After a thumping 112-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore saved their hopes alive and nicely for the playoffs qualification. However, other than the state of affairs of the RR batting lineup collapsing, one other matter goes viral in the mean time. RCB’s star Virat Kohli was seen interacting with younger Indian batting prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal, who uncharacteristically obtained dismissed for a duck in in the present day’s sport. Riding excessive on a dominating bowling show Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) thumped Rajasthan Royals (RR) by an enormous 112-run margin in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, right here on Sunday, to maintain their playoff hopes alive.
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IPL 2023: The win gave RCB essential two factors they usually sit fifth on the desk with 12 factors and a wholesome run fee of +0.166, with two matches to go.
For RCB, Wayne Parnell was the decide of the bowlers as he claimed three wickets with the likes of Michael Bracewell and Mohammad Siraj additionally bowling nicely as RCB sealed a large win.
After Faf du Plessis` composed innings of 55 off 44 and Glenn Maxwell`s 54 off 33. Anuj Rawat`s cameo of unbeaten 29 off 11 lifted RCB to a aggressive 171/5 in 20 overs.
Then, the RCB bowlers, led by Wayne Parnell (3-10), got here out all weapons blazing as they decreased RR to 28-5 within the Power-play. The hosts by no means recovered from the early collapse as they have been bowled out for 59 inside 11 overs.
Chasing 172, RR misplaced three fast wickets and have been decreased to 7 for 3 within the first two overs. Mohammad Siraj drew the primary blood as he eliminated inform opener Yashasvi Jaiswal for the duck. In the following over Parnell struck twice to say the wickets of Jos Buttler and skipper Sanju Samson.
Root and Devdutt Padikkal went for a few boundaries earlier than Bracewell piled up extra miseries, eradicating the Padikkal on a brief ball within the fifth over. Then, Shimron Hetmyer began with a bang as he merely hit by the road and smoked it a good distance over long-on for a most.
Parnell struck once more and picked up his third, trapping Root lbw. Bracewell obtained his second wicket within the seventh over as he eliminated Dhruv Jurel and RR misplaced their sixth wicket with not even 50 runs on the scoreboard.
Then, Hetmyer did what he does greatest and smashed three back-to-back maximums to Karn Sharma. The subsequent ball, a little bit of a mix-up within the center resulted in Ravichandran Ashwin`s run out, and RR was decreased to 50/7 in eight overs.
Maxwell got here into the assault within the tenth over and removed RR`s solely hope Hetmyer and the host have been struggling on 59/8 midway by the chase.
Karn Sharma`s double strikes within the eleventh over put the final nail within the coffin and restricted the host to 59. He first cleaned up Adam Zampa on a googly. A supply later he dismissed Okay.M. Asif and RCB secured a large 112-run win.
Earlier, opting to bat first, RCB had a modest begin as RR bowlers saved the opening duo, skipper du Plessis and Kohli, at bay with their very good bowling — simply 4 boundaries coming within the first six overs and the guests have been 42 for no loss on the finish of the Power-play.
In the over after the Power-play, Okay.M. Asif supplied an important breakthrough as Kohli fully failed to select up his knuckleball and holed out for 18. But RCB continued to prosper as Glenn Maxwell upped the ante a bit along with his large hits whereas du Plessis simply saved the scoreboard ticking. RCB have been 78/1 in 10 overs.
The Royals continued with a medical bowling show as no boundary got here within the subsequent 19 balls earlier than Maxwell smashed two successive boundaries to interrupt the shackles.
In the following over, du Plessis introduced up his seventh fifty of the season with a simple six towards Asif within the fifteenth over. But the pacer was fast to regroup as he eliminated the opener on the penultimate ball of the over.
Zampa`s double strike within the sixteenth over decreased RCB to 120/4. He first eliminated Mahipal Lomror after which trapped Dinesh Karthik. Maxwell accomplished his half-century within the subsequent over. Soon after his fifty, he threw away his wicket whereas trying a reverse sweep off the bowling of Sandeep Sharma.
Just when it appeared like RCB will find yourself with an under-par rating, Anuj Rawat`s cameo put the guests within the driving seat as he smashed Asif for back-to-back sixes adopted by a boundary within the final over to complete issues off sensationally for RCB.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore 171/5 in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 55, Glenn Maxwell 54, Anuj Rawat 29 not out; Adam Zampa 2-25, KM Asif 2-42) beat Rajasthan Royals 59 all out in 10.3 overs (Shimron Hetmyer 35; Wayne Parnell 3-10, Michael Bracewell 2-16) (With IANS inputs)
