IPL 2015: Jadhav blames Delhi's collapse against RCB on bad batting technique

Delhi Daredevils’ score of 95 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday was the lowest total of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) — and allowed their opponents to record a comfortable 10-wicket win. Kedhar Jadhav was the lone man standing for Delhi — scoring 33 runs off 29 balls as wickets kept falling around him against a bowling attack comprising of Mitchell Starc and Varun Aaron. [caption id=“attachment_2214584” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Kedhar Jadhav was the lone man standing for Delhi — scoring 33 runs off 29 balls as wickets kept falling around him. BCCI[/caption] “I think we didn’t analyse the wicket well at the beginning. It wasn’t a 180 runs kind of wicket, 140 would have been a good total here because the ball was stopping and coming,” Jadhav told iplt20.com after the match. Jadhav also blamed technical mistakes from batsmen for the collapse: “I think we could have been more technically solid, especially against a bowling line-up like Mitchell Starc and the others. We still have half the tournament left. Every team has one wicket-taking fast bowler; so if we show a good defensive technique against him, then you can score off the other bowlers. But if lose three or so wickets to the main bowlers it becomes difficult.” Jadhav added that the only way to play against a bowler like Starc is to ’tighten technique’ and respect their quality: “I feel that on a wicket like this even if you leave a couple of deliveries it is alright especially if the bowler is bowling well.” Delhi came into the match at the back of a win against Mumbai Indians, but it’s time to regroup again for the team which finished last in IPL 2014. “It’s a good thing that there is a break (next match on 1st of May) and the mindset will be fresh again. It is important that we are in a positive frame of mind,” Jadhav said. Jadhav also spoke about what instructions he had from the bench when DD were folding quickly and how he and Mayank Agarwal decided to soak pressure as they tried to revive the innings — click here to read the full interview on iplt20.com.