This was after the spinning wrist Yuzvendra chahal caught three wickets in an impressive bowling show that helped them restrict RR to 154 for 6.
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Kohli’s knock came off 53 balls with seven fours and two sixes. It was RCB’s third win in four games.
Padikkal once again produced an impressive tackle before he was sacked by Jofra Archer at 16, after hitting six fours and one six.
The young RCB starter allowed his captain to come in and calm down before Kohli produced some of his signature shots later to accelerate.
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It took the RCB 31 runs after Padikkal was sent off and another Villiers AB form hitter (12 not eliminated) ensured his team hit the target with five balls to spare.
Having failed to score big in his previous three innings (14, 1, 3), Kohli took the time to calm down and scored mostly on one and two early on.
Padikkal continued his fine form after scoring 56, 1, 54 in his previous three innings. He reached fifty in 34 balls. He was the dominant batter in the first position of RCB of 25 runs with Aaron Finch, who came out in the third over with a score of 8.
Previously, Chahal returned with figures of 3/24 of his four overs to restrict RR to 154 for 6.
Chahal jumped to the top joint spot on the bowler’s list with Kings XI Punjab’s Mohammed Shami on eight wickets.
By opting to hit, the Royals lost their first-order hitters cheaply within powerplay overs, but they rallied to some extent to post a decent total, thanks to Mahipal Lomror’s 47 knockout.
Royals captain Steve Smith (5) fell cheap for the second time in a row with Isuru Udana taking his window in the third over. He was followed in the cabin by Englishman Jos Buttler (22), who failed to achieve a great score once again.
Sanju Samson (4), who had two sensational innings of 74 and 85 in the first two games, was fired in the fifth over with Chahal taking a low catch in his follow-up.
The Royals were 31/3 and reached 70/3 at the halfway point with Robin Uthappa (17) and Lomror stitching a 39-run bracket for the fourth wicket. But Uthappa missed again and Chahal caught him away.
Chahal ended Lomror’s innings at 17 when the batter cut a fast delivery to Devdutt Padikkal in the long run.
Rahul Tewatia (24 not out), looking for another explosive tackle after the Kings XI Punjab inning, hit two sixes in the last over after taking a hit from Navdeep Saini to the chest.
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