Today, Royal Challengers Bangalore team hosted Rajasthan Royals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Royal Challengers had won the last match that was against Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals had beaten Delhi Daredevils in their previous match.
Both of the team had the winning momentum in this game. Thus, the match was a huge deal for both the teams. However, Rajasthan Royals won the game by 19 runs.
Before the match started, Virat Kohli, the skipper of RCB won the toss and chose to bowl. RR game them the target of 217 runs to chase.
In the first innings, Ajinkya Rahane, the captain of the team scored 36 runs in 20 balls with the strike rate of 180. He smashed 6 fours and 1 six.
Sanju Samson remained unbeaten at 92 runs in 45 balls with the strike rate of 204. He gave one thrilling performance by smashing 2 fours and 10 sixes. Jos Butler scored 23 runs in 14 balls.
In the second innings, RCB tried their best to win but fell short of 19 runs. Today, AB De Villiers failed to make a great impact on the score board. He scored only 20 runs in 18 balls. Virat Kohli, the captain of RCB scored 57 runs in 30 balls including 7 fours and 2 fours.
Mandeep Singh and Washington Sundar tried till the very end but failed to make their team win.
Rajasthan Royals win came unexpected to the fans of RCB who were very sure that today the match will be won by RCB. Here’s how twitteratis reacted:
Wow probably watching sundar bat for first time boy he has some class as batsman
— Jim Lindsay a.k.a Kyle Butler (@tarun_0707) April 15, 2018
Mandeep and Washington have managed to avoid the NRR damage for RCB
— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) April 15, 2018
Go the Royals! @rajasthanroyals
Great knock Sanju!!
??????— James Faulkner (@JamesFaulkner44) April 15, 2018
Stroll in the park for my lads the @rajasthanroyals today … #IPL2018
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 15, 2018
A few years from now, Washington Sundar will become the KXIP captain succeeding Ashwin #RCBvsRR
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 15, 2018
India got trolled for ‘We won’t give it back’, RCB getting trolled for ‘Ee Sala Cup Namade’.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 15, 2018
Mohammed Siraj: Bhai ab toh mujhe chance milega na?
Virat Kohli: ????????#IPL
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/SirIshantSharma/status/985518054049239045
Ee Sala Cup NaMile! ? #IPL2018 #RCBvRR
— Manya (@CSKian716) April 15, 2018
You can never guarantee a win even if you have the best team in the world. That’s what makes sports so unique! #RCBvRR #VIVOIPL
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 15, 2018
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