IPL 2021, RCB vs RR Highlights: The match was held in Mumbai.IPL 2021, RCB vs RR Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) continued their fine streak of form against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Thursday as they won by 10 wickets in the ongoing IPL 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Sent out to bat first, RR crumbled under pressure in the opening overs and were reduced to 43/4. Owing to Shivam Dube’s 46 and Rahul Tewatia’s 40, the men in pink managed to post 177/9 at the end of their 20 overs. Both Mohammed Siraj and Harshal Patel scalped three wickets. Chasing, Devdutt Padikkal (101*) and Virat Kohli (72*) took charge right from the start. They forged an unbeaten 181-run opening stand and helped make it four wins out of four matches.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2021 - Match 16
Royal Challengers Bangalore
181/0 (16.3)vs
Rajasthan Royals
177/9 (20.0)Match Ended ( Day - Match 16 )
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals by 10 wickets
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals by 10 wickets
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Bangalore make it four out of four on the back of Padikkal's maiden IPL century. With a four off Mustafizur's bowling, the uncapped Indian brought up his ton. Five wides later, Bangalore wrap up the contest and make it four out of four. RCB: 181/0 (16.3 overs)
Kohli takes on Gopal next and hammers him for a six and a clever four... Padikkal gets his ninth boundary as well and moves into his nineties. Against Mustafizur, the pair slow down a bit and get just three singles. The equation? 16 off 30. RCB: 162/0 (15 overs)
Another day, another milestone! After bringing up his fifty with a six and single in the opening two balls, Kohli (55*) becomes the first player to reach 6,000 IPL runs. He takes on Morris again and hits a confident four down the leg-side. RCB: 142/0 (13 overs)
Rajasthan look out of options now. Even after using five different bowlers in the last five, they have been unable to break the stand between Padikkal (84*) and Kohli (43*). Sakariya is the latest one to fail, concedes 12 runs in his over. RCB: 129/0 (12 overs)
Tewatia put to the sword in the 9th over, Padikkal crashes consecutives sixes off him. Mustafizur also gets similar treatment from Padikkal in the 10th, who is putting on an exhibition of sixes. RCB cross 100 in the 10th over.
RCB 107/0 after 10
Rajasthan bowl Tewatia as the Powerplay ends. Padikkal still manages to pierce the off side field for a four. Kohli, doffing the helmet and donning the cap, comfortable giving the strike over to Padikkal. Riyan Parag bowls after a TimeOut, with RCB cruising at this stage. Parag goes Kedar Jadhav again, but Padikkal is ready for the sidearm ball, crashes a four through the covers. That's the 50 for Padikkal. He ends the 8th over with another six. Padikkal on fire!
RCB 75/0 after 8
Sakariya bowls the 6th. Kohli misses a bouncer and expresses surprise as the leg umpire does not signal it as a no ball. Padikkal slams the last ball of this over for a six too, this time over cow corner. Ends the Powerplay on 41, Kohli, on 17, playing second fiddle by a distance.
RCB 59/0 after 6
Mustafizur Rahman bowls the 5th over. There's a return catch chance for him off Padikkal, the ball glances his fingers and flies past just past the stumps, luckily for Kohli, who was way out of the non-striker's crease. The last ball is slammed for a six over long off.
RCB 49/0 after 5
Gopal continues, Padikkal gets a sweep away past short fine leg to get a boundary to win this inter-Karnataka duel for the moment. Two balls later, another boundary fired in the same area - four more! Morris bowls the 4th over. Padikkal milks the field - the first ball is a 4 to third man, the fielder is moved from deep point to third man, the second ball is a 4 to deep point. Padikkal is off! Kohli also gets a boundary off the last ball of Morris's over - 15 runs off the 4th over.
RCB 39/0 after 4
Gopal keeps Kohli guessing, till Kohli ballets forward and conks a six back over the bowler's head off the 4th ball. 8 runs off the first over. Padikkal faces for the first time in the 2nd over, Chetan Sakariya bowls. Off the mark with a single glanced to gully. ABD appeals for LBW, but Sakariya is uninterested.
RCB 14/0 after 2
Sanju Samson has an animated discussion on the sidelines before the players step back on. Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal stride out to the middle for RCB. Shreyas Gopal, brought into the XI for Unadkat tonight, bowls the first over. Kohli swings and misses at the first delivery.
Harshal comes in for the final over and off the first two balls... he claims two wickets! He sends Morris (10) and Sakariya (0) back to the dressing room but afterwards, he gets punished with a six by Gopal. A single ends the first innings. RR: 177/9 (20 overs)
He came in with a bang... and he left with a bang too! Tewatia (40) fails to reach his half-century as his late surge is finally stopped by Siraj. The batsman hits a six and a four before finding Shahbaz at deep mid-wicket. Up next, Gopal. RR: 170/7 (19 overs)
Tewatia is the man to dismiss right now as he leads the charge in the final overs. He ups the ante with a clever boundary against Harshal... straight through point. Tewatia (28*) and Morris (10*) manage to get 12 runs in the next over. RR: 157/6 (18 overs)
Bangalore bite back again and removes the settled Dube from the middle. The batsman tries a blind slog, mistimes it and Maxwell takes a good catch diving forward at long-on. Dube (46) throws his head back and is livid with himself. RR: 133/6 (15.3 overs)
Tewatia, right after coming on, changes his gears and hits Harshal for a massive six and a four on his second and third deliveries. Tewatia (16*) maintains his bold streak and hits Washington for a boundary in the next over. Dube's on 42*. RR: 128/5 (15 overs)
And RCB finally get their breakthrough! Harshal breaks the 66-run stand between Dube and Parag as he scalps the wicket of the latter. Parag (25) tries to scoop the ball over fine leg but the ball finds itself into the safe hands of Chahal. RR: 109/5 (13.3 overs)
After Dube's onslaught against Richardson which consisted of two fours, Kohli sends Harshal Patel into the attack. The rookie Parag (16*) gets lucky and punishes him with two outside-edge boundaries to third man. Siraj made a mess of the second shot in the field and failed to stop it. Then, Dube (37*) finishes the over with yet another four. 15 runs off the over. RR: 96/4 (12 overs)
The men in pink finally have an over to cherish. Dube (22*) finds his confidence and takes on Chahal on the spinner's second over. He smacks him for two huge maximums and gets 17 runs off the over. Just six singles in the next over. RR: 70/4 (10 overs)
Just when things started to take a turn for the better, Samson (21) falls. Washington comes into the attack and he gets hit by the Rajasthan skipper for a huge six, but the spinner has his revenge on the very next ball. Caught by Maxwell! RR: 43/4 (7.2 overs)
Rajasthan are dwindling at the moment and it's all up to their domestic pair right now. Dube (4*) tries to up the ante and hits Siraj for a four, and in the next over, skipper Samson (12*) takes on Richardson and hits two confident boundaries. RR: 32/3 (6 overs)
Miller comes on and tries to steady the ship with Samson, but alas! A toe-crushing yorker on leg stump by Siraj... and the batsman falls over in trying to keep it out. RCB takes a review and three reds! LBW! Miller goes back on a duck. RR: 18/3 (4.3 overs)
Adding to Rajasthan's woes, Vohra is the latest one to walk back to the pavilion. Jamieson gets his first wicket of the night. Vohra (7) tried to loft it through the line but he miscues it and sends the ball straight into the hands of Richardson. RR: 16/2 (3.5 overs)
After Vohra's promising four in the last over facing Jamieson, Rajasthan suffer a blow. Buttler tries to take on Siraj again but the opener misses, and the delivery castles him. Clean bowled. The batsman departs on 8. Up next, Samson. RR: 14/1 (2.3 overs)
Joss Buttler and Manan Vohra open the first innings for Rajasthan. Mohammed Siraj starts the proceedings with the ball. The pacer starts well, bowling four dot balls, but Buttler smacks Siraj for two back-to-back fours in the final two balls. RR: 8/0 (1 over)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (w), Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (w/c), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss and have opted to field. "We are going to bowl. Have seen results here whether there's dew or not. Confident we can chase anything down. Try and exploit whatever we can with the new ball. Very exciting for me as a batsman but the bowlers will have to adjust. Have experienced conditions totally opposite in Chennai," says Virat Kohli.
Royal Challengers (Probable XI): Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals (Probable XI): Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal/Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Rajasthan Royals has faced off against Royal Challengers Bangalore 23 times in the IPL since 2008, holding a 10-10 win-loss record while there are three no results as well. The Sanju Samson-led side wasn't part of the tournament in 2016 and 2017.
Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the IPL 2021 contest between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. Virat Kohli and his men have won all three of their opening matches. Can the Sanju Samson-led unit stop them? Stay tuned!