India, April 19 -- Josh Hazlewood didn't mince his words after Royal Challengers Bengaluru slumped to their third consecutive defeat at home, citing an atypical Chinnaswamy surface and the team's slow grasp of lessons from earlier games as key reasons behind their latest setback.

In a rain-shortened 14-over clash on Friday, RCB fell to a five-wicket loss against Punjab Kings, following previous defeats at the same venue to Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals. Hazlewood, one of the senior members in the squad, felt the team hadn't adapted swiftly enough.

"Yeah, it's obviously three (defeats) in a row now at home. It's just we've probably been a bit slow on the learnings from the first two games and didn't put that into practice as well as ...