RCB Vs RR: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has won the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Thursday in a very close and thrilling match. This season is RCB’s first win on the first home ground, as well as former team captain Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) scored the first half -century in his house this season. After losing the toss, the RCB team came out to bat first and scored 205 in 20 overs, with 70 runs of Kohli and 50 runs for Devdutt Padikal. Virat scored 70 runs in 42 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes. Kohli’s run came from a strike rate of 166.67. RCB Finally Won at Home after Virat Kohli Batting Performance Josh Hazlewood Lethal Bowling
RR could not take advantage of better start
RR started chasing a target of 206 runs. 14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi started a better start with young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Both of them shared a 52 -run partnership for the first wicket. This partnership was broken when Suryavanshi was bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar by scoring 16 runs off 12 balls. After that Jaiswal scored 49 runs off 19 balls. Jaiswal’s 3 sixes and 7 fours ended by Josh Hazlewood. He caught this batsman by Romario Shepherd.
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Dhruv Jurlel’s wicket turning point
RR lost his second wicket in the sixth over at a score of 72. After this, the team lost their wickets from time to time. Dhruv Jurael once again had expectations, but he disappointed and returned to the pavilion in the 19th over scoring 47 off 34 balls. Hazlewood caught him behind the wicket, where the field umpire gave a knot out, but RCB decided to review and took the wicket of this important batsman. RR needed 17 runs in the last over, but he was left behind 11 runs.
RCB recorded first win at home
Josh Hazlewood, who was the hero of the first win in RCB’s house, bowled brilliantly in the death overs and dismissed 4 batsmen. He took 4 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. Two important wickets were named after Krunal Pandya. He took two wickets for 31 runs in 4 overs. Each success was achieved by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal. RR’s team, chasing the target of 206 runs, could only score 194 runs. RCB has secured 12 points by registering another win and has strengthened itself at number three in the points table.
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