Bengaluru, April 11 -- Following his side's loss to Delhi Capitals (DC), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) mentor Dinesh Karthik hailed KL Rahul's knock, calling him a "high-quality middle-order batter".

KL stamped his authority against his former team at his domestic home ground as his knock of 93* in 53 during a tough-looking chase of 164 runs condemned RCB to their second-successive loss at home on Thursday.

Speaking about the inning in the post-match presser, Karthik said, "Any game you lose, is disappointing. The fact that it is a home game does not make it worse. We tried our best, did not happen. Kudos to KL Rahul, for the way he batted. He got a life today, a half chance. If that had been taken, the game could have gone anywhere...