Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led by their openers registered the first 10-wicket partnership of the ongoing IPL 2021 as they crushed Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Despite playing their all first 3 matches at the same venue, RR struggled to post a good total and in turn lost the match by even greater margin!
After being sent into bat first, Rajasthan Royals did not get off to a good start as they struggled in the powerplay. They lost their first 4 wickets for just 43 runs on the board. Shivam Dube (46 off 32) and Rahul Tewatia (40 off 23) then with brisk scores helped RR reach 177/9 in 20 overs. Among RCB bowlers, Mohammad Siraj and Harshal Patel bagged 3 wickets each while Kane Richardson, Kyle Jamieson and Washington Sundar bagged a wicket each.
In reply, RCB openers did the job as they got over the line with all their 10 wickets intact! Devdutt Padikkal (101* off 52) got to his hundred while Virat Kohli scored 72* runs in this 10-wicket victory! This is their fourth consecutive victory and RCB are yet to lose a match this season! Devdutt Padikkal has also been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his unbeaten hundred in this morale-boosting victory. RCB now move to the top of the points table with 4 wins in 4 games.
Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore – 181/0 in 16.3 overs (Devdutt Padikkal – 101*, Virat Kohli – 72*) defeated Rajasthan Royals – 177/9 in 20 overs (Shivam Dube – 46, Mohammad Siraj – 3/27) by a margin of 10 wickets
Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bowl
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
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