RCB not worried about their poor home form in IPL 2025: Mo Bobat

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru's director of cricket, Mo Bobat, said that he was not worried about the team's home vs away record in the IPL 2025. This season, RCB have done well while visiting other venues, but have floundered at home.

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00:00Yeah, we're very conscious that there hasn't been a game played here yet.

00:04We came in with a bit of an idea of how the wicket was going to play,

00:07but we thought we'd like to observe and see how that goes.

00:10Coming into the game, we were very mindful of what the weather might be like as well,

00:14so part of us was thinking if it was going to be really hot, we might bat first,

00:17but when we got here, there was quite a nice breeze,

00:19so I spoke to the lads and the senior players were quite clear

00:21that they wouldn't mind seeing how the wicket plays

00:23before they'd go out and have a go at chasing the score.

00:26Are you happy with the way Devadar Padikal came up today?

00:32He was fighting earlier in the tournament, but he played a game of a role.

00:36What are your thoughts on that?

00:38Yeah, the great thing about Dev is he's got a lot of batsmanship.

00:42If you look at his record and what he's done, he knows how to build innings,

00:46he knows how to bat long periods of time.

00:48People have probably seen the role that we've given him.

00:50He's been going out and trying to have a bit of an impact, which is great.

00:53But today with the score that it was, it was a really good chance for him to get into his innings

00:57and to go through the gears as and when was appropriate.

01:00And he showed good batsmanship today.

01:02So a big part of it is adapting to conditions and situations,

01:05and I thought he did that really well today.

01:07Are you surprised by the way Rajasthan Royals fielders drop catches

01:12and miss a couple of easy run outs?

01:15Well, we dropped some today as well, so it's not often you see Virat drop a catch.

01:20I know that, so he won't be too happy.

01:22But look, maybe there was something in it today, maybe picking up from the crowd.

01:25The guys have played a lot of evening games, maybe just readjusting to playing a day game.

01:29I don't know. Unusual to see that many missed fields.

01:32Certainly, we would like to have fielded better.

01:34But yeah, I don't really have too many comments on Rajasthan's fielding.

01:37I'm more concerned about ours.

01:38You guys chased down 174 with quite an ease.

01:41So what was the approach, what was the plan before starting the years?

01:45To be honest, we didn't overthink how we were going to chase it

01:49because I think until you get out there and assess the situation,

01:53you don't really know.

01:54You almost want your openers to go out and just do what they do.

01:56And when you talk about doing what you do, Phil Salt was a good example of that.

02:00I always have a preference with slightly lower scores

02:03that we start with an intent to go after the score.

02:06Phil Salt did a great job at breaking the back of that total,

02:10which then took the pressure off everybody else.

02:12So yeah, look, we didn't overthink it.

02:13You want players to just get into their groove and play the way they play.

02:16But having somebody that can take the pressure off everybody else

02:19like Phil Salt did was brilliant.

02:21Yes.

02:22Don't you think that this IPL is actually topsy-turvy

02:27for the majority of the team behind one or two teams who are on top?

02:31This has been a very topsy-turvy tournament.

02:34And today's victory, you must have served as a shorter arm

02:39or how do you go from here?

02:41Yeah, I think it's good for the competition that there's a lot of teams taking points off other teams.

02:47I think that makes for exciting competition.

02:50In my experience, which isn't too long, you always get a little bit of this at the start of the IPL.

02:55As you get to the halfway point where everyone's played half their fixtures,

02:59you'll start to see the league table probably start to settle.

03:03But at the minute, I think it's good for the competition that everyone's taking points off everybody.

03:07We're pretty happy. We've got four wins from six.

03:10Those two defeats, we still think we could have done things better,

03:12but there were some positives to take from those.

03:14So at the minute, most of our focus is on how we're playing our cricket,

03:17more so than even the results.

03:19And there's plenty that we're happy with right now.

03:22It's the same as all the other victories. It's two points.

03:34Obviously, we won fourth of a match while we lost two at home.

03:38So what do you think you are going to make a streak?

03:44Well, yeah, the last time I checked, you don't win the IPL for winning your home games.

03:49So as far as we're concerned, a win's a win.

03:53We'll focus on the next game.

03:55We'll have good opposition to play against.

03:57We've got a few days to prepare.

03:59We'll just try our best to win that next game.

04:01But more importantly, as I said earlier, we'll really focus on how we want to play.

04:13I think we've done well. We've won against four big teams.

04:17Certainly not many teams in the same season go to Mumbai, CSK and Calcutta and pick up wins.

04:23So we're pretty happy with that.

04:24But look, we're not overthinking home versus away.

04:27We're playing a game of cricket. We're trying to play well.

04:29And if that gives us two points, great. We move on to the next game.

04:32So maybe other people are making more of the home and away than we are.

04:35We're trying to play well.

04:36We're probably more of the home and away than we are.

04:37You're probably more of the home and away than we are

04:38you're probably going to be a fan of the home and away than we are.

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