RR vs RCB Live Score: RCB close in on win after Karthik, Shahbaz counter punch

In the 13th match of IPL 2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 4 wickets. RCB had a target of 170 runs, which the team achieved by losing only 6 wickets in the last over. Shahbaz Ahmed scored the highest 45 runs, while Dinesh Karthik remained unbeaten on 44.

Earlier, batting after losing the toss, Rajasthan scored 169 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Jos Buttler played an unbeaten innings of 70 runs in 47 balls. At the same time, Shimron Hetmyer remained unbeaten on 42 off 31 balls. Hasranga, Willie and Harshal took 1-1 wickets for RCB.

Karthik and Shahbaz made a comeback

Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed proved to be the troubleshooters of the team after losing four wickets at 62. Both made a comeback of the team for the sixth wicket with a partnership of 67 runs in 32 balls. However, on the fifth ball of the 18th over, Shahbaz fell victim to Trent Boult on the team score of 165. He contributed 45 runs in 26 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes.

Match changed in 9th over

In the 9th over of RCB's innings, Rajasthan Royals took 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls. On the fourth ball of the 9th over, Virat Kohli was run out for 5 runs and on the very next ball, Yuzvendra Chahal clean bowled David Willey on his charismatic ball. After hitting the ball, Chahal entered the gap between the bat and the pad and took off Willie's middle stump.

Strong start for RCB

Chasing the target, Bangalore started well. Captain Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat added 55 runs in 7 overs for the first wicket. Yuzvendra Chahal broke this partnership by dismissing Faf. Du Plessis returned to the pavilion after scoring 29 off 20 balls. His catch is caught by Trent Boult at long on. In the very next over, Rawat (26) was dismissed by Navdeep Saini.

Butler-Hetmyer take over the Royals

In-form Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer put on an unbeaten partnership of 83 runs off 51 balls for the fourth wicket. In this, Buttler contributed 37 runs in 20 balls and Hetmyer contributed 42 runs in 31 balls. Both scored 66 runs in the last five overs. During this, both hit 6 sixes and two fours.

Butler hit a century of sixes

After getting 3 lives, Butler completed the 12th fifty of his IPL career in 41 balls. Butler hit 6 long sixes in the innings. With his second six in a stormy innings, Jose completed his 100 sixes in the IPL. Buttler became the first England player and the 26th overall to score a six in IPL history.

Butler got 3 chances

Jos Buttler got two easy lives in the seventh over. On the first ball of the over, Akash Deep dropped the catch in his own over and on the fourth ball, David Willey dropped the catch at midwicket. After this, Buttler hit a fine six over long off on the 5th ball. In the 14th over, Jose was dismissed LBW off Harshal Patel, but he took a review and got his third life in the match.

Samson trapped in Hasranga's turn

Sanju Samson scored 8 runs off 8 balls and was dismissed by Wanindu Hasranga. Hasaranga dismissed Samson for the fourth time in five innings of the T20 format. Sanju has scored only 8 runs in 15 balls against Hasranga in this format and got out 4 times. Let us inform that Vanindu bowled 4 overs in the match and took 1 wicket for 32 runs.

Butler-Padikkal partnership

RR lost the first wicket on the score of 6 runs. After that Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal played a good partnership while handling the innings. Both added 70 runs in 48 balls for the second wicket. The pair was broken by Harshal Patel by dismissing Padikkal (37). His catch was caught by Kohli at extra cover.

Slow start in power play

Rajasthan's start in the first 6 overs was not special. The team scored only 35 runs in the power play and also lost 1 wicket. During this, only one four and one six were seen from the team.

Yashasvi flop again

RR got off to a bad start while batting after losing the toss. In the second over, David Willey clean bowled Yashasvi Jaiswal. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 runs in 6 balls. Jaiswal's bat was silent in both the matches played before this. He was dismissed for 20 against SRH and 1 against MI.

Jafar's funny tweet

Yuzvendra Chahal and Devdutt Padikkal, who played for RCB till last season, are playing against their old team for the first time. Wasim Jaffer also made a funny tweet regarding this. Jafar has shared a meme from the Mahabharata serial, where Arjun is shooting Bhishma Pitamah with an arrow during the war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas in Kurukshetra. During this, sadness is clearly visible on Arjun's face.

Maxi did not enter

Both the teams have not made any change in the playing XI. Glenn Maxwell has definitely joined RCB, but players contracted from Cricket Australia will not be able to play in the tournament till April 5. For this reason Maxi has not got a place in the playing XI.

Both Teams:

RR: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C/W), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pranand Krishna.

RCB: Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj.