After brilliant half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs thanks to the deadly bowling of Josh Hazlewood. In this match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday, RCB, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 205 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Rajasthan team could score only 194 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the highest 49 runs for them. At the same time, Hazlewood took four wickets for RCB while Krunal Pandya got two wickets. Apart from this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal took one wicket each.

RCB has won its first win of the season on its home ground. Earlier they had lost three matches at Chinnaswamy. Bangalore, who have won six out of nine matches, reached the third position in the points table with 12 points and a net run rate of 0.482. At the same time, Rajasthan remains in the eighth position with defeat in five consecutive matches. Their net run rate has become -0.625.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave the team a great start. 23-year-old batsman Jaiswal made his intentions clear by hitting a six off the very first ball of the innings against Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He shared a 52-run partnership for the first wicket with 14-year-old Suryavanshi. He was bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. At the same time, Yashasvi was dismissed after scoring 49 runs in 19 balls. He missed completing his half-century by one run. During his explosive innings, he hit seven fours and three sixes.

After this, Nitish Rana and Riyan Parag, who came to bat at number three, took charge and added 38 runs for the third wicket. However, both were made victims by Krunal Pandya. Nitish returned to the pavilion after scoring 28 and Riyan 22 runs. Apart from Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel played an innings of more than 40 runs in this match. He scored 47 runs with the help of three fours and as many sixes. However, he was out before he could lead his team to victory. Shubham Dubey scored 12 runs against RCB while Jofra Archer could not even open the account. At the same time, Wanindu Hasaranga was run out after scoring one run while Tushar Deshpande and Fazalhaq Farooqui remained unbeaten after scoring one and two runs respectively.

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