizanne and Jess (batted), how calm they were, it was brilliant,” Capsey said Capsey, who made 38 off 24 balls with the help of eight boundaries.
“I was a bit short of runs in this tournament so it was nice to contribute to the team’s win. Obviously, it was nice to get a few boundaries and get us ahead in the powerplay. The spinners got a little bit of purchase off the pitch when they slowed the ball down but it was overall a nice pitch,” she added.