With Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal posting valuable fifties and duo of Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal coming in clutch during the final two overs, defending 18 remaining runs of the target of 206 in final two overs, RCB broke their three-match losing streak at home, securing a nail-biting
RCB's three-match losing streak at Bengaluru finally broke, with Virat's 70-run knock with the bat along with Devdutt Padikkal's half-century powering RCB to 205/5, which the Red and Gold side bravely defended against a fighting RR unit, largely due to efforts of Josh Hazlewood (4/33) and Ya
RCB ended a three-match losing streak at home, with Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, and Josh Hazlewood as the star performers. They overcame a hungry and valiant RR, which slipped to its fifth successive loss despite all their efforts.
Hazlewood produced a masterclass of an effort, preventing the Rajasthan Royals (RR) from chasing down 18 runs in the final two overs. In his final over, what was also the 19th of the innings, Hazlewood gave away just one run and picked up two wickets, ending with a spell of 4/33 in four over
With this victory, RCB has secured their first win at home after three losses. Standout efforts came from Virat Kohli (70), Devdutt Padikkal (50) after being put to bat first by RR, which powered the hosts to 205/5. All RR batters got starts quick enough to stay alive in the match, but when
Rajasthan Royals stand-in captain Riyan Parag couldn't put his finger on what exactly went wrong for his side, considering they were in the game till the "18th-19th over". He just felt it was a day when a "couple of balls" cost them the game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the ongoing
Avesh's three-wicket haul and defence of nine runs in the final over while defending a total of 181 runs condemned a valiant Rajasthan to a two-run loss at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday, continuing their downward spiral in the competition.
LSG continued their fine run in IPL 2024, as fifties by Aiden Markram and Ayush Badoni and a three-fer by Avesh Khan, who defended nine runs in the final over, were the standout acts as LSG managed to defend 181 runs against RR, who fell short by just two runs at their home ground of Sawai M