RCB Win By Four Wickets | RCB vs PBKS Highlights of IPL 2024: Virat Kohli's Half-Century, Dinesh Karthik's Strong Finish Power Hosts to Clinical Victory

RCB are home! Some fantastic ability of hitting in the end overs displayed by Dinesh Karthik and he has successfully taken RCB over the finishing line against PBKS at Bengaluru. Chasing 177, Virat Kohli's top knock took them to a solid position but they momentarily looked in trouble. Dinesh Karthik and Mahipal Lomror combined at the death to show their range and gifted RCB their first win of the season. 

RCB are home! Some fantastic ability of hitting in the end overs displayed by Dinesh Karthik and he has successfully taken RCB over the finishing line against PBKS at Bengaluru. Chasing 177, Virat Kohli's top knock took them to a solid position but they momentarily looked in trouble. Dinesh Karthik and Mahipal Lomror combined at the death to show their range and gifted RCB their first win of the season. 

Out! Last match's hero Anuj Rawat fails to get going and gets dismissed by Sam Curran. Fails to pick the slower one variation from Curran and plays through early. The ball traps him just infront of the wicket. RCB in trouble now. Mahipal Lomror comes in as impact sub. 

Out! Big wicket for Punjab Kings. Glenn Maxwell fails to find momentum and plays on one from Harpreet Brar into the wickets. Virat Kohli is now left stranded on one end as PBKS keeps chipping on wickets from the other. 

Out! Somehow PBKS keeps managing to stay afloat in the game. This time Harpreet Brar beats Rajat Patidar who tries to hit him down the ground and the ball crashes into the stumps. PBKS needs the valued wicket of Virat Kohli to make a complete comeback in the game. 

Fifty! Class from Virat Kohli. He has just cruised to his half-century in just 31 deliveries. Since Jonny Bairstow dropped him in the start, he has just smashed the PBKS bowlers all around the park and looking to make it big here. It is his 100th T20 half-century. 

Out! Kagiso Rabada strikes again. Cameron Green goes for a wild swing and nicks it to the back in the hands of Jitesh Sharma. Virat Kohli keeps troubling PBKS but they have struck RCB twice now. 

Out! Much needed wicket for the Punjab Kings. Virat Kohli was really denting their confidence with his swashbuckling strokes upfront and they needed a breakthrough. Kagiso Rabada gives them one as Faf du Plessis miscues one straight into the hands of Sam Curran. PBKS stay afloat in the game. Meanwhile, Arshdeep Singh replaced Prabhsimran Singh as impact player. 

A good ending for a not so good innings from Punjab Kings as Shashank Singh strikes some big hits in the final over of Alzarri Joseph, taking them to a competitive total. Things didn't look promising for them after a quiet middle over phase but the finish has provided some momentum. 

Out! Sam Curran gives in to the pressure. Curran tries to wildly hoick a bouncer from Yash Dayal and was only able to nick it in the ends of wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat. RCB has bowled tight and the wicket is the result of that. 

After the two back-to-back wickets, Jitesh Sharma straightaway attacked Mayank Dagar to increase the run rate as they were falling behind. As they gathered some momentum Mohammed Siraj bowled a very good over to restrict the run follow. PBKS need a strong finish here. 

Out! Back-to-back wickets for RCB. They throw themselves ahead in the game as Glenn Maxwell foxes well set Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan tries to go above long off but doesn't generate enough power. PBKS in a tricky situation for the remainder of the overs. 

Out! Big wicket according the context of the game. Liam Livingstone could be the man providing the push for a big score for PBKS. Alzarri Joseph extracts some extra bounce and Livingstone miscues the cut only for Anuj Rawat to take the catch behind the stumps. 

Out! Glenn Maxwell gets the breakthrough. Prabhsimran Singh was stitching a steady partnership with Shikhar Dhawan and this wicket might restrict their momentum a bit. Maxwell keeps the line right and gets his reward. 

After the early blow of Jonny Bairstow's wicket, Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh has steadied the ship of Punjab Kings batting and are looking to set up a partnership providing foundation to the innings. 

Out! RCB gets the reward of some tight bowling. After a tight over from Yash Dayal, Jonny Bairstow tries to over attack Mohammed Siraj and ends up miscuing one straight in the hands of Virat Kohli. Big breakthrough for RCB without much damage. 

Toss Update: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and opted to field. 

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

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