“We need to stay optimistic, not too many changes to be made to the side.”

This is what Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli had said in the post-match press conference after their crushing loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 118 runs. However, in the very next game against the Rajasthan Royals, we saw him making three changes to the team.

Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath and Navdeep Saini were included at the expense of Colin de Grandhomme, Shivam Dube and Prayas Ray Barman.

Some changes were obviously expected in the team as a couple of international players had joined the squad after wrapping up their international commitments but his very statement, which was completely in contrast with his actions, gave a hint of the skipper’s muddled thinking.