"There was a lot in it initially. The ball was seaming around a lot. It was a little damp. It was a bit like a Test match. It was a question of survival in the first 4-5 overs," said Karthik, who top-scored for the hosts with a well-made 44 in 39 balls.
Before Karthik, MI captain Harbhajan Singh and Rohit Sharma had also questioned the tracks prepared here. Rohit had even went to the extent of comparing the track prepared for an earlier game to the bouncy Perth wicket in Australia.
MI slid to two for two before recovering to score 141 for six but the total was not enough as a rampaging Chris Gayle blasted his way to an unbeaten 82 off 59 balls to pilot his team home.
While crediting RCB bowlers for utilising the pitch well, Karthik said that a better wicket would have seen his batsmen compiling a bigger score.
"Credit to their bowlers, who bowled well. If it does a lot off the wicket, it is very tough to play shots. We couldn't get off to a start which is generally the case in T20. Even when they batted there was a bit in it for the new ball bowlers. They were taking their time and could not play their shots initially. But the wicket had a lot more in it when we batted, no doubt about it," he said. More