In a nail-biting finish, Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 4 wickets on Tuesday. It was an emotional match for Yuzvendra Chahal as he had played for RCB for 7 years in the past and this time he was playing against RCB. Here are the key highlights of the game:
1. RCB won the toss and elected to bowl first against RR.
2. RR lost the early wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler also struggled from the start of his innings. Buttler was dropped by RCB fielders twice. After that, an excellent partnership was built between Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal.
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3. Since RR had wickets in hand, they ended up with a fighting total of 169/3 in 20 overs. Jos Buttler made unbeatable 70 runs off 47 deliveries.
4. Replying to RR total, Skipper Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat gave RCB a good start as they raised 55 runs opening stand. Former RCB player Yuvi Chahal broke their partnership and took Faf's wicket.
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5. After that, Chahal changed the game. In his very next over, he struck again. He took David Willey's wicket and contributed to Virat Kohli's run out.
6. RCB lost 5 wickets between 7-13 overs.
7. However, veteran Dinesh Karthik and young Shahbaz Ahmed played an incredible match-winning knock and turned the game in favour of RCB. DK made unbeatable 44 runs off 23 deliveries and Shahbaz Ahmed made 45 runs off 26 deliveries.
8. From 87/5 to 173/6, this was a big win for RCB as we saw in past years how RCB's upper order and bowlers contributed to the matches. But this time the lower middle also contributed in finishing the match.
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9. Dinesh Karthik was declared the player of the match.
10. Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals 169/3 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 70*, Devdutt Padikkal 37, Shimron Hetmyer 42*; Harshal Patel 1/18, David Willey 1/29) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore 173/6 in 19.1 overs (Dinesh Karthik 44*, Shahbaz Ahmed b Boult 45, Faf du Plessis 29; Yuzvendra Chahal 2/15, Trent Boult 2/34) by four wickets.
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What a sensational win! 👌 👌 Second victory on the bounce & 2⃣ more points in the bag for Royal Challengers Bangalore as they beat Rajasthan Royals by 4⃣ wickets. 👏 👏 Scorecard ▶️ https://bit.ly/TATAIPL-2022-13 #TATAIPL | #RRvRCB
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