RR vs RCB Match Highlights IPL Eliminator: It was a great, memorable run for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but it’s finally come to an end. RCB won six matches in a row to make a miraculous entrance in the IPL 2024 playoffs after losing seven out of their first eight matches. Rajasthan Royals, who had lost their last four completed games, bounced back in the important Eliminator to knock RCB out in Ahmedabad.
Two senior bowlers, Trent Boult and R Ashwin, showed the way with the ball for RR, before Indian youngsters Jaiswal and Parag, along with two West Indians, Hetmyer and Powell, took RR over the line in the chase of 173 with four wickets and six balls in hand.
RR will next meet Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2 in Chennai on May 24.
RR vs RCB Match Highlights IPL Eliminator
Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl first. Kohli and Faf du Plessis gave respect to Trent Boult, scoring only four runs in two overs off the Kiwi but took 29 runs at the other end. Boult struck with Faf’s wicket, caught at deep square leg. Kohli flayed 3 fours and a six in his 33 (24) and was caught in the deep while attempting a slog off Chahal.
Green and Patidar steadied the innings for a while in their partnership of 41 (31). Green, though, was dismissed off R Ashwin’s carrom ball for 27 (21). Ashwin accounted for Maxwell’s wicket on the next delivery as the batter holed out at long-on. Ashwin finished with Man of the Match-worthy figures of 2/19.
Just when Patidar started attacking with two sixes, he was bounced out by Avesh Khan for 34 runs. Avesh also dismissed Karthik with a bumper. Mahipal Lomror played an important cameo of 32 (17) with the help of two sixes and two fours. 13 runs in the last over took RCB to 172, which was still par, or even below par considering the dew factor.
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In the chase, Jaiswal creamed four boundaries off Yash Dayal in the third over before Tom Kohler-Cadmore hit four fours to Siraj and Dayal. Kohler-Cadmore was yorked by Ferguson. Samson and Jaiswal took 17 runs off the 7th over.
Jaiswal’s knock of 45 (30) was brought to an end by Green, who bowled three excellent overs for only 11 runs, during which Dhruv Jurel got run out, as RCB slowly crawled back into the game. Karn Sharma dismissed Samson, with Karthik doing the stumping.
58 runs were needed for RR in 36 balls, and they needed three big overs to kill the game. They got it. Siraj leaked 11 runs and Green was smacked for 17 runs by Parag and Hetmyer, and then two fours from a Dayal over brought the required run rate to just above six runs per over.
Siraj bowled an excellent 18th over, in which he dismissed Parag, who scored 36 (26), and Hetmyer (26 off 14). But Powell completed the chase with two fours and a six in the 19th over.
Score summary: Royal Challengers Bengaluru 172/8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 34, Avesh Khan 3/44); Rajasthan Royals 174/6 in 19 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 45, Mohammed Siraj 2/33). RR defeated RCB by 4 wickets.
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