IPL Live 2020 / Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets

Zoom News : Oct 17, 2020, 07:30 PM
In the 33rd match of the 13th season of the IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 wickets. In the match played in Dubai, Rajasthan won the toss and batted, giving a target of 178 runs. In reply, Bengaluru won the match by scoring 179 runs for 3 wickets in 19.4 overs. Bengaluru scored the match by scoring more than 50 runs in the last 4 overs. Bengaluru points to the top-3 teams in the table with a sixth win. De Villiers scored 55 runs off 22 balls.


Kohli-Padikkal took over

Captain Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal handled the innings after the early dismissal of opener Aaron Finch (14). Both shared a 79-run partnership for the second wicket. Padikkal 35 and Kohli 43 runs out.


Rajasthan scored 177 for 6 wickets

Earlier, Rajasthan scored 177 for 6 wickets. Steve Smith scored the highest innings of 57 runs in the IPL with his 11th fifty. Apart from Smith, Robin Uthappa scored 41 runs. Rahul Tewatia remained unbeaten after scoring 19 runs. Bengaluru's Chris Morris got 4 and Yuzvendra Chahal got 2 wickets.


50-run opening partnership for the first time in the season for Rajasthan

Rajasthan started well. Robin Uthappa, who started the innings in place of Jose Butler, struck a 50-run opening partnership with Ben Stokes. Stokes scored 15 runs off Chris Morris. Earlier in the season, there was a 37-run opening partnership for Rajasthan against Delhi.


After a good start, the innings faltered

Uthappa and Stokes laid a good foundation for the innings, but the team could not take advantage of it. After Stokes, Robin Uthappa scored 41 runs and was dismissed by Yuzvendra Chahal. On the next ball, Chahal showed Sanju Samson (9) the path of the pavilion.


Smith-Butler handled the innings

Smith and Butler took over the team after losing three wickets in the first 10 overs. Both shared a 58-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Morris broke the partnership by dismissing Butler (24).


Name of the most sixes in Death Overs

This season, Rahul Tewatiya of Rajasthan Royals has hit the maximum 14 sixes in Death Overs. At the same time, AB de Villiers of Bengaluru and Kieron Pollard of Mambui Indians are second in this list with 12-12 sixes. Kolkata's Eoin Morgan (9) is third and Jofra Archer (8) of Rajasthan is at number four.


No change in Rajasthan, 2 changes in Bengaluru

There was no change in the Rajasthan Royals team. At the same time, Bangalore captain Virat Kohli made 2 changes in the team. Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Shahbaz Ahmed were replaced in the playing eleven in place of Shivam Dubey and Mohammad Siraj.


Foreign players in both teams

Apart from captain Steve Smith in Rajasthan, Jose Butler, Ben Stokes and Joffra Archer are the foreign players. At the same time, Aaron Finch, AB de Villiers, Chris Morris and Isuru Udana were included in the playing eleven in Bengaluru.

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