RCB vs RR / The match slipped out of Rajasthan's hands again in the last over - RCB won by 7 runs

RCB vs RR: On the basis of century partnership of Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 runs in the 32nd match of Indian Premier League-16. This is Bangalore's overall 14th win over Rajasthan. So far 29 matches have been played between the two. Rajasthan has won 12 of these. Talking about the current season, this is Bengaluru's fourth win in 7 matches. The team is at number 5 of the points table.

Batting after losing the toss, the Bengaluru team scored 189 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. In response, Rajasthan batsmen could only manage 182 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Rajasthan's wickets fell like this

First: Siraj bowled Butler on the fourth ball of the first over.

Second: On the fourth ball of the 12th over, David Willey got Paddikkal caught by Kohli.

Third: On the fourth ball of the 14th over, Harshal Patel got Jaiswal caught by Kohli.

Fourth: Sanju Samson was caught by Shahbaz Ahmed on the second ball of the 16th over from Harshal Patel. Shahbaz took a brilliant catch.

Fifth: Hetmyer was run out on the 5th ball of the 18th over.

Sixth: On the fourth ball of the 20th over, Harshal Patel got Ravichandran Ashwin caught by Suyash Prabhudesai.

Jaiswal-Paddikal handled the Royals

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Paddikal recovered Rajasthan from the first blow after losing the wicket of Butler for one run. The two shared a 98-run partnership for the second wicket off 66 balls.

Rajasthani were slow in powerplay

In response to 190 runs, Rajasthan got off to a slow start. The team lost the wicket of Butler on the score of one run. Rajasthani batsmen could only manage 47 runs for one wicket in the first 6 overs.

Du Plessis scored 5th half-century of the season, Bengaluru scored 189 runs

Batting after losing the toss, Bengaluru scored 189 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Bangalore did not have a good start at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and captain Virat Kohli fell victim to Trent Boult on the very first ball. Then the team lost the wicket of Shahbaz Ahmed for 12 runs. From here, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis shared a century partnership to take the team's score to 135. None of the remaining batsmen could play a big innings.

Trent Boult and Sandeep Sharma took 2-2 wickets from Rajasthan. Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal got one wicket each

This is how the wickets of Bengaluru fell.

First: Trent Boult got Virat Kohli LBW on the first ball of the first over.

Second: On the first ball of the third over, Bolt got Shahbaz Ahmed caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Third: On the second ball of the 14th over, Yashasvi Jaiswal ran out Faf du Plessis by hitting a direct throw from extra cover.

Fourth: On the last ball of the 15th over, Ashwin got Glenn Maxwell caught by Holder at backward point.

Fifth: On the third ball of the 17th over, Yuzvendra Chahal got Mahipal Lomror caught by Paddikal.

Sixth: Suyash Prabhudesai was run out on the 5th ball of the 17th over. He was run out by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson.

Seventh: Vanindu Hasaranga was run out on the first ball of the 20th over. He was run out by Sandeep Sharma and Sanju Samson.

Eighth: On the second ball of the 20th over, Sandeep Sharma got Dinesh Karthik caught by Jos Buttler.

Ninth: On the third ball of the 20th over, Sandeep Sharma got Vijaykumar Vaishak caught by Hetmyer.

Du Plessis scored the 5th half-century of the season

Faf du Plessis got out after scoring 62 runs. He was run out by Yashasvi Jaiswal. He scored 62 runs in 39 balls at a strike rate of 158.97. Duplessis's innings included 8 fours and 2 sixes. He scored his 30th half-century. This is Faf's 5th half-century in the current season.

Glen-Faf century partnership

There was a century partnership of 127 runs on 66 balls between Glenn and Faf. Maxwell scored the 16th half-century of his career. So Du Plessis completed 30 half-centuries. Max completed his half-century by scoring six. So Faf completed his fifty by hitting a four. Maxwell completed his half-century in 27 balls and du Plessis in 31 balls.

Maxwell scored the third fifty of the season

Glenn Maxwell scored the third fifty of the season. He completed his half-century off 27 balls. This is also Maxwell's overall 16th half-century. Maxwell shared a century partnership with Faf du Plessis.

​Bengaluru lost 2 wickets, Maxwell-Plessis pair handled

Rajasthan's fast bowler Trent Boult gave the initial shock to Bengaluru. Captain Virat Kohli was dismissed for zero and Shahbaz Ahmed scored 2 runs. After losing two wickets for 12 runs, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis shared a half-century partnership to bring the team's score to 60+.

No-change in Rajasthan, Willie back in Bengaluru

The team has landed without any change. At the same time, there has been a change in Bengaluru. David Willey has got a chance in place of Wayne Parnell in the team.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Vanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj, David Willey, Vijaykumar Vaishak and Suyash Prabhudesai.

Impact Players: Harshal Patel, Finn Ellin, Karn Sharma, Akash Deep and Anuj Rawat.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma and Jason Holder.

Impact Players: Abdul Basit, Akash Vashisht, Donovan Ferreira, M Ashwin, MF Asif.