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    12.1 Two wickets in two balls! Dhawan holes out to long-off and RCB players are absolutely pumped! This is tossed up outside off and spinning away from Dhawan as he looks to go inside out. Miscues it to Kohli down the ground who takes a simple catch. That's the set batter gone 98/4
    2.3 Skied and gone! Great comeback for Siraj. Bairstow swipes at a length ball. The bat turns in his hand as he hits it and it goes up. Kohli settles under it coming in from cover and takes it with no fuss 17/1
    8.5 Goes for another big shot and perishes! The ball bounces quite sharply from a length as Prabhsimran looks to slog. Gets a top edge high in the air and to Rawat's left and the keeper makes no mistake 72/2
    11.6 Joseph gets the big wicket of Livingstone! Joseph bowls it short and wide and Livingstone looks to cut it away. Gets a thick edge through to the keeper. That's a big breakthrough delivered by one of their marquee signings! 98/3
    17.5 What a brilliant catch! Take a bow, Anuj Rawat! Dayal directs a bouncer at Curran, who looks to pull but was cramped for room. Ends up gloving it. Rawat sticks his right arm up as he jumps in the air and plucks it out of the air. And that will be all for Sam Curran today. A few boundaries this over, but overall a fantastic spell from Yash Dayal. And he has another delivery to go! 150/5
    18.4 Short ball does the trick again! Second bouncer of the over, outside off. Jitesh looks to slap it on the off side but it goes high in the air. Anuj Rawat has been excellent with the gloves today and again, he makes no mistake. But wait! They are checking if it hit the Spider-Cam! But no reprieve for Jitesh after a check by the umpire. Seems to not have had any contact with the camera or the wires 154/6
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    8 (b 1, lb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    176/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.8)
    Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Jonny Bairstow, 2.3 ov), 2-72 (Prabhsimran Singh, 8.5 ov), 3-98 (Liam Livingstone, 11.6 ov), 4-98 (Shikhar Dhawan, 12.1 ov), 5-150 (Sam Curran, 17.5 ov), 6-154 (Jitesh Sharma, 18.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mohammed Siraj402626.50124000
    Yash Dayal402315.75133020
    AS Joseph4043110.7584220
    C Green201909.5031110
    MJ Dagar3034011.3341300
    GJ Maxwell302929.6662200
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    15.6 Slashed, taken at wide third! That is field placement at its best! Harpreet was somewhere between deep third and deep-backward point and got a low catch in front. Kohli made room and tried to lift the 135ks full ball, couldn't get the placement right or the power to clear the man. He leans on his bat in disappointment. PBKS ahead now? 130/5
    2.4 Skied to mid-on, Rabada gets his former skipper. Full ball at 137ks at the stumps, Faf tried getting under it and launching it down the ground, got it off the bottom edge. The open stance doesn't help as he can't transfer the weight forward. He knew he was gone right away. Easy enough catch for Curran, who is pumped 26/1
    4.4 Appeal for caught behind, there's a small chat about whether the was catch. Looked like the umpire raised his finger but it is actually sent upstairs. Jitesh dove to the right and took it low, ball went straight in the gloves. Was a wide 137ks length ball that was around the offside tramline. Green tried heaving it square on the offside but even his reach wasn't enough 43/2
    10.3 Darted into middle, beats Patidar's attempted hoick over midwicket! Length ball, coming in with the angle, was an arm ball. Pace in the late 90ks. Patidar couldn't shift gears after being promoted. 86/3
    12.1 Maxwell makes room and chops it on! This is why fingerspinners bowl stump to stump in T20s. Maxwell made room to open up the offside but underedged onto ground and back on to middle. 90ks. Like after the last wicket, Harpreet has a thigh-five and spreads his arms wide 103/4
    16.2 Slower one hits pad, that looked dead. Given too, Rawat reviews. Offcutter at 108ks, was the turn taking it too far? Impact seems to have been on middle and leg. Rawat was on the front foot and got hit under the knee roll after being beaten on the flick. Dhawan has a word with Curran while Hawk-Eye loads. That might not have been a cutter, almost looks like a back of handed. Chetan, our scorer, says it might be a googly. What does it say now? Clipping leg stump, decision stands. 130/6
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    TOTAL
    178/6 (19.2 Overs, RR: 9.2)
    Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Faf du Plessis, 2.4 ov), 2-43 (Cameron Green, 4.4 ov), 3-86 (Rajat Patidar, 10.3 ov), 4-103 (Glenn Maxwell, 12.1 ov), 5-130 (Virat Kohli, 15.6 ov), 6-130 (Anuj Rawat, 16.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SM Curran3030110.0076000
    Arshdeep Singh3.2040012.0095230
    K Rabada402325.75133010
    Harpreet Brar401323.25120000
    HV Patel4045111.2564230
    RD Chahar1016016.0010200

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50

Match days

25 March 2024 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2, Punjab Kings 0

Match Notes

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st26F du PlessisV Kohli
2nd17V KohliC Green
3rd43V KohliRM Patidar
4th17V KohliGJ Maxwell
5th27V KohliAnuj Rawat
6th0KD KarthikAnuj Rawat
7th48KD KarthikMK Lomror

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
KKR1393191.428
RR1385160.273
SRH1375150.406
CSK1376140.528
DC147714-0.377
LSG147714-0.667
RCB1367120.387
GT145712-1.063
PBKS135810-0.347
MI144108-0.318