“They didn’t even take him to such a lovely place like Dharamsala” – R Ashwin’s hilarious tackle RCB star lacking IPL 2026 sport vs PBKS

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shared a hilarious response after Rajat Patidar missed Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)’s IPL 2026 sport in opposition to Punjab Kings (PBKS). The competition was performed on Sunday, Might 17, in Dharamsala.

Within the earlier sport in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Patidar was struck on the helmet by a bouncer from Kartik Tyagi. In the meantime, in his absence, Jitesh Sharma led the facet and mentioned through the toss:

“Rajat is doing unbelievable now and hopefully we’ll see him in Hyderabad.”

RCB registered a 23-run win after posting 222/4, changing into the primary group to seal a playoff berth. Talking throughout a dialogue on his YouTube channel (@ashkibaat99⁩), the 39-year-old remarked that RCB’s title defence may be very a lot alive and joked that the facet is so harmful that they even rested their captain and didn’t take him alongside to a lovely place like Dharamsala. He mentioned:

“The dialogue we had about RCB’s title defence remains to be alive, and no matter wanted to be achieved for the title defence, they’ve achieved it. Simply take a look at how harmful this group is, they even gave their captain a relaxation. They didn’t even take him to such a lovely place like Dharamsala. They instructed him, ‘Go dwelling, relaxation a bit, spend time with household, we’ll deal with it.’”

Ashwin additionally praised Venkatesh Iyer, who remained unbeaten on 73 off 40 balls, smashing eight fours and 4 sixes. He additional acknowledged that the celebration Iyer carried out after reaching his half-century was impressed by a dance transfer of former actor and present Tamil Nadu CM Thiru C. Joseph Vijay. He mentioned:

“And Venkatesh Iyer got here in and scored runs. He wasn’t getting possibilities earlier, however right now he obtained one and scored a half-century. Together with that, he additionally celebrated. You won’t know this, however that’s truly our CM’s dance transfer, and Iyer celebrated in that model.”

Iyer has scored 114 runs in three innings this season at a mean of 114.00 and a strike charge of 162.85, together with one half-century.

“He hasn’t been at his absolute peak” – R Ashwin’s large assertion on RCB seamer

In the identical video, Ravichandran Ashwin opined that Josh Hazlewood has not been at his very best, however even that has been sufficient for RCB. The Australian pacer has picked up 12 wickets in 10 innings at an economic system charge of 9.18.

Ashwin additionally praised Rasikh Salam, who has taken 12 wickets in 9 video games at an economic system of 9.48, and added that when once more, RCB may very well be seen taking part in the IPL closing in Ahmedabad. He mentioned:

“Their bowling assault can be very sturdy. Josh Hazlewood remains to be ready to return to his greatest. He hasn’t been at his absolute peak, however even then it’s sufficient. Rasikh Dar has bowled rather well. He bowled brilliantly. The way in which they’re taking part in, I’m pondering, fingers crossed, we would as soon as once more see them in Ahmedabad.”

The defending champions presently sit atop the desk with 18 factors from 13 video games.