In this article, we will discuss the Cricket Highlights of IPL 2024, 25th March of Match 06. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings. In the 6th match of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the target of victory by Defeating PBKS by 6 wickets (with a margin of 4 wickets) with 4 balls in hand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. With that, Kohli’s team got their first win in this year’s IPL.
Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis won the toss. He invited the Punjab Kings to bat. Who beat the Delhi Capitals in the first match? After losing the toss, opener Jonny Bairstow was dismissed for 8 runs. Then Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh made a partnership of 55 runs. Prabhsimran Singh got out after scoring 25 runs off 17 balls.
After that, however, Punjab started losing wickets at regular intervals. Liam Livingstone got out after scoring 17 runs. Shikhar Dhawan departed with a maximum of 45 runs. Sam Curran scored 23 runs, and Jitesh Sharma was dismissed with 27 runs. In the last 8 balls, Shashank Singh scored 21 runs and gave Punjab a challenging innings of 176 runs, losing 6 wickets.
Bengaluru started the 17th season of IPL with a loss. They lost their first match against Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets at the Chidambaram Stadium. He was the victim of Mustafizur Rahman, scoring 21 runs off 20 balls in that match. However, he batted with responsibility against Punjab. In the run chase, everyone collapsed at one end but Kohli held on at the other end.
In the second match of RCB, no Punjab Kings bowler could challenge Kohli like Mustafiz. As a result, this Royal Challengers Bangalore opener could play with open arms. Going to bat with a target of 177 runs, Kohli played a devastating innings of 77 runs off 49 balls. This innings of his arranged in 2 sixes and 11 boundaries.
In response to 177 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s batsmen could not do much, except for a Virat Kohli. Faf du Plessis had 3 runs, Cameron Green 3 runs, Rajat Patidar 18 runs, Glenn Maxwell 3 runs, Anuj Rawat got out with 11 runs.
After astounding innings, Kohli was finally bowled out for teams 130 runs. The team still needed 47 runs from 24 balls to win. Dinesh Karthik and impact player Mahipal Lomror eased the difficult task at the latter end for the five-wicket loss team. Karthik made 28 off 10 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes and Mohipal left the field unbeaten on 17 runs with 2 fours and 1 six off 8 balls to secure the team’s victory.
Harpreet Brar took 2 wickets for just 13 runs in a brilliant bowling for Punjab. Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets for 23 runs.
Punjab Kings – 176/6 (20.0)
Royal Challengers Bangalore – 178/6 (19.2)
Result – Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 4 wickets
Player of the match – Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli
Royal Challengers Bangalore | Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat (wk), Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Dinesh Karthik, Mayank Dagar, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal |
Punjab Kings | Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Brar, Shashank Singh, Harshal Patel, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar |
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