IPL 2020 LIVE SCORE, Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore latest updates: Phew! What a chase!
AB de Villiers came into the area with a necessary 76 of 42 balls and hit 55 of them of 22 balls on a four and six sixes. Throughout all innings, RCB hitters found it difficult to get going. Paddikal struggled in the middle, Kohli was able to handle just one for and two sixes, but then AB de Villiers hit on completely different ground and pulled off a surprising win for RCB. That Unadkat 19 in which 25 races were held was the turning point. Perhaps Smith should have handed the penultimate to Archer.
Advance: Royal Challengers Bangalore would try to bounce back after their eight-wicket loss to Kings XI Punjab when they take on an erratic Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.
RCB has won five of its eight games thanks to their full performances, but made a tactical error against KXIP on Thursday.
On the other hand, the Royals’ campaign this season has been marred by numerous high-level collapses, forcing the bottom half to carry them to the finish line.
RCB’s five victories so far include a Super Over win over the Mumbai Indians at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The Royals, on the other hand, are in seventh place on the points table with just three wins in eight outings.
Against KXIP in Sharjah, AB De Villiers, who has been in good shape, was sent to bat at number six with left-hander Washington Sundar (13), a puzzling decision by the RCB.
Shivam Dube (23) moved up the order to accompany Captain Kohli in the middle. The experiment did not work as all three batters struggled with the South African scoring just two of five balls.
To add to RCB’s woes, while defending the total, Kohli decided to keep the Sundar in shape for Chris Gayle, who went on to hit in the eighth. That gamble didn’t pay off either, as the 41-year-old Jamaican crushed the young off-spinner by four sixes.
“We had a talk, a message from the outside about the combination from left to right and we wanted to continue because they had two legs. Sometimes things don’t work out. We are very happy with the decisions we made, but it wasn’t like that.” Don’t go out “, Kohli said after the game.
The Royals have a solid batting formation. But players like Steve Smith and Sanju Samson have failed to score since the two wins in Sharjah at the start of the tournament.
Jos Buttler hasn’t been able to capitalize on his starts either, scoring just half a century in seven innings.
After failing in his first game of the season, Ben Stokes, who has been elevated to the starting role, hit 41 before being eliminated against the Delhi Capitals.
The inaugural season champions have relied on Rahul Tewatia to rescue them from precarious positions and the all-rounder managed to do so twice against KXIP and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively. But he failed against the Capitals when once again the higher order failed in an easy chase.
Jofra Archer heads the Rajasthan bowling unit, along with the spinning duo of Tewatia and Shreyas Gopal, who have consistently featured in an XI that has gone through many changes and cuts.
Squads:
Full Squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande, Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmad.
Full equipment of Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Markande, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas , Andrew Tye, Rahul Tewatia, Shashank Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anirudha Joshi, Tom Curran, Sanju Samson, Anuj Rawat.
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With PTI inputs
