RR vs RCB – IPL 2022 Report: Battle Royale at Wankhede!

RR vs RCB – Match 13 – IPL 2022 Report: Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched the Battle Royale at Wankhede Stadium – thanks to vintage finishing skills of Dinesh Karthik and feisty knock by Shahbaz Ahmed which changed the tide of the match.

Jos Buttler top scored for Rajasthan Royals with a unbeaten 70 which had no fours but 6 sixes in it – RR were 127-3 in 18 overs. Buttler and Hetmyer (42*) hit 42 runs in the last two overs to power Royals to 169-3 in 20 overs.

RCB were in all sorts of trouble at 88/5 in 13 overs – needing 82 runs to win in 7 overs. Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed put on a 67-run stand in just 33 balls to put RCB back in the reckoning. Harshal Patel hit the winning six as RR tried Yashasvi Jaiswal in the final over despite a over remaining for Navdeep Saini.

Toss: Faf du Plessis (RCB) won the toss and elect to bowl

Playing XIs:

Rajasthan Royals:

Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

RR vs RCB – Match 13 – IPL 2022: Match Summary

RR 169-3 in 20 overs

Jos Buttler 70*(47) – 6 sixes

Devdutt Padikkal 37 (29) – 2 fours & 2 sixes

Shimron Hetmyer 42*(31) – 4 fours & 2 sixes

David Willey 4-0-29-1

Wanindu Hasaranga 4-0-32-1

Harshal Patel 4-0-18-1

RCB 173-6 in 19.1 overs

Faf du Plessis 29 (20) – 5 fours

Anuj Rawat 26 (25) – 4 fours

Shahbaz Ahmed 45 (26) – 4 fours & 2 sixes

Dinesh Karthik 44*(23) – 7 fours & 1 six

Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-15-2

Trent Boult 4-0-34-2

Result: RCB won by 4 wickets

Player of the Match: Dinesh Karthik  

Points Table:

RCB – 4 points – 6th spot

RR – 4 points – 1st spot