Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Anil Kumble held his batsmen responsible for the team's seven-wicket defeat against Victoria.

He said that they just did not give the bowlers enough runs to defend.

Kumble felt 127 for six on a nice batting track was just not enough and the meagreness of the total completely handicapped the bowlers.

"A score like 127 on that pitch was not enough. Once the ball got old, there was some dew and it was coming nicely onto the bat. Probably 165 was a par score here," rued Kumble.

The hosts got off to a flying start, cruising to 39 for no loss inside five overs before a batting collapse left them reeling at 79 for four.

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"I think the first 10 overs went our way. But once Virat Kohli got out, it just fell apart. We lost three quick wickets and could not recover from there," he rued.

And while defending, Kumble felt not getting early breakthrough dashed whatever winning hopes his team had.

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"The initial thought was to get early wickets, because that is the only way you can restrict an opponent while defending 127.

"We tried hard to put pressure but it did not work," he lamented.

The Bangalore bowling was pretty pedestrian, except Praveen Kumar and South African tearaway pacer Dale Steyn also failed to make a mark after replacing injured compatriot Jacques Kallis in the playing XI.

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Kumble, however, came in Steyn's defence and said every player goes through a bad day.

"He is someone who bowls at 145-150 kmph and gets wickets. That's the strength he has. It was one of the days when things didn't go his way. He is otherwise a world class bowler," Kumble said.

Looking ahead, Kumble said it was difficult to make it to the semi-final stage but promised to put up a good fight against Delhi Daredevils on Saturday.

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"It got tough now. The format is such that since we lost in the group stage, we are not carrying any point. So we had to win tonight (Thursday) but we couldn't. But we will still give our best shot against Delhi," Kumble said.

His counterpart Cameron White was elated with the win which took his team near the semi-finals.

"It's great we already came from the group stage with two points. We wanted to bat first but batting second was a challenge and we did well," he said.

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Andrew McDonald, whose four-wicket haul not only broke Bangalore's back but also earned him the Man of the Match award, was happy to have contributed to the team's victory.

"The pitch had something for the spinner but I was lucky enough to get four wickets and I could not be be happier. They did got off to a flier but we came back hard," he said.

Deccan Chargers fined for slow over rate

As if their ouster from the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 was not disappointing enough, Deccan Chargers have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their narrow defeat to Trinidad & Tobago here.

Champions League Twenty20 Match Referee S Venkataraghavan imposed the fine after Deccan was ruled to be one over short of its target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration, at Uppal Stadium on Wednesday.

In accordance with the Airtel CLT20 Code of Behaviour regulations governing over-rate penalties, players are fined USD 750 for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount.

The offence is contrary to Section C of the CLT20 Code of Behaviour. For such offences, the decision of the CLT20 Match Referee is final and binding.

Indian Premier League champions Deccan Chargers made a shock exit from the CLT20 after losing to T&T by three runs.