Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights, IPL 2024: Virat Kohli's Historic Century Overshadowed By Jos Buttler's Ton As RR Beat RCB
RR vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2024: Virat Kohli's historic century went in vain as Jos Buttler scored a sensational ton in chase to help Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated:April 06, 2024 11:18 pm IST
RR vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2024: Virat Kohli's record-extending eighth IPL century went in vain as Rajasthan Royals comfortably thrashed them to win by six wickets in a one-sided match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Saturday. Kohli (113 not out off 72 balls) scored his century off 67 balls and added 125 runs with skipper Faf du Plessis (44 off 33 balls) but 183 was never going to be enough as they never really upped the ante. For Rajasthan Royals, spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (2/34 in 4 overs) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0/28 on 4 overs) were the best bowlers on view as they never allowed RCB batters to chance their arms freely. Royals reached the target with five balls to spare as Jos Buttler roared back to form with an unbeaten 100 and also had skipper Sanju Samson (69 off 42 balls) for company. (Scorecard | Points Table)
Highlights of IPL 2024 match between RR and RCB:
- 23:13 (IST)IPL 2024 Live: Rajasthan Royals win!Jos Buttler slams a six towards the deep mid-wicket region and that is the winning runs for Rajasthan Royals. Meanwhile, Buttler also gets to his century. RR have won this game by 6 wickets with five balls to spare. This is their fourth win on trot. What a season they are having!
- 22:56 (IST)IPL 2024 Live: RR almost thereRajasthan Royals lost the wicket of Dhruv Jurel in the 17th over but they are still in a comfortable position. It was a fuller ball from Reece Topley down the leg side and Jurel edged it to wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik. RR need 14 runs in 18 balls.RR 170/4 (17)
- 22:39 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: OUT!Mohammed Siraj has dismissed Sanju Samson and gives him a funny send-off. It was a short ball on the leg side from Siraj and Samson hit it into the hands of Yash Dayal near deep backward square leg fence. After Dayal took the catch, Siraj smiled and then clenched his fists at the batter. Rajasthan Royals need 36 runs in 32 balls.RR 148/2 (14.4)
- 22:32 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: Buttler joins Dhawan in elite listJos Buttler slammed a six to Yash Dayal on the final ball of the 13th over. It was the third six of the innings for Buttler and 152nd in his IPL career. With it, Buttler equalled the tally of Shikhar Dhawan in the list of players with most IPL sixes. RR 136 for 1 after 13 overs.
- 22:20 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: Fifty for Sanju Samson!Sanju Samson raced to his half-century in 33 balls. He got there with a superb six over extra cover. 14 runs came off the Mayank Dagar over as Samson also slammed two fours in it. Rajasthan Royals are right on top of this game. They need 75 runs in 54 balls.RR 109/1 (11)
- 22:05 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: Poor effort from KohliVirat Kohli, fielding at deep mid-wicket, was involved in two misfields. The first one happened when Sanju Samson hit the ball in between the deep mid-wicket and long-on fielders. Both Kohli and Mayank Dagar, the two players position there, ran to the ball but left it for each other to see it running away for four. Next came a catching opportunity when Kohli dived forward and the ball slipped through him for a four. Rajasthan Royals need 107 runs in 72 balls.RR 77/1 (8)
- 21:36 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: Big feat for Samson!With a four on the second ball of Yash Dayal's over, Sanju Samson crossed the milestone of 4000 runs in IPL. With this, he joined the likes of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in the list of players with over 400 IPL runs. Samson slammed another four on the final ball to fetch 8 runs off the Yash Dayal over.RR 9/1 (2)
- 21:30 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: OUT!Rajasthan Royals lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal only on the second ball of their chase of 184 runs against RCB. It was a short of length ball and Jaiswal got a top edge on it while trying to work it down on the leg side. Glenn Maxwell took the catch inside the circle.RR 0/1 (0.2)
- 21:06 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: Century for Virat Kohli!That is the record-extending 8th IPL century for Virat Kohli! He got there in 67 balls. Kohli got off strike with a single to achieve the feat and Cameron Green then played two dot balls on trot. Only 4 runs came off the Nandre Burger over.RCB 169/3 (19)
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- 20:42 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: Another WICKET!Brilliant bowling from Nandre Burger and he gets a much-deserved wicket. Glenn Maxwell has been cleaned up for a score of 1 off 3 balls. Rajasthan Royals have pulled things back a bit. The high-flying RCB now need to restrategise.RCB 128/2 (14.5)
- 20:36 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: OUT!Faf du Plessis is OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal gets his man. He was deprived of this wicket on the previous ball when Trent Boult dropped the catch near deep extra cover but not this time. Chahal kept the ball away from du Plessis with a straight fielder in place and the batter hit it exactly there. Du Plessis departs for 44 off 33 balls.RCB 125/1 (14)
- 20:27 (IST)IPL 2024 Live: RCB cruiseAvesh Khan bowled a 9-run over and then Ravichandran Ashwin followed it with an 8-run over. Rajasthan Royals have managed to bowl better in the past two overs but Royal Challengers Bengaluru are still in the driving seat with both their veteran batters still there.RCB 115/0 (13)
- 20:11 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: SIXWow! That is a terrific shot from Virat Kohli. Chahal gave it flight and Kohli slammed it over the fence for a six. Chahal bowled three dot balls to Kohli before the veteran batter decided to take the aerial route. A total of 9 runs came off the over.RCB 88/0 (10)
- 20:06 (IST)IPL 2024 Live: Historic feat for KohliWith a single on the fourth ball of the 7th over, Kohli reached the milestone of 7500 runs in IPL. He thus became the first-ever batter in tournament's history to acheive the feat. The second batter in the list is Shikhar Dhawan with 6755 runs to his name. RCB 60-0 after 7 overs.
- 19:49 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: Kohli surpasses Dhoni in elite listNandre Burger bowled a short ball on the second delivery of his over and Virat Kohli pulled it away for a six over deep backward square leg. With that, Kohli surpasses MS Dhoni in the list of players with most IPL sixes. Kohli now holds the 4th spot individually with 243 sixes. Chris Gayle tops the list with 357 sixes, while Rohit Sharma (261) and AB de Villiers (251) follow him.RCB 42/0 (4)
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- 19:07 (IST)RR vs RCB Live Score: Here are the playing XIs -Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra ChahalRoyal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Saurav Chauhan, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
- 19:00 (IST)IPL 2024 Live: RCB's bowling woesGoing by their last four matches, RCB seem to be lacking the variety or strength in their bowling to exploit the chinks in Rajasthan batting. Left-arm pacer Yash Dayal and off-spinner Glenn Maxwell lead their wicket-takers' chart with four wickets apiece but even that really is an inflated picture as the duo hasn't been able to make any real impact on the proceedings. The modest form of experienced pacers has really hurt them as Mohammed Siraj has leaked over 10 runs an over while Alzarri Joseph and his replacement Reece Topley have given away more than nine runs an over for meagre returns.
- 18:42 (IST)RR vs RCB Live Score: Challenges for RCBPacers Trent Boult and Nandre Burger and veteran leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal have worked up a nice early rhythm and have shared 16 wickets between them. The out of touch Bengaluru batters might just find it tough to tackle the trio at its home turf. The lone missing piece in Rajasthan's bowling, rather surprising at that, is the patchy form of Ravichandran Ashwin, who has taken one wicket from three matches while giving away 8.3 runs per over. But the seasoned off-spinner can turn that around quickly, and he has a fine record against RCB as well.
- 18:34 (IST)IPL 2024 Live: Samson, Parag - the backbone of RR's battingThe Royals' batting has largely revolved around captain Sanju Samson (109 runs, one fifty) and the highly-improved Riyan Parag (181 runs, 2 fifties) and at some point, the duo will require solid support from others. However, Rajasthan have an edge over their opponents in the bowling department.
- 18:31 (IST)IPL 2024 Live: Jaiswal, Butter yet to hit formThe Bengaluru outfit will hope for a reversal at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, a venue that carries similar traits as RCB's home - Chinnaswamy Stadium - in terms of a smooth pitch and a blistering outfield adding value to the batters' shots. But the aforementioned RCB quartet has company in the Royals' ranks. Yashasvi Jaiswal entered this iteration of IPL on the back of some excellent recent efforts, but the left-handed opener has made just 39 runs from three matches, and Jos Buttler offers a similar story. The England T20 captain is yet to be in his intimidating self, and has managed 35 runs from three outings and his strike-rate across these matches is a mere 85.
- 18:16 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: RCB's top-order worriesThe RCB top-order comprising skipper Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar is a storehouse of talent and explosiveness. But none of them have fired either in isolation or in unison, except star batter Virat Kohli, the current Orange Cap holder with 203 runs, who has made two fifties. Patidar showed a glimpse of his clean shot-making abilities while registering 29 in their 28-run defeat against Lucknow Super Giants, but he needs to do a lot more to prop up the RCB middle-order.
- 18:11 (IST)IPL 2024 LIVE Updates: PreviewStruggling Royal Challengers Bengaluru and high-flying Rajasthan Royals bizarrely have similar worries to address when they face each other in the Indian Premier League in Jaipur on Saturday. The eighth place where RCB are currently on the 10-team table is a fair indication of their troubles, but Rajasthan's all-win record so far and the resultant second place do not necessarily mirror their turmoil. An underwhelming top-order is the intertwining factor between them.
- 17:58 (IST)RR vs CSK Live: A look at squads -Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
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