A dejected stand-in skipper Axar Patel blamed below-par fielding effort from his men for not being able to restrict RCB to 150 and thus practically blowing away chances of qualifying for the IPL play-offs after being handed a 47-run thrashing in their penultimate league game. While RCB are also on 12 points, a superior NRR of +0.387 compared to DC’s dismal -0.482 still keeps them in the hunt if they happen to win their last game and also have a few results going their way. “Dropped catches hurt us. We could have restricted them to 150. Also when you lose four wickets in powerplay, you are always chasing the game. 160-170 would have been a par score as the pitch was two-paced. Some were skidding, some were holding,” Axar said after the match.