Rajasthan's fourth consecutive win in IPL: Bengaluru lost the third consecutive match, Butler's century outweighed Kohli's century.
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Rajasthan Royals continue their winning campaign in the Indian Premier League-2024 (IPL). The team defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets in the 19th match of the current season. This is Rajasthan's fourth consecutive win this season, while Bengaluru has lost its third consecutive match. This is Bengaluru's fourth defeat.
On Saturday, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bowl at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Bengaluru scored 183 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 19.1 overs. Jos Buttler was the man of the match. He scored unbeaten 100 runs on 58 balls. Jose's innings included 9 fours and 4 sixes.
Players' Performance: Two centuries in one day…first Kohli, then Butler scored
Virat Kohli from RCB scored his first century of the season, he scored 113 runs on 73 balls. Captain Faf du Plessis contributed 44 runs on 33 balls. Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets.
Jos Buttler scored a century in the run chase for Rajasthan. He led the team to victory by hitting a six on the first ball of Cameron Green, who came to bowl the last over of the innings, and also completed a century on 58 balls. Captain Sanju Samson scored 69 runs. Reece Topley took 2 wickets.
Reasons for RCB's defeat
- Bowlers could not create pressure after Jaiswal's wicket In the run chase, Bengaluru gave the first blow to Rajasthan on the score of zero. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to the pavilion in the very first over without opening the account, but Bengaluru's striker bowlers could not create pressure in the powerplay.
- Butler's catch drop proved costly Reece Topley, who came to bowl the fourth over after Jaiswal's dismissal, created a chance by getting Jos Buttler caught out, but Cameron Green missed the catch. Later, Butler gave victory to Rajasthan by playing a century. He returned unbeaten after scoring 100. In the 14th over, Kohli also caught Sanju Samson, although Samson was out on the next ball of Siraj.
- Wickets did not come in powerplay and middle overs After taking the wicket of Jaiswal in the first over, Bengaluru's bowlers could not get the second wicket in the powerplay and middle overs. Bengaluru got its second success in the 15th over. By then the match was out of hand.
- Butler-Samson partnership After losing the first wicket for zero, Jos Buttler and captain Sanju Samson made a partnership of 148 runs for the second wicket. This partnership put Rajasthan far ahead in the match.
Match report from here…
Kohli-Faf made 125 run opening partnership
The pair of Virat Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis gave a strong start to Bengaluru after losing the toss and coming to bat. Both of them made an opening partnership of 125 runs on 84 balls.
Faf was out on the last ball of the 14th over. He was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal at the hands of Jos Buttler. Glenn Maxwell was out after scoring one run. Saurav Chauhan scored 9 runs and Cameron Green scored 5 runs.
Butler-Samson's match winning partnership
After losing the wicket of Jaiswal at zero, Jos Buttler made a match-winning partnership of 148 runs. This partnership was broken by Mohammad Siraj by dismissing Sanju Samson. Later, Ryan Parag contributed 4 runs, Dhruv Jurel contributed 2 runs and Shimoran Hetmyer contributed 11 unbeaten runs.
Points Table: Rajasthan on top with 4 consecutive wins, Bengaluru remains at number-8
After this match, Rajasthan Royals team has come on the top of the points table of the current season, while despite the third consecutive defeat, it remains at number-8.
Rajasthan has won all four matches played so far. The team has pushed Kolkata Knight Riders (6 points) to number-2. On the other hand, Bengaluru has lost 4 out of 5 matches. The team has only 2 points in its account.
Cap race…
Orange Cap: Kohli came on top, Kamay on top, Ryan Parag on second and Samson on third.
Virat Kohli, who played a century inning of 113 runs, is leading in the race for Orange Cap. He has scored 316 runs in 5 matches with the help of one century and two half-centuries. Whereas for Rajasthan, Riyan Parag (185 runs), who scored 4 runs, came second and Sanju Samson (178 runs), who played 69 innings, came third.
Purple Cap: Chahal came on top
Yuzvendra Chahal has left Gujarat's Mohit Sharma behind in the race for Purple Cap. Chahal has taken 8 wickets in 4 matches. He took two wickets in this match. Mohit Sharma, who came second, has 7 wickets in his name.
Playing-11 of both the teams
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Sourav Chauhan, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Yash Dayal and Mohammed Siraj.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper & captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Nandre Berger and Avesh Khan.
