The first royal encounter of the season goes in favour of the royal challengers Bangalore beating RR by 10 wickets . After winning the toss virat kohli choose to bowl first and his decision proved to be right when siraj and jamieson provide early breakthrough and RR are 43/ 4 . Then shivam dube and riyan Parag added 66 runs for the 5 wickets partnership and provide rajasthan a decent platform and Morris and tewatia take the scores to 177 which was very good in terms for what they lost in a very first power play. Following the RCB batting devdutt paddikal scored his first ipl hundred and virat kohli unbeaten 72 helps RCB to win by 10 wickets . Virat kohli became the first ever player in the history of ipl to complete 6000 ipl runs .RCB moves at the top again and the only team which is unbeaten in the IPL. The win has helped RCB regain pole position in the standings after four wins from four matches. Meanwhile, Rajasthan are bottom of the table with a win and three defeats from four games. A total dominance by the RCB openers helped the team thrash RR by 10 wickets and 21 balls to spare. The one-sided affair saw a maiden century by Devdutt Padikkal and a classy fifty by skipper Virat Kohli took their team past the finishing line with ease.
For RR bowlers, it was a no-show as they were taken to cleaners by the RCB openers throughout the 16.3 overs. This win gave RCB their fourth win on the trot as they lead the points table.
That's all for the day from this side, do tune in for tomorrow's clash between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI) from Chennai. Till then, goodbye and take care.The left-handed batsman, who has scored 231 runs so far with 92 being his highest, is sitting right at the top of the top-run getters list to hold on to the
after 16 matches of the 14th edition of the ongoing Indian Premier League (
) .
While on the bowling front, young
paceman
is the current proud owner of the
with 12 wickets in four games - 5/27 being his best after conceding 116 runs so far.
That's. All for today stay safe and always wear a mask and use sanitizer.
