RCB vs RR Highlights IPL 2021: Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli Guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to 10-Wicket Win
Catch RCB vs RR Live Score Updates: RCB defeated Mumbai Indians (MI), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to make their way up on the IPL 2021 points table. Against Royals, RCB will be keen to continue their wining show.
Royal Challengers Bangalore win by ten wickets! What a performance this from RCB. First bowlers set the tone and then opening pair of Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal guided the team to victory. Meanwhile, RCB continue to be the only unbeaten side in IPL 2021.
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 61 more runs to win from 54 balls. Devdutt Padikkal is batting on 83 while Virat Kohli is on 33. Royals are almost out of this contest.
Good start this for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal look in good touch. Shreyas Gopal and Chetan Sakariya share the new ball for Royals.
So, Rajasthan Royals finish with a respectable total. At one stage 177 looked distant but they have achieved it. Shivam Dube and Rahul Tewatia made a valuable contribution. Do join us back for RCB's chase.
OUT! Rahul Tewatia perishes in the penultimate over. But he has done his job, he departs for 40 off 23 balls as he is caught near the boundary. R Tewatia c Shahbaz Ahmed b Siraj 40(23)
OUT! BIG wicket here! Shivam Dube departs. Glenn Maxwell takes the catch. Dube was looking to take Royals to a respectable total and in the process perishes. S Dube c Maxwell b K Richardson 46(32)
OUT! Harshal Patel with the breakthrough. He gets rid of Riyan Parag who is caught at third man. Things were starting to look good for Royals but RCB find a wicket. R Parag c Chahal b Harshal Patel 25
11 overs remaining and Shivam Dube is on the attack now. He has smashed a four and a couple of sixes. Royals need a big innings from him to post a respectable total.
OUT! Washington Sundar strikes in his first over. He accounts for the prized wicket of Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson. After smashing Sundar for a six, Samson departs as he is caught at short mid-wicket. S Samson c Maxwell b W Sundar 21(18)
End of Powerplay overs. Royal Challengers Bangalore have made early inroads and have pushed Rajasthan Royals on the back-foot. Captain Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube are in with a huge task. They need to bail Royals out of the trouble.
OUT! What a start for Mohammed Siraj and RCB. He traps dangerous David Miller in front of the wickets. Umpire gave that one not out but the bowler insisted for a review. And gets one in his favour. D Miller lbw b Siraj 0(2)
OUT! Another wicket goes down! Reckless shot this from Manan Vohra, his poor show continues. Vohra was looking to play a big shot and instead gets a top edge. Vohra c K Richardson b Jamieson 7(9)
OUT! Mohammed Siraj strikes! He accounts for Jos Buttler in his second over. Buttler was looking to go over the extra cover and ends up missing the line. He is bowled. J Buttler b Siraj 8(8)
Mohammed Siraj opens the bowling for RCB. Jos Buttler and Manan Vohra are RR's openers. Good start this from Siraj, he is making the ball to swing. Buttler gets off the mark with a boundary but it wasn't a convincing shot. However, finished the over with an excellent shot.
RCB defeated Mumbai Indians (MI), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to make their way up on the IPL 2021 points table. Against Royals, RCB will be keen to continue their wining show.
Royals, on the other hand, have won one out of three matches. The win came against Delhi Capitals and they lost against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their last outing. It will interesting to see if Royals make any change to their playing XI.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Kyle Jamieson, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kane Richardson, Daniel Christian, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Adam Zampa, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Sams.
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