RR vs RCB IPL 2024 Eliminator Highlights: Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 4 wickets in the Eliminator of IPL 2024 in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Chasing the target of 173, RR reached home in 19 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with 45 while Riyan Parag also played a crucial knock of 36. Earlier, RCB scored 172 for 8 after being invited to bat first. Rajat Patidar hit 34 off 22 balls while in-form opener Virat Kohli made 33 off 24 balls. Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bowled beautifully to finish with excellent figures of 2 for 19 in four overs. During the game, Virat Kohli became the first-ever batter to reach the milestone of 8000 IPL runs. (Scorecard | IPL 2024 Playoff Schedule)
Here are the Highlights of RR vs RCB IPL 2024 Eliminator match -
- 22:42 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: SIX!That is a beautiful pull shot from Riyan Parag for a six. It was a short ball and Parag pulled it over the cow corner for a biggie. The player at deep mid-wicket did give a run but the ball comfortably sailed over him. Parag then played a dot ball and took a single next to retain strike. 11 runs came off the Lockie Ferguson over. Rajasthan Royals need 62 runs in 42 balls.
- 22:00 (IST)RR vs RCB Live: OUT!Here is the first blood for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and they are celebrating it with full enthusiasm. Lockie Fergusion has cleaned up Tom Kohler-Cadmore with a back of a hand slower ball. Kohler-Cadmore is gone for 20 off 15 balls and Glenn Maxwell takes a sigh of relief.
- 21:55 (IST)RR vs RCB LIVE: Catch droppedOn the first delivery of the fifth over, Glenn Maxwell dropped an easy catch at deep square leg. It was a back of length ball from Yash Dayal that saw Tom Kohler-Cadmore mistime the ball to Maxwell near the boundary rope but the RCB fielder failed to take the catch.
- 21:52 (IST)IPL 2024 Eliminator Live: RR on the moveRajasthan Royals are accelerating after a slow start. 13 runs came off Mohammed Siraj's second over. RR have scored 29 runs in the last two overs. Boundaries are coming quite easily for them now and fielding is getting tougher for RCB, meanwhile, due to the heavy dew in the ground.
- 21:20 (IST)IPL 2024 Eliminator Live: RCB post 172 for 8!13 runs came off the final over of the RCB innings. Sandeep Sharma bowled the over. He finished with figures of 4 for 48 in four overs. While Trent Boult was sensational with the ball, Avesh Khan made a superb comeback to end on a high note. RCB batters struggled to take their innings deep and as a result, the side has been stopped to just a decent total.
- 21:13 (IST)RR vs RCB LIVE: OUT!Another wicket for Avesh Khan. He has weaved his magic here at Ahmedabad. Avesh Khan was hit for 30 runs in his first two overs but made a terrific return by claiming three wickets and conceding only 14 runs in his next two overs. RCB are under tremendours pressure.
- 20:53 (IST)RR vs RCB LIVE: Huge controversyOn the third ball of 15th over, Avesh Khan got Dinesh Karthik out as LBW. Umpire raised his finger on the appeal but Karthik decided to review it. The UltraEdge showed a spike but it seemed that the ball cleanly hit Karthik's front pad and the spike was rather due to the bat brushing the pad. The TV umpire failed to obeserve it closely and passes the verdict in batter's favour. ajasthan Royals' Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara and other RR members were furious over the decision.
- 20:41 (IST)RR vs RCB LIVE: Tough chance13.3 - Yashasvi Jaiswal has dropped a tough catch at deep mid-wicket. He ran on the edge of the boundary rope and took the catch of Mahipal Lomror but failed to keep the ball inside the field. Lomror got a six and what followed was a death stare from Chahal.
- 19:55 (IST)IPL 2024 LIVE: OUT!Faf du Plessis is gone! Trent Boult finally gets a reward for putting pressure on the RCB openers. That is a big blow for RCB as their attacking opener walks back to the dugout after scoring 17 runs off 14 balls. That is a sensational catch from Rovman Powell at deep mid-wicket.
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