Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) core member AB de Villiers thanked fans for their support in IPL 2020 and apologized for the team's failure in Eliminator. RCB took an exit from the tournament after losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the playoffs.
De Villiers stood up for the team in a tough situation and scored 56 off 43 to take them to 131/7. It was a fighting total but not enough to win the match, as SRH chased it down in the last over by 6 wickets.
The official Twitter account of RCB shared the video of a team meeting after the loss in which De Villiers said he is thankful for the huge backing from the fans despite ups and downs in the tournament. He is looking forward to a strong comeback for RCB.
"To all our RCB fans, thank you so much for the support. Wish you guys were here throughout the tournament, we could've done with a bit of support from you guys in the stadium but it wasn't meant to be. Hopefully next time. Sorry about not going all the way. We gave it our best shot and we had a lot of fun. There are a lot of positives which we will take on board moving forward. Thank you very for supporting us and always being behind us," he said.
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Skipper Virat Kohli expressed gratitude towards the coach and other support staff. He also talked about focusing on the positives this season and said, "I think we played some good consistent cricket and fell off at the back end. Probably didn't play our best cricket from that Mumbai game onwards that we played here (Abu Dhabi). Would have loved to go even further and I know fans really wanted us to go further.
"But some positives this season, guys like Devdutt (Padikkal) stepping up for the team and having a great season as an opener. Siraj coming back nicely after a tough season last year. A lot of positives and something that we can definitely take forward."
Australia cricketer Aaron Finch, who has already played 7 other franchises before joining RCB, said this was the 'best group' he ever played with in IPL.
"By far the best group I have ever been a part of in the IPL. Being so close together, being in the bubble forced us all to be really close and really tight, it was an amazing experience," Finch said.
