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Best performances - Batsmen

JC Buttler
JC Buttler
70(47) 0x4 - 6x6
Control %67%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
3 2 3 2 4 16 13 27
Shahbaz Ahmed
Shahbaz Ahmed
45(26) 4x4 - 3x6
Control %67%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
12 4 2 2 11 12 0 2

Best performances - Bowlers

YS Chahal
YS Chahal
O4
M0
R15
W2
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
TA Boult
TA Boult
O4
M0
R34
W2
Eco8.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

5 April 2022 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Rajasthan Royals 0

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Alan Gardner

11.50pm: That's a wrap for another day at the IPL. Sreshth Shah has rattled up the report and there will be more video and analysis on the site shortly. Thanks for keeping us company, we'll do it all again tomorrow. Bye!

11.40pm: Time for the presentations. RCB captain Faf du Plessis: "That's one out of the hat. To pull it out of nowhere you need some good characters, and DK is as big a character as you can get. That calmness towards the end allows others to just come in. I think we bowled really well up until the 19th, then Jos got some shots in with the bowlers under pressure. Got them a score just above par. We didn't get the start we needed, Yuzi came in and bowled well. But the belief we have, guys can come in and win games from nowhere. [Shahbaz innings] He's a skinny guy but he hits a long way, and he's got a clear gameplan. I believe he'll play a big part with the ball, too."

Dinesh Karthik is Player of the Match: "I made a conscious effort to do justice to myself. Felt I could have done better in the last few years. The way I've trained has been different. I was telling myself I'm not done yet. I have a goal and I want to achieve something. We needed 12 runs an over, so you need to figure out what to do. Stay calm, know your game and who you can take on. Made an effort to play white-ball cricket, practice matches and scenarios. Those are the hours you put in when no one sees. The real work is done in the lead-up, which is what I'll give credit to. You have to premeditate in T20, but if it's not there, you have to have the ability to change the shot."

11.27pm: So DK drives Royal Challengers across the line, with solid support from Shahbaz Ahmed, handing Royals their first defeat of this year's IPL. RCB were seemingly in all sorts of strife at 88 for 5 after 13 overs, needing 82 from 42 - but Karthik took 19 off R Ashwin's fourth over, which cost 21 in all, and suddenly the momentum flipped. Sounds like the dew did properly take effect towards the end, and RR were unable to defend a middling total, underpinned by an unbeaten 70 off 47 balls from orange cap-wearer Jos Buttler

Here's Royals captain Sanju Samson: "I can't pinpoint a moment [when the game was lost], great effort to put in that total, after losing the toss. Think it was a respectable score, but when the dew is coming up... I think it's a great effort by my team. As a bowling unit you like to take your time and set your fields. Lot of positives to take, and we can learn a lot of things, too."

19.1
6
Jaiswal to Patel, SIX, smashes a lollipop into the stands! Patel dumps Jaiswal's tentative legbreak over deep midwicket, sealing a four-wicket win for RCB

Samson tosses the ball to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Three runs needed

END OF OVER:
19 | 12 Runs | RCB: 167/6 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.78, RRR: 3.00)

  • Dinesh Karthik44 (23b)
  • Harshal Patel3 (3b)
  • Prasidh Krishna4-0-40-0
  • Trent Boult4-0-34-2

RR take it down to the final over... but the fat lady is warming up her tonsils

18.6
0
Prasidh Krishna to Karthik, no run, beaten with a beauty! Length ball on fourth stump, 142kph and sliding past the outside edge
18.5
4
Prasidh Krishna to Karthik, FOUR, tonked! Slower ball, short and inviting Karthik to happy-slap it away over deep backward square leg. One-bounce four
18.4
4
Prasidh Krishna to Karthik, FOUR, dragged through midwicket, 140kph full-length ball outside off, DK gets enough on a meaty swing across the line. Brings the rate below a run a ball
18.4
1w
Prasidh Krishna to Karthik, 1 wide, slung down short and wide, just straying into the tramlines!
18.3
1
Prasidh Krishna to Patel, 1 run, hard length, into the body and dabbed down in front of backward point. Gets Karthik back on strike

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st55F du PlessisAnuj Rawat
2nd6V KohliAnuj Rawat
3rd1V KohliDJ Willey
4th0DJ WilleySE Rutherford
5th25SE RutherfordShahbaz Ahmed
6th67KD KarthikShahbaz Ahmed
7th19KD KarthikHV Patel

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.316
RR1495180.298
LSG1495180.251
RCB148616-0.253
DC1477140.204
PBKS1477140.126
KKR1468120.146
SRH146812-0.379
CSK144108-0.203
MI144108-0.506