RCB vs RR – IPL 2022 Report: RR clinch the Battle Royale!
RCB vs RR, Match 39 – IPL 2022 Report: Rajasthan Royals continued their winning run batting first in IPL 2022. Earlier RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and put RR to bat. Mohammed Siraj got hit for a six by Devdutt Padikkal but the very next ball Siraj trapped him LBW.
Rajasthan Royals tried out R Ashwin at No.3 and he hit 4 fours during his 9 ball stay before Siraj got him caught and bowled. The very next ball of the next over Josh Hazlewood got the price wicket of Jos Buttler and RR were reduced to 33/3 in 4.1 overs.
Captain Sanju Samson showed some class but repeated reverse sweep attempts in the bowling of Wanindu Hasaranga cost him. Riyan Parag and debutant Daryl Mitchell put on 31 run stand for the fifth wicket but Hazlewood removed Mitchell for 16 in 24 balls.
Hetmyer didn’t last long and RR were in disarray at 102/6. Trent Boult fell soon at 110/7 and it was all up to Riyan Parag to rescue Royals in the last 17 balls of the innings and boy did he rescue!
Parag smacked his second IPL half-century and closed the innings with a six. He hit 4 sixes in his knock and the strike rate of 180.65 was higher than any other batter this innings.
Chasing 145 runs to win, Virat Kohli had a edgy start. He hit 2 fours off Trent Boult but fell to Prasidh Krishna the very next over. Comeback pacer Kuldeep Sen removed Faf and Maxwell in 2 deliveries and wreaked havoc amongst RCB camp as the score read as 37/3 in 6.3 overs.
Shahbaz Ahmed and Rajat Patidar put on a 23-run stand to stabilize the innings but R Ashwin struck a blow by bowling out Patidar reducing RR to 58/4. Ashwin got his second wicket in the form of Suyash Prabhudessai as the score read 66/5. This was the off-spinner’s 150th wicket in IPL. Ashwin picked three wickets in the end while Kuldeep Sen picked 4 wickets to close RCB’s innings at 115 runs.
Riyan Parag became just the second batsman after Jacques Kallis to take 4 catches and score a 50+ score in IPL history!
Royal Challengers miserable run with bat continued as they were bowled out for the lowest total by any team chasing this season.
Toss: Faf du Plessis (RCB) won the toss and elect to bat
Playing XIs:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj
Rajasthan Royals:
Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Daryl Mitchell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
RCB v RR – IPL 2022 – Match Summary
RR 144-8 in 20 overs
R Ashwin 17 (9) – 4 fours
Sanju Samson 27 (21) – 1 four & 3 sixes
Riyan Parag 56*(31) – 3 fours & 4 sixes
Shimron Hetmyer 3 (7)
Mohammed Siraj 4-0-30-2
Josh Hazlewood 4-1-19-2
Wanindu Hasaranga 4-0-23-2
Harshal Patel 4-0-33-1
RCB 115 in 19.3 overs
Faf du Plessis 23 (21) – 3 fours & 1 six
Rajat Patidar 16 (16) – 1 six
Shahbaz Ahmed 17 (27) – 1 six
Wanindu Hasaranga 18 (13) – 2 fours
Prasidh Krishna 4-0-23-2
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-17-3
Kuldeep Sen 3.3-0-20-4
Result: RR won by 29 runs
Player of the Match: Riyan Parag
POINTS TABLE:
Rajasthan Royals: 12 points (8 matches) – 1st spot
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 10 points (9 matches) – 5th spot
