Cricket Highlights, 15 May: IPL 2023 (Match 60) – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Match 60) – Highlights

Rajasthan Royals (RR) blew away Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the previous match they played. Where Yashasvi Jaiswal made the record for the fastest half-century in IPL. But in the very next match, the Royals saw the reverse of the coin. Samson & Co. faced a big loss in an unprecedented batting failure against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Chasing the target of 172 runs given by RCB on Sunday (May 14), the Royals were bowled out for 59 runs in just 10.3 overs. RR fell behind in the play-off battle after losing this game by a huge margin of 112 runs. They are now placed 6th in the standings. On the other hand, RCB has moved up to 5th place in the points table by going far ahead in net run rate with this great victory.

RR scored the third-lowest total in the history of the IPL tournament in this match. They also have the second-lowest team collection in the IPL. RR was all out for the lowest 58 runs in their history in the IPL held in South Africa in 2009.

However, RCB still holds the record for the lowest all-out in IPL history. They were bowled out for 49 against KKR at the Eden Gardens in 2017. RCB made another record on this bad day of RR. As the first team in the IPL, RCB has achieved the feat of winning by a margin of more than 100 runs four times.

Earlier, RCB was not comfortable after winning the toss and batting first. On this day too, Royal Challengers got a challenging score thanks to the top order. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis scored 50 runs in the opening partnership. But this former captain of India failed to play a big innings on this day. After scoring 18 runs off 19 balls, he was caught by Jaiswal off KM Asif.

Then Du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell continued to drag RCB’s innings. Du Plessis became Asif’s second victim with 55 off 44 balls. His innings had 3 fours and 2 sixes. Mahipal Lomror (1) and Dinesh Karthik (0) returned to the dressing room with a gap of one ball in the over after the departure of the captain. Adam Zampa took the wickets of both.

Maxwell was then dismissed for 137 runs in 17.3 overs. He became the victim of Sandeep Sharma by scoring 54 runs in 33 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. RCB then capitalized on the fightback mainly courtesy of Anuj Rawat’s unbeaten innings of 29 runs off 11 balls. He played this innings with 3 fours and 2 sixes.

In response, RR failed unsatisfactorily with the bat. Jaiswal, who is in great form, returned with a golden duck. Even, Jos Buttler could not open the run book. This is the 11th instance in IPL, where two openers of a team got out for 0 runs. This is the second time that such an incident has happened in the case of RR.

Captain Sanju Samson scored 4 runs. Only two batters scored double-digit runs in the Royals’ innings. Shimron Hetmyer scored the highest 35 runs off 19 balls for the team. Where there were 1 four and 4 sixes. Besides, Joe Root scored 10 runs.  

Wayne Parnell scalped 3 wickets for RCB conceding just 10 runs in 3 overs. He was also selected as the player of the match. Besides, Michael Bracewell and Karn Sharma got 2 wickets each. Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell picked up 1 wicket each for the winning side.

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scoreboard

Royal Challengers Bangalore – 171/5 (20.0)

Rajasthan Royals – 59/10 (10.3)

Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 112 runs

Player of the match – Wayne Parnell

Wayne Parnell

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XIs