Dubai: All-round performance from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) guided them to their seventh victory of the season as they defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 wickets in Match 43 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.
With this win RCB now have 14 points in their hand and still at the third spot in the points table whereas RR are at the seventh spot with 8 points.
Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal gave RCB a very fast start which was built upon by KS Bharat and Glenn Maxwell as they continued the momemtum provided by the openers and added 69 runs together for the third wicket. Maxwell remained not out and got to his half century in just 30 balls.
Earlier, Rajasthan Royals ended their innings at 149/9 after 20 overs against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL encounter on Wednesday. Rajasthan were cruising at 100/1 after 11 overs but lost their way completely after Evin Lewis’ dismissal, losing 8 for 49 in the last nine overs.
Purple cap holder Harshal Patel was the pick of the bowlers for RCB, finishing with figures of three for 34. Yuzvendra Chahal gave away 18 runs in his four overs and took two crucial wickets. While Shahbaz Ahmed also got two wickets.
Brief scores:
Rajasthan Royals: Evin Lewis (58), Yashasvi Jaiswal (31); Harshal Patel 3/34, Shahbaz Ahmed 2/10, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/18
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Srikar Bharat (45), Glenn Maxwell (50); Mustafizur Rahman 2/20
