Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore - Indian Premier League - 40th match – Live Score and Update
Rajasthan Royals 171 v Royal Challengers Bangalore 173 - Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
In the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by four runs in the match which was played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field, were clobbered by the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen as openers A Mukund and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 launched an early onslaught.
Finally, after posting 44 runs on the board, this opening pair was separated by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, who nabbed the wicket of Gayle after the batsman had hammered 34 runs off just 16 deliveries.
The batting side then suffered the demise of their second wicket with 66 runs on the board as they saw Mukund lose his stumps to Trivedi with 19 runs under his belt.
With both openers back in the pavilion, the batting side needed to begin rebuilding the innings in the middle. Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887,
who faltered after scoring 21 runs.
Kohli and MC Henriques continued the batting onslaught on the other hand, as they knew that they needed to keep the scoreboard ticking.
After leading their side to 123 runs, Kohli became the next victim, losing his wicket to Watson after hammering a 32-run knock.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237 unbeaten on 22, the batting side managed to post a modest score of 171 on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals had an unimpressive start to their innings as they lost their first wicket with only 21 runs on the board.
They then lost their second wicket with 48 runs on the board when the fans saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 lose his stumps to Henriques after scoring 22 runs.
The third-wicket partnership between SV Samson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 was eventful as the two batsmen led their side towards 116 runs, before Samson perished after belting an amazing knock of 63 runs off 41 deliveries.
Watson’s 41 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 Hodge’s 32-run knock played a crucial role in helping the side cross the finish line.
Tags: