Rajasthan Royals scored 169 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. While chasing Royal Challengers Bangalore struggled in the middle overs but in the end the duo of Dinesh Kartik and Shabhaz Ahmed made the above par target achievable. RCB chased down the target in 19.1 overs.
It was the 13th match of the IPL 2022. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals started slowly but steadily. They scored 35 runs in the first 6 overs. However, in the middle overs, it got worse as Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers did a wonderful job in restricting the inform batsmen Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer. In the final 2 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 42 runs due to 4 sixes coming from Jos Buttler’s bat. It was a slow pitch so both teams considered 169 an above par total.
While chasing, RCB lost five wickets for 87 runs in 12.3 overs. After this, Karthik and Shahbaz shared a partnership of 67 runs in 33 balls and put the match in Bangalore’s bag. Karthik remained unbeaten on 44 off 23 balls with the help of seven fours and a six. At the same time, Shahbaz played an innings of 45 runs in 26 balls.
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The match changing over was the 14th over. Ravichandren Ashwin conceded 21 runs in the 14th over. In this over, Karthik hit three fours and a six. Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 37 runs in 14 and 15 overs. Ashwin conceded 21 runs in the 14th over and Navdeep Saini conceded 16 runs in the 15th over. With the arrival of Dinesh Karthik, the match turned towards Bangalore.
This is the first defeat of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022. The team is at the top of the points table with four points from three matches with two wins and one loss. They are toppers in net run rate. At the same time, Royal Challengers Bangalore is at the sixth position in the points table with two wins and one loss and four points from three matches.