IPL 2020 RCB vs RR: Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) gets in to play the 15t match of IPL 2020 against Rajasthan Royals(RR). The first doubleheader match of the IPL 2020 plays today in Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
RR starts off with a consecutive two victory followed by a losing match to KKR. While RCB bags their second win over a super over. Both the teams are in concern to make their third victory of the innings.
RR and RCB hold the fifth and sixth positions of the IPL 2020 points table.
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) vs Rajasthan Royals(RR)
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss Details: Rajasthan Royals won the toss opt to bat
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Virat Kohli | RCB skipper: It’s a dry heat, but it’s not so bad. We are playing with the same XI. We wanted to bat first as it’s a day game, better to get into the game in the first six overs of the match.
Getting a strong squad together, it’s good to see the youngsters doing the job for us, that’s what we have focused on. Dube contributing, Chahal’s always a banker and AB does what he is good at doing.
Steve Smith | RR skipper: We’ll bat first. It’s a day game, pretty warm out here, so we want to bat first and set a target. We got one change, Lomror comes in for Ankit (Rajpoot). It’s a long tournament, you are going to win games, lose games. Hopefully, we’ll put on a good show today. Ben (Stokes) is a quality player, adds to our squad once he arrives.
Playing XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals(RR)
Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith(c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat
IPL 2020 RCB vs RR
Rajasthan Royals(RR) Batting
Over 1
Udana gets in to bowl the first over of the innings. Steve Smith and Jos Buttler get in to leaf RR. With a boundary of the second and final delivery of the over RR scored 9 runs for no wicket loss.
Over 2
Washington Sundar, right-arm off break gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. RR strikers seem to be a bit aggressive as they need to make a massive target. With a boundary of the second delivery, RR scored 16 runs for no wicket loss.
Over 3
Udana gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. Buttler starts with a massive six and boundary of the first two deliveries. While Steve still struggles to make a shot and got dismissed by the inside edge and walks Pavillion after scoring 5 runs.
Sanju Samson gets in to join hands with Buttler and strikes a boundary of the first delivery. At the end of the over RR scored 31 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 4
Navdeep Saini, right-arm fast gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. A massive wicket for RCB as Saini dismissed Buttler for 22 runs. Saini dismissed for one of the dangerous batsmen of RR.
Robin Uthappa gets in to join hands with Sanju Samson. With a maiden over from Saini RR scored 31 runs for 2 wicket loss.
Over 5
Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm leg break gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. Another massive blow for RR as they lose their sixer king Sanju Samson while scoring just 4 runs. Mahipal Lomror, left-handed bat gets in to join hands with Uthappa. With just 2 runs off the over RR scored 33 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Over 6
Washington Sundar gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. The pressure lays over Uthappa to build a perfect partnership to make RR to score a decent target. With just 5 runs off the over RR scored 38 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Over 7
Adam Zampa, right-arm leg break gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. RR starts to play a very steady game as they lose their 3 big players within the powerplay while scoring below 40 runs. With a boundary off the last delivery, RR scored 46 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Over 8
Washington Sunda gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. Without any big shots of the over RR scored 50 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Over 9
Zampa gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. A huge six of the second delivery which starts to put pressure over RCB bowlers. At the end of the over RR scored 61 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Over 10
Navdeep Saini gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. RCB skipper brings Saini in an attempt to make another wicket to break the building partnership. With a boundary of the third delivery, RR scored 70 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Over 11
Yuzvendra Chahal gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. Another massive blow for RR as Uthappa walks off Pavillion after scoring 17 runs. At the end of the over RR scored 73 runs for 4 wicket loss.
Over 12
Shivam Dube, right-arm medium gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. A very good over from Dube as he gave only 4 runs off the over. At the end of the over RR scored 77 runs for 4 wicket loss.
Over 13
Zampa gets into bowl his third over of the innings. With a boundary of the fourth delivery from Prag RR scored 85 runs for 4 wicket loss.
Over 14
Washington Sundar gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. Rajasthan Royals still struggles to make some massive shots and while crossing 14th over RR stays below 100 runs in total. At the end of the over RR scored 89 runs for 4 wicket loss.
Over 15
Yuzvendra Chahal gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. In most of the matches, the majority of the run came over the last five overs of the innings. RCB is in concern to not let in happen today. With a massive six of the fifth delivery, RR scored 99 runs for 4 wicket loss.
Over 16
Udana gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. RCB seeks to break the well-settled partnership and gets success by dismissing Parag for 16 runs. With just 7 runs off the over RR scored 106 runs for 5 wicket loss.
Over 17
Chahal gets in to bowl his last over of the innings. Lomror starts off with a massive six of the first delivery and walks off Pavillion after scoring 47 runs. RCB dismissed the well-settled batsman at the end of the innings which could slow down the RR.
At the end of the over RR scored 116 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Over 18
Saini gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. Tewatia starts off with a timing six on the on-side RR scored 129 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Over 19
Isuru Udana gets in to bowl his last over of the innings. With a flat-six of the third delivery from Archer RR scored 139 runs for 6 wicket loss. A runout chance for RCB while the RR strikers get in a misunderstanding but RCB players to get in bit confusion which saves RR strikers.
Over 20
Navdeep Saini gets in to bowl the last over of the innings. A massive six of the free hit due to a no-ball of the second delivery makes an extra pump for the RR scoreboard. Followed by another timing six RR score gets better at the last over. With a dot ball of the final delivery, RR scored 154 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) Batting
Over 1
Jofra Archer gets in to bowl the first over of the innings. Devdutt Padikkal and Finch get in to lead RCB. With a boundary of the last delivery, RCB scored 5 runs for no wicket loss.
Over 2
Jaydev Unadkat, left-arm fast-medium gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. The young Padikkal seems unstoppable and in decision to score the majority of the runs while playing in the powerplay. With a six and boundary of the over RCB scored 20 runs for no wicket loss.
Over 3
Shreyas Gopal gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. Finch dismissed for 8 runs after hitting a boundary. At the end of the over RCB 27 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 4
Jofra Archer gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. With a boundary of the second delivery, RCB scored 32 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 5
Shreyas Gopal gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. RCB skipper Virat Kohli strikes his first boundary of the IPL 2020 which makes RCB to score 39 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 6
Tom Curran gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. With a couple of boundaries of the over RCB scored 50 runs for 1 wicket loss. A miss understanding between RR skipper and Archer which saves Padikkal’s wicket.
Over 7
Rahul Tewatia gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. A controlled over from Rahul after the end of powerplay which makes RCB to score 55 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 8
Tom Curran gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. Kohli finishes the over with his signature shot which leads to a boundary. At the end of the over RCB scored 64 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 9
Rahul Tewatia gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. Virat Kohli hits a lovely boundary of the second delivery. At the end of the over RCB scored 71 runs for 1 wicket loss. Kohli seems to be back in-game after failing to show up in previous games.
Over 10
Shreyas Gopal gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. A very good restricted over from Gopal as he spells only 6 runs off the over RCB scored 77 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 11
Rahul Tewatia gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. Scoring just 5 runs off the over RCB scored 82 runs for 1 wicket loss. RR is under pressure to break the partnership.
Over 12
Unadkat gets in to bowl his second over of the innings. With a boundary of the third delivery, Padikkal makes his third half-ton in four matches. At the end of the over RCB scored 91 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Devdutt Padikkal – the first player to hit three 50+ scores in the first four matches in IPL.
His scores so far:
56(42) v SRH Dubai
1(2) v KXIP Dubai
54(40) v MI Dubai
54*(36) v RR Abu Dhabi
Over 13
Parag gets in to bowl his first over of the innings. Virat Kohli gets back in the attack by proving himself by hitting a boundary and six in a row. At the end of the over RCB scored 104 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 14
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 51 runs in 42 balls
Jofra Archer gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. RR will have a higher chance of winning possibility if they dismissed these two aggressive batsmen. But RCB Kohli and Padikkal seem to be in peak form in this match. At the end of the over RCB scored 107 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 15
Rahul Tewatia gets in to bowl his last over of the innings. With a massive six followed by a single Virat Kohli bags his 37th IPL half-century. Virat Kohli feels comfortable and in joy after scoring his 1st IPL 2020 half-century. At the end of the over RCB scored 118 runs for 1 wicket loss.
Over 16
Archer gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. With a boundary of the first delivery, Padikkal dismissed off the fifth delivery. The impressive innings ends up after exposing himself wide-open to stumps. At the end of the over RCB scored 124 runs for 2 wicket loss.
Over 17
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 31 runs in 24 balls
Shreyas Gopal gets in to bowl his last over of the innings. With just 7 runs from the over RCB scored 131 runs for 2 wicket loss.
Over 18
Tom Curran gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. Kohli starts with a boundary of the first delivery and makes another couple of boundaries off the last two deliveries. With his aggressive striking RCB scored 147 runs for 2 wicket loss.
Over 19
Jaydev Unadkat gets in to bowl his third over of the innings. The best duo of the RCB is in the strike which makes the RCB fans to get in joy. With 7 runs off the over RCB scored 154 runs for 2 wicket loss. Virat Kohli seems to be dehydrated after staying for a long time in the crease.
Over 20
Tom Curran gets in to bowl the last over of the innings. ADB with an impressive four of the first ball grabs the third victory of the IPL 2020. Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets.
Also read: IPL 2020 Points Table – Indian Premier League Team Standings