Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals faced a humiliating defeat in the 60th match played against Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB defeated Rajasthan by 112 runs in the match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Bangalore captain Faf Duplessis won the toss and decided to bat first. Which turned out to be correct. Batting first, he scored 171 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. At the same time, the Rajasthan team, which came out to counter-bat, was reduced to 59 runs. At the same time, with this win, RCB has kept alive its hopes of making it to the playoffs. The team is running in fifth place with 12 points in 12 matches.
This is the second-lowest score of the Royals
Chasing RCB’s target of 172, the hosts were bundled out for just 59 runs in 10.3 in front of fine bowling from Parnell (3/10), Michael Bracewell (2/16), and Karn Sharma (2/19). But it piled up. Shimron Hetmyer (35 off 19 balls) was the top scorer for the Royals. Apart from him, only Joe Root (10) could reach double digits. This is the second-lowest score of the Royals. Earlier in 2009, the team was reduced to 58 against RCB.
RCB scored 171 runs for five wickets
RCB scored 171 for five with Faf du Plessis (55) sharing 50 for the first wicket with Virat Kohli (18) and 69 for the second wicket with Maxwell (54). Anuj Rawat (29 runs in 11 balls, three fours, two sixes) finally took the team’s score to 170 runs by playing a fiery inning. Adam Jampa 25 from Royals while KM Asif took two wickets for 42 runs.