IPL 2022, PBKS vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Odean Smith's 8-ball 25 helps Punjab Kings beat RCB by five wickets

On the second day of IPL-15 i.e. on Sunday, the second match was played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Due to the innings of Du Plessis (88), Kohli (41) and Karthik (32), Bengaluru set a target of 206 runs.

Punjab achieved this target in 19 overs. For Punjab, Dhawan and Mayank made an opening partnership of 50 plus. Punjab faltered due to Siraj's pace attack in the middle, but Odion's stormy innings in the last over took them to victory.

1. Faf completes 3000 runs in IPL

Faf du Plessis (88) became the fourth player to play the biggest innings on captaincy debut in IPL. First Sanju Samson (119 vs Punjab), second Mayank Agarwal (99* vs Delhi) and third Shreyas Iyer (93* vs Kolkata). Faf du Plessis also completed his 3,000 runs in IPL with the 65th run of his innings. Faf became the overall 20th and sixth overseas player to achieve this feat in the IPL. Apart from the record of 3 thousand runs, his 100 sixes in IPL were also completed with 4 sixes.

2. Big partnerships boost Bengaluru's innings

After the fall of the first wicket, Kohli came to the crease. Then captain du Plessis was playing very slow. But, as soon as Kohli came, he changed gears and scored runs. He shared a partnership of 118 runs with Kohli in 61 balls. After this, when du Plessis was out, Dinesh Karthik came to the crease. Kohli shared a 17-ball 37-run partnership with Karthik (32) in the last over.

3. Kohli the first player to play 200 innings from a team

Virat Kohli became the first player to play 200 innings from any one team in IPL. Overall, Kohli is only the second player after Rohit Sharma (209) to bat in the 200th innings of the IPL. Let us tell you that after 9 years, Virat Kohli is playing IPL matches only as a player. He played an innings of 41 runs.

4. Karthik played a stormy innings at a strike rate of 200+

Dinesh Karthik scored an unbeaten 38 runs at a strike rate of 228.57. Karthik came to bat after du Plessis. Karthik made strong shots in every corner of the field. He was bought by RCB in the mega auction for 5.50 crores.

Solid opening partnership of Punjab

Punjab got off to a good start chasing the target of 206 runs. In the power play, Mayank and Dhawan scored runs with a run rate of more than 10. Both scored 71 runs for the opening wicket. Mayank was dismissed for 32 runs and Dhawan scored 42 runs.

Siraj took 2 wickets in 2 balls

In the 14th over of Punjab's innings, Mohammad Siraj took two wickets in two consecutive balls. On the first ball of the over, Siraj dismissed Bhanuka Rajapakse (43), who was consistently hitting big. Rajapaksa was caught by Shahbaz Ahmed at catch point. On the very next ball, Siraj sent U-19 World Cup hero Raj Bawa (0), who was making his IPL debut, out of the field by LBW.

Fact related to the stadium- IPL match is being played in Dr. DY Patil Stadium after 11 years. The last IPL match was played at this ground in May 2011 between Pune and Kolkata.