RR vs RCB Highlights
Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru 19th Match Highlights
RR vs RCB Highlights: It was a magnificent game of cricket here at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The home side and the table toppers Rajasthan Royals showed their class yet again. This time they did amazingly. RR had an allrounder performance which helped them beat RCB by 6 wickets. Jos Buttler scored an impressive century in his 100th IPL match.
First after winning the toss Rajasthan decided to bowl first known that RCB have struggled to restrict opponents in this season. However, things did not start well for Rajasthan as RCB’s openers cruised past the RR pace attack at first. Both Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis smashed the home side as they switched up 125 runs for a wicket.
However, even after a solid partnership RCB batsmen were unable to shift gears and the flow of runs was very slow. Even Virat Kohli recorded the joint lowest balls to reach a century (100 in 66 balls). RCB finished their score on 183 for three wickets in 20 overs.
Let us look into the details of RR vs RCB Highlights:
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RR vs RCB Highlights: Virat Kohli and Du Plessis Show in Jaipur
It was Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis who carried the RCB innings, and after the wicket of skipper Faf the run flow reduced and thus RCB was only able to post 183 on board in 20 overs. Virat Kohli the top runer scorer of IPL 2024 smashed a brilliant century in 66 balls. His unbeaten knock of 133* in 72 balls had four massive sixes and 12 impressive boundaries.
Faf du Plessis on the other hand played an anchor role where he scored 44 of 33 balls before getting dismissed by Chahal in the 14 over. RCB’s remaining batter settled under single digit scores adding vows to the RCB total.
For Rajasthan Chahal picked up two wickets, while Nandre Burger settled with one wicket from his spell. RR at one stage had a poor bowling spell with Boult, Avesh Khan, and Riyan Parag all bowing above 10 economy. Even though RR failed to pick up wickets they made sure that RCB did not get the runs easily.
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RR vs RCB Highlights: Samson & Buttler Technically Kill RCB’s IPL 2024 Title Hope
Chasing a decent target of 184 the home side felt that this chase was easy, but things did not pan out as expected. The wicket of Jaiswal early on in the second ball of the innings made it a bad start for RR. However, it was their skipper Sanju Samson, and ex-captain Jos Buttler who carried the innings for RR until the very end.
Skipper Sanju scored an amazing 69 of 42 balls with two sixes and eight fours. While majorly it was Jos Buttler who handled the pressure, Buttler smashed an unbeaten 100* of 58 balls. This was Jos Buttler’s 100th IPL match and oh boy he made it count as he scored an impressive century to help Rajasthan cross the line with 6 wickets.
RCB Bowlers yet again fail to Restrict the Opposition
This loss had mainly to do with the bowling part and fielding as they were not up to the mark which ultimately cost the match for RCB. Reece Topley picked up two wickets, while Yash Dayal and Md Siraj picked up one wicket each. This bowling effort was not enough as RR cruised past RCB in this 19th match of the Indian Premier League.
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Conclusion: RR vs RCB Highlights: Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 6 wickets
It was all about T20 greats today as both Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler recorded centuries but in the end, it was Buttler’s centuries that will be remembered. Rajasthan Royals with this performance make it the fourth win of the season and remain undefeated. While RCB has lost four of their five With this loss.
Now RCB’s chance of qualifying for the next rounds is an uphill task.
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