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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) comprehensively defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 43rd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at Dubai In꧂ternational Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Chasing 150, the Challengers started well with captain Virat Kohli (25) and young star Devdutt Padikkal (22), a♒dding 48 runs for the opening wicket. But soon, both Padikkal and Kohli lost their wickets as RCB were reduced to 58/2.
Then, Srikar Bharatand Glenn Maxwell steadied the ship and never allowed the🅺 Royals to come back in the game. The pair went on to for♕m a crucial 69-runs partnership for the third wicket to put RCB close to the winning position.
Although Bharat missed out from scoring a half-century by six runs, Maxwell (50 not out) managed to reach his fifty and RCB finished the game in the 18th over with seven wickets💖 in hanওd.
Earlier, Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave RR a flying start. The duo put together 77 runs for the opening wicket in just 8.2 overs before Daniel Christian sent back Yashasvi for 31. But, Lewis kept the momentum and⭕ reached his half-century. As the left-handed batter was looking set to go far, debutant George Garton removed him to provide another breakthrough.
Lewis’ dismissal opened the flood gates as the Royals kept losing wickets at regular intervals only to reach 149/9 after 20 overs.
For the Challengers, Harshal Patel picked three wickets for 34 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Similarly, Yuzvendra Chahal (2/18) and Shahbaz Ahmed (2/10) bagged a couple of scalps each.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Namma Ooru Bengalur꧑u, who are we? What a match! Jai RCB. 🔥
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Another commanding win! One foot in the playoffs, but the next 3 matches are extremely crucial. Firstly to seal the playoffs spot officially and then hope to finish in the top 2. Love the energy and the challenger spirit our boys are show🅘ing. ❤️👊🏼
— Ajith Ramamurthy (@Ajith_tweets)
once again outstanding in last over. 🅠Patel is now in great league of Indian bowlers who have taken more than 25 wickets in a season.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Well played Lew! 🙌🏽
— Shai Hope (@shaidhope)
The smiles just don't stop when you're winning, do they? ☺️
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia)
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— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Yuzvendra Chahal has been except𒊎ional. Another top perform♔ance from him & he showed his class
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Yuzvendra Chahal is adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant spell as beat by 7 wickets to add two🌜 more points to their tally.
Scorecard –
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Glenn Maxwell takes RCB home. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
And we march on! 🙌🏻
Drop a ❤️ ꦺif you enjoyed that all-round display from our stars, 12th﷽ Man Army!
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)