Bengaluru| RCB defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 runs in a thrilling match of IPL 2023. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and invited RCB to bat first. Trent Boult gave a setback to RCB by dismissing Virat Kohli on the very first ball, Shahbaz Ahmed, who came up the batting order, could not do anything and became the victim of Trent Boult after scoring only 2 runs. For the third wicket, Fef Du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell shared a 127-run partnership, Fef Du Plessis was run out for 62 runs, Glenn Maxwell played a brilliant inning of 77 runs in 44 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. RCB scored 189 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Trent Boult and Sandeep Sharma took 2-2 wickets. Chasing a target of 189 runs, Rajasthan Royals lost the wicket of Jos Buttler at the score of 1 run. Mohammad Siraj sent Buttler back to the pavilion, Buttler scored 0 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal 47 and Devdutt Padikkal 52 made a great partnership of 98 runs for the second wicket. At the end of the innings, Dhruv Jurel played an unbeaten inning of 34 runs in 16 balls could not enough for the win. Rajasthan Royals could only score 182 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets and lost the match by 7 runs. . Harshal Patel bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 32 runs. Glenn Maxwell was awarded with man of the match for his brilliant batting.
Brief Scores :
RCB: 9/189 over 20, Glenn Maxwell 77, Faf du Plessis 62, Trent Boult 2/41, Sandeep Sharma 2/49
Rajasthan Royals: 6/182 over 20, Devdutt Padikkal 52, Yashasvi Jaiswal 47, Dhruv Jurel 34 not out, Harshal Patel 3/32