Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) held its nerve to report a four-wicket victory over Punjab Kings of their IPL encounter at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Monday.
RCB had bumps alongside the highway in pursuit of a par 177-run goal. The chase was shepherded by Virat Kohli, who made a busy 49-ball 77. However when the star batter was dismissed by RCB outdated boy Harshal Patel, the house staff was left with 47 runs to get in 4 overs.
Affect participant Mahipal Lomror (17 n.o., 8b, 2×4, 1×6) and seasoned campaigner Dinesh Karthik (28 n.o., 10b, 3×4, 2×6) had been as much as the duty, whereas PBKS speedsters Harshal, Sam Curran and Arshdeep Singh wilted underneath the strain. RCB reached the end line with 4 balls to spare when Karthik spanked Arshdeep for a six and a straight 4.
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The packed home was loudest when Kohli was on tune. Kohli was in terrific contact, smashing good deliveries on the up over cowl. Kohli fell at an important juncture, resulting in frightened faces within the RCB camp. Lomror and Karthik, nonetheless, ensured that RCB recorded its first win of the event.
After being put in to bat, Punjab Kings (PBKS) stuttered within the face of a disciplined RCB assault.
Pacer Yash Dayal (1/23) was spectacular, hitting the appropriate size and getting motion each methods. The PBKS top-order had no reply to the constant Dayal, with skipper Shikhar Dhawan even shouldering arms to the primary three deliveries he confronted.
Jonny Bairstow tried to compensate for the gradual method by taking up Mohammed Siraj, solely to sky a pull to Kohli contained in the circle.
Subsequent man Prabhsimran Singh punished something on the pads. Offspinner Glenn Maxwell stayed effectively away from this energy, getting Prabhsimran tied up with a faster one which reared from size.
Liam Livingstone was despatched in to hike the run fee. The gamble didn’t repay, as Livingstone nicked a rising categorical ball from Alzarri Joseph to the ‘keeper.
PBKS’s Shikhar Dhawan, performs a shot through the IPL 2024 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS), in Bengaluru.
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PBKS’s Shikhar Dhawan, performs a shot through the IPL 2024 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS), in Bengaluru.
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Dhawan continued to bat cautiously, lastly lobbing one from Maxwell to long-off. Sam Curran, who made a match-winning 63 within the earlier match, placed on 52 runs for the fifth wicket with Jitesh Sharma (27, 20b).
Rawat capped a memorable evening with the gloves when he leapt within the air and plucked a one-handed catch to dismiss Curran.
Shashank Singh (21 n.o., 8b, 1×4, 2×6) supplied PBKS with much-needed spark in the direction of the top of the essay.