RCB vs RR Man of the Match: The spinner from Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match award for his disciplined spell.
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During the 43rd match of the ongoing 14th season of the Indian Premier League between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai, Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. Having registered their seventh victory of the season, Bangalore are at the third position on the points table.
Chasing a 150-run target, RCB appeared to be in a bit of a spot of bother when captain Virat Kohli (25) was found short of his crease against Riyan Parag. However, a 69-run partnership for the third wicket between wicket-keeper batter Srikar Bharat (44) and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (50*) put away all doubts for Kohli and his men.
In what was a mature match-winning partnership, Bharat and Maxwell didn’t take many risks due to a lack of scoreboard pressure. Maxwell, who played a vital role in sealing the chase with 17 balls remaining by scoring three fours and a six off Chris Morris, completed his fourth half-century of the season in the process.
RCB vs RR Man of the Match
In the first innings, Rajasthan failed to bank on a quickfire 77-run opening partnership between Evin Lewis (58) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (31) scoring 149/9 in 20 overs after Kohli won the toss and chose to field.
With bowling figures of 4-0-34-3, Royal Challengers pacer Harshal Patel once again emerged as the pick of their bowlers. Apart from Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed and Yuzvendra Chahal picked a couple of wickets each. Chahal, who dismissed Mahipal Lomror (3) and Liam Livingstone (6) in the middle overs, won the match award for his bowling figures of 4-0-18-2.
Way to go boys 👍
Showcasing fighting spirit and giving it all. Onto the next one 💪 @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/P55wJQgZAT— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 29, 2021
“[Introduced in the 11th over because] Two left-handers were batting, so Virat [Kohli] bhaiya said lets go with the medium-pacer. He told me I will come when [Evin] Lewis gets out but I came on since Lewis was still going good. I wanted them to play over covers since its wider there. Wanted to also bowl slower.
“In the first half of IPL, I didn’t bowl well in 3-4 games. Then I spoke to players and family on what I’m doing wrong. And then I regained confidence in Sri Lanka. Confidence is key in bowling, so I am using that here,” Chahal was quoted as saying by Star Sports during the post-match presentation ceremony.
