RCB VS PBKS – Match Report IPL 2024

At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by wickets thanks to Virat Kohli‘s commanding 77(49). This was Bengaluru’s maiden TATA IPL 2024 victory.After being dropped off the second ball of the innings, Kohli used some lovely strokeplay to set the tone and make PBKS pay. The final flourish was given by Impact Player Mahipal Lomror (17* off 8) and Dinesh Karthik (28* off 10) who stitched together an undefeated 48-run stand off 18 balls to help RCB chase down 177 in the final over.

Earlier, the home team had restricted PBKS to 176/6 thanks to a disciplined bowling performance.Chasing 177, RCB had a fortunate start when Virat Kohli was caught at slip by Jonny Bairstow off Curran’s second ball of the game. After that, Kohli made it 16 off the opening over by hitting three fours in the over, escalating the pain.

Then, after showing off his range with a few exquisite shots, Kagiso Rabada sent back captain Faf du Plessis and Cameron Green, causing RCB to lose two inside the Powerplay. At the conclusion of the Powerplay, RCB was 50/2, with 35 runs https://rs7sport.com/ scored by Kohli.PBKS used some disciplined bowling to get things back on track. To up the stakes, Patidar and Kohli each smashed a six off Chahar.

After reaching his fifty runs off of thirty-one balls, Kohli was cleaned up by Harpreet Brar in the next over as Patidar tried to accelerate. With 15 runs off the 12th over, Kohli blasted Harshal for a six and a four, but Brar delivered another vital punch to remove Maxwell in the following over. As PBKS increased pressure in the middle overs, Brar and Rabada concluded with outstanding spells of 2/13 and 2/23, respectively.

When 59 runs were needed off of 30, Kohli hit two big fours off Harshal. However, the PBKS bowler came back and caught Kohli at third man with the final ball of the over, setting up a crucial time in the match. As Curran trapped Anuj Rawat LBW, one brought two.

After that, RCB deployed Mahipal Lomror in place of Yash Dayal as their Impact Player. After Lomror and Karthik hit ipl-win.app 37 off the following 16 balls, the equation dropped to 10 needed off the next over, with 47 needed off 22 balls.

With elegance, Karthik took the first ball of the last over from Arshdeep and hit it for a six over fine leg to open the last over. Arshdeep bowled a WIDE next ball under duress. Karthik finished it off in style, smashing one down the ground for a four with three out of five needed.