Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore – IPL 5 – Bangalore snatch a big win - Live Score and Update
Royal Challengers Bangalore 189/3 (20/20 ov) v Rajasthan Royals 143/7 (20/20 ov) - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 46 runs
Jaipur: Royal Challengers Bangalore secured their fourth win on Monday in the ongoing fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in a match that was played against Rajasthan Royals, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
After posting a mammoth total of 189 runs for the loss of just three wickets, RCB knew they were in a comfortable position in the match and needed to hold their own while bowling in order to restrict the opposition from successfully chasing down the huge total.
On the other hand, Rajasthan who had players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 were confident that they would be able to chase the total and give the fielding side a tough time.
Nonetheless, this was RCB’s day to shine as they successfully restricted Rajasthan on a tally of 143 for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.
After this defeat, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 skipper, Dravid said, “The last five overs made the difference. Dilshan and AB played really well in that period. The death bowling has been an area of concern. I've been hitting some good shots but its important to get the right result as well. Appanna bowled well, he had the backing of a lot of runs behind him. He spun the ball, it's good for his confidence."
Meanwhile, after being put into bat, RCB batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 were the pick of the batsmen as they smashed sensational knocks of 76 and 59 while staying unbeaten to play a dominant role in helping their side amass an intimidating total on the board.
Rajasthan then started their run chase in a staggering manner as openers Rahul Dravid and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 gave their side an opening stand of 56 runs before suffering the demise of their first wicket when Rahane faltered after scoring just 13 runs.
This was the beginning of the end for Rajasthan as they started losing wickets at almost regular interval, which subsequently raised the asking run rate, putting pressure on the team.
Left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Appanna-c1805, was extremely difficult for the batsmen to score off to as he finished with four wickets to his name by the end of the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers was later named as the Player of the Match for his superb show with the bat.
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