Was pitch and rain responsible for RCB's batting collapse?

'Unfortunately our batting collapsed. There was nothing to do with the wicket' 

Royal Challengers Bangalore spinner Pawan Negi termed his team's humiliating 49 all-out as "part of the game".

"There's nothing to do with the pitch but both the teams bowled well. We did well in both spin and pace departments. But then it's part of the game. One day you do well and on another day nothing goes your way," Negi said at the post-match news conference on Sunday.

"Unfortunately our batting collapsed. There was nothing to do with the wicket," he said.

Negi also refused to blame the spell of shower before the start of the match, which many think would have aided the seam attack.

"I don't think rain made any difference."

RCB's collapse started with skipper Virat Kohli's duck in the third ball when the captain chased a wide delivery to edge it to second slip. Kohli was later seen complaining the fourth umpire about some spectators' movement near the sightscreen.

"It's nothing to do with the sight-screen. But people behind the sightscreen were moving a lot, causing problems for the batsmen," Negi said.

Image: Royal Challenger Bangalore's Pawan Negi also reckons that the early spell of rain before the start of the match had no role to play the the team's collapse

Photograph: BCCI