On Saturday (April 22) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led by Virat Kohli defeated the top-seeded Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 runs in the Tata IPL 2023. The match took place at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengalu༒ru.
RCB managed to post 189 runs on the board after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Skipper Kohli and Shahbaz Ahmed couldn’t score much and were sent back to the pavilion for a golden duck and 2 runs respectively by RR pacer Trent Boult. However, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell stood strong and provided RCB with a much-needed partnership. Following their dep✤arture, all the next batters fell quickly.
For the Royals, Boult and Sandeep Sharma picked up 2 wickets each, while Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal claimed one scalp apiece.
Chasing 190 for victory, RR opener Jos Buttler had to walk back to the pavilion without scoring any runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal then stabilised the situatio🔯n and set a good partnership.
After 10.4 overs, the Royals were at 95/1. However, Padikkal was dismissed by David Willey soon after scoring his half-century, followed by Jaiswal who was dismissed by Harshal Patel. Skipper Sanju Samson 🌺tried to give somꦕe momentum to the run rate but was sent back by Patel.
Power hitter Dhruv Jurel scored an unbeaten 34y, but RR could only manage to score 182 runs aft🌊er losing 6 wickets and lost the 🦂match by 7 runs to RCB.
So now, RCB h🙈ave won 4 out of their 7 matches played and lost 3, while RR lost their third match in 7 matches.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
✌️wins in✌️games for Captain Kohli! 🔥
Things we love to see 🤩
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Played Bold, 👏
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
The happiness and celꦆebrations of Anushka Sharꩵma when RCB won the match.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
Virat Kohli blows a flying kiss after compl🍰eting the catch.
📸: Jio Cinema
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Flying kiss to Anushka Sharma. Feels like good old happy cricket days a♔nd vintage Virat Kohli ❤️
— Pari (@BluntIndianGal)
Virat Kohli gave flying kiss to Anushka Sharma
— Kevin (@imkevin149)
Last over finishes seem to be the flavour of the season. Harshal Patel and were excellent in the end overs. just ran out of steam. Ear🧔lier, and were just superb to watch, crisp hits. 💥
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03)
will be overjoyed by the form of Harshal Patel. And Hasaranga with those 2 key overs in the middle mꦓade a difference. Now imagine you are Suyash Prabhudesai. You can still turn games with your fielding. So many aspects, such a good match.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
One more W for the table!
— DK (@DineshKarthik)
The happiness on the face ꦆof King K𓃲ohli after a terrific win.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Maxwell-Du Plessis partnerships in IPL 2023:
115 vs LSG
126 vs CSK
0 vs PBKS
100* vs RRFi༒rst pair to share 3꧑ century partnerships this season!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Back to back victories for captain Kohli:
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)