2024-05-11 08:37:26
The equation of the match was equal for both the teams. Whoever wins will keep their playoff hopes alive. Those who lose are sure to be eliminated from the tournament. Virat Kohli became the hero of Royal Challengers Bangalore in such a match. With his heroics, Bengaluru kept the hopes of the playoffs alive by defeating Punjab Kings by 60 runs.
Bengaluru lost the toss and batted first at Dharamsala on Thursday (May 9). They took advantage of Punjab’s poor fielding and got a big collection. Bengaluru collected 241 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Bengaluru’s innings was reduced to 181 runs in 17 overs.
Virat Kohli got two lives at the start of batting. Using that, he completed a personal half-century off 32 balls. Finally, Kohli left the field with 92 runs off 47 balls with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes. Rajat Patidar scored a devastating half-century with zero runs. He left the field with 55 runs off 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 6 sixes.
Cameron Green also scored 46 runs off 27 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Dinesh Karthik played an effective innings of 18 runs off 7 balls. He hit 1 four and 2 sixes. Faf du Plessis was out for 9, Will Jacks for 12 and Mahipal Lomrore for 0 runs. Swapnil Singh remained not out for 1 run.
Punjab’s Harshal Patel took 3 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs. Vidwath Kaverappa took 2 wickets for 36 runs. Arshdeep Singh and Sam Karan took 1 wicket each.
In response, Punjab Kings lost wickets at regular intervals and folded with 18 balls to spare. Riley Russo scored 61 off 27 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes for the team. Shashank Singh was run out with 37 runs off 19 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes.
Jonny Bairstow also scored 27 runs off 16 balls. Hit 4 fours and 1 six. Sam Curran scored 22 runs off 16 balls. He hit 2 fours. None of the others could reach double-digit runs.
Bengaluru’s Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets for 43 runs. Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets for 29 runs. Swapnil Singh took 2 wickets for 28 runs. Karan Sharma picked up a pair of wickets for 36 runs.