Rajasthan Royals

On a pitch that was offering some help to bowlers, Rajasthan's batters struggled to get going for a big score. But Parag held firm at one end and exploded, in the end, to lend some respectability to Rajasthan's score and give his bowlers something to bowl at. He tore into Harshal Patel in the final over, heaving through deep square leg for four followed by a soaring six over extra cover to raise his second IPL fifty in 29 balls.

After winning the toss, du Plessis said Rajat Patidar comes in for an off-colour Anuj Rawat, with Virat Kohli, who picked golden ducks in the last two matches, to open the batting. "We want him to get going right at the top, want to see the real Virat play," said du Plessis on changes in the top-order. Bangalore are coming into the match after being bowled out for 68 against Sunrisers Hyderabad and du Plessis wants his batters to move on from it.

Rajasthan Royals' Buttler has emerged the Indian Premier League's (IPL) leading scorer with 491 runs at a strike rate of 161.51. He has so far scored three centuries in IPL 2022 with the latest coming against Delhi Capitals on Friday evening. He also blasted hundreds in victories against Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders.

The match between the Royals and Capitals plunged into controversy over a debatable waist-high no-ball that was ruled legal by the umpires but disputed by team from the National Capital. Royals went on to win the high-scoring game by 15 runs.

In a high-scoring thriller, Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Friday defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 15 runs. Another day, another century by Jos Buttler. It's the third 100 for Jos Buttler in 7 matches so far. On the other hand, the DC batter's small knocks took the match too close. They needed someone to stay like Jos Buttler did for RR.

Powell smashed successive sixes off the first two deliveries bowled by left-arm pacer Obed McCoy, a fellow dweller of the Caribbean islands, the equation looked easy and achievable because the bowler looked in a mess, bowling slow and low full-tosses that had 'hit-me hard' written all over. Powell obliged on the third delivery too and hammered the hip-high full toss over midwicket.

Pant said he decided to field first to give his fast bowlers and spinners to make first use of the wicket. "It will help our fast bowlers and spinners to bowl first. Told the players that we should not focus on the outside noise and focus on our inner selves. Anything near 150-160 will be good," said Pant. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson said he was ready to bat first.

The senior Indian cricketer will do the same for the national side during the T20 World Cup. "Of course, he'll be the RCB player to watch out for in the game against Lucknow. He's just changing the complexion of the game with his performance. He's doing it for his team. He said he wants to be a part of the Indian Team for the T20 World Cup.

In a nail-biting thriller, RR on Monday defeated KKR by 7 runs. Buttler made a century and Chahal took hattrick. That match would be remembered for a long time. It was also the 15th anniversary of IPL. Here are the key highlights of the game:

Chahal, who was declared the Player of the Match, overshadowed some brilliant batting by Shreyas Iyer (85) and Aaron Finch (58) to claim his first hat-trick in IPL. Having dismissed Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer earlier, the 31-year-old from Haryana claimed a brilliant 5/40 for his best figures of this season.