Leaders Online Desk: The 19th match of the 17th season of IPL is between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match is being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. In the match, Rajasthan won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Another blow to Bangalore; Glenn Maxwell out
Nandre Berger gave Rajasthan Royals their second win. Glenn Maxwell returned to the pavilion with one run in three balls. After a fast start, RCB suffered two back-to-back setbacks. Chahal dismissed Duplessis to give the team their first success, while new batsman Maxwell could not do anything special.
First blow to RCB; Faf Duplessis out
The first blow came in the form of RCB captain Faf Duplessis. Rajasthan spinner Yuzvendra Chahal gave the team their first success. Duplessis was dismissed for 44 off 33 balls. With this, the 125-run partnership for the first wicket between Kohli and Duplessis was broken. It was the 47th century partnership for RCB in the IPL that Chahal ended.
Kohli's brilliant half century
Virat Kohli scored his third half-century in IPL 2024 with a brilliant batting against Rajasthan. This is Kohli's first fifty in the last nine IPL matches in Jaipur. Kohli along with captain Faf Duplessis gave the team a fast start.
Another 'Virat' celebrity….. Kohli@7500
India's star batsman is famous for his aggressive innings. He has made many records with his batting power. Virat holds the record for most runs in the IPL. He completed 7500 runs today while batting against Rajasthan.
Kohli-Duplessis half-century partnership
Virat Kohli and captain Faf Duplessis gave RCB a fast start against Rajasthan Royals. Both the batsmen completed half-century partnerships until the end of the powerplay for the first wicket. After six overs, RCB scored 53 runs without losing a single wicket. Currently, Kohli is at the crease with 32 runs off 25 balls and Duplessis on 14 runs off 11 balls. This is the first time this season that RCB have not lost a single wicket during the Powerplay.
All eyes on Jos Buttler
During the match, all eyes will be on Rajasthan's dashing batsman Jos Buttler. He is regarded as one of the most prolific batsmen in T20 cricket. He has the ability to single-handedly turn a match around. But this season he has been ravaged by his bat. He has scored only 31 runs in 3 matches while playing for Rajasthan in this tournament. Due to this, all eyes are on his game.
Rajasthan – Bangalore Head to Head – Matches
Both teams have played 30 matches in IPL so far. In this, Rajasthan has won 15 matches and Bangalore has won 12 matches. So 3 matches have been drawn. From this it is likely that Rajasthan paper will be difficult for Bangalore.
Playing-11 of both the teams
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (captain/wicketkeeper), Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jure, Shimran Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Berger, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player: Rowman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Sen, Shubham Dubey, Abid Mushtaq.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli. Faf du Plessis (captain), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (captain), Sourav Chauhan, Rin Topli, Mayank Dagar, Mohammad Siraj, Yash Dayal.
Impact Player: Suyash Prabhudesai, Mahipal Lomror, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Visak, Swapneel Singh
🚨 Toss Update 🚨
Rajasthan Royals win the toss and elect to field against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
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