IPL 2021; RCB vs RR: Easy win for Kohli, RCB just one arm away from playoffs
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IPL 2021; RCb vs RR: RCB won 7 out of 11 matches.
#Dubai: Rajasthan Royals are not having a hard time. Royal Challengers Bangalore easily defeated Rajasthan Royals (RCB vs RR) in the 43rd match of the Indian Premier League. Batting first, Rajasthan scored only 149 runs. Many feared that this score would be too low in front of RCB’s fast batting line-up. In reality it is so. Virat and Co. won the match by seven wickets. With 17 balls to spare, RCB picked up the required runs to win. After this win, RCB’s distance from the play-offs decreased a little more.
Captain Virat Kohli scored 25, Devdutt Padikkel scored 22 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore. After that, S Bharath and Glenn Maxwell took the innings forward. Maxi scored a 30 ball half century. Bharat 44 off 35 balls. This pair brought victory to the team. For Rajasthan Royals, openers Evin Lewis and Yasswi Jaiswal started brilliantly. But the match turned in the last 10 overs. Captain Sanju Samson, Liam Livingstone, Mohipal Lomror, Chris Morris played very poor shots and returned to the pavilion. As a result, Kalgham rushed the Rajasthan batsmen to score 150 runs in the end.
RCB are now one of the playoff contenders after this win. Bengaluru won 7 out of 11 matches. Another win will take them into the last four. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have found it difficult to reach the playoffs. Because they have lost seven out of 11 matches. Now Rajasthan will have to win the next three matches by a big margin.
He scored a hat-trick against Mumbai Indians in the last match. Once again, Harshal Patel finished with the ball. Could have scored a hat-trick against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday. But the opportunity to record was lost for a while. Ryan Parag and Chris Morris were sent back two balls in succession. That’s when the chance of a hat-trick came in front of him. But he did not get a wicket in the third ball. Harshal dismissed Chetan Sakaria on the last ball of that over. Harshal took three wickets in the last over. And has got 26 wickets so far in the tournament. Harshal holds the record for most wickets taken by a domestic cricketer in an IPL season.
Sep 29, 2021 11:22 PM IST
IPL 2021; RCB vs RR: Easy win for Kohli, RCB just one arm away from playoffs
