2024-04-09 03:36:38
Virat Kohli scored his eighth century in the IPL on Saturday night. He scored an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur with 12 fours and 4 sixes. Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 183 for 3 based on his century. In response, Rajasthan Royals won with 5 balls and 6 wickets in hand, thanks to captain Jos Buttler’s unbeaten century with 9 fours and 4 sixes in 58 balls.
It was their fourth consecutive win in the current IPL. On the other hand, Kohli-du Plessis’ fourth loss. Rajasthan is at the top with 8 points from four matches. On the other hand, Bengaluru is in eighth place with only 2 points from 5 matches.
Kohli and du Plessis scored 125 runs in the opening pair after losing the toss. Their pair broke after 14 overs. Faf du Plessis returned to Yuzvendra Chahal’s delivery. He scored 44 runs off 33 balls with 2 fours and an equal number of sixes. Glenn Maxwell returned with 128 runs. He was dismissed by Andre Berger after scoring only 1 run.
Bengaluru lost the third wicket for 155 runs. Sourav Chauhan became Chahal’s second victim at this time. He scored 9 runs in 1 six off 6 balls. Then Kohli and Cameron Green left the field unbeaten. Kohli remained unbeaten with 9 fours and 4 sixes off 58 balls to complete his eighth IPL century. Green remained unbeaten in 5 fours with him.
Rajasthan lost their wicket on the second ball chasing runs. Yasswi Jaiswal returns after being called by Rich Topple. From there, Buttler and Sanju Samson laid the foundation for the team’s victory with a partnership of 148 runs. In this run, Sanju played an innings of 69 runs off 42 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes. After that, Ryan Parag (4) and Dhruv Jurel (2) were dismissed for 155 runs, but Butler scored a century and ensured the victory of the team. He remained unbeaten on 100 off 58 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes. Shimron Hetmyer remained unbeaten with 2 fours for 11 runs.
Bangalore’s Rich Tople with the ball took 2 wickets with 27 runs in 4 overs. Yash Dhul and Mohammad Siraj took 1 wicket each.