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IPL 2024 Points Table: How Loss To Rajasthan Royals Impacts Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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Jos Buttler hit an unbeaten 100 to trump Virat Kohli’s first century of the IPL season as Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets on Saturday. England’s Buttler reached his ton, from 58 balls, with a six in his 100th IPL match when Rajasthan needed one for victory in their chase of 184, with five balls to spare in Jaipur. Buttler, who struck form after he scored 35 across the previous three matches, put on 148 runs for the second wicket with skipper Sanju Samson, who made 69. Earlier Kohli reached his eighth IPL ton in 67 balls and finished on an unbeaten 113 to take Bengaluru to 183-3.

But his effort was not enough as inaugural champions Rajasthan remained unbeaten in the season with four wins as they took top spot in the 10-team table, ahead of second-placed Kolkata Knight Riders who have three wins in as many matches.

On the other hand, RCB’s position in the table remained unchanged despite the loss. The Faf du Plessis-led side continues to hold the eighth spot.

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Talking about the game, Buttler started slowly before he hammer

ed Mayank Dagar for three fours and a six in a 20-run sixth over to set up the chase.

Samson also took on the opposition attack after he joined Buttler following the loss of Yashasvi Jaiswal to the second ball of the innings.

Both Samson and Buttler brought the crowd alive at their home venue with delightful strokeplay and 16 fours and five sixes between the two.

Kohli hit the first hundred of the 17th edition of the IPL as he reached the three-figure mark with a single off Nandre Burger and took off his helmet and raised his bat to a cheering crowd.

“I don’t want to be over-aggressive, want to keep the bowler guessing. They want me to go hard and get me out,” Kohli said.

“It’s just experience and maturity. I play the conditions and have the game ready.”

Kohli hit his third fifty-plus score of this season as he put on an opening stand of 125 with skipper Faf du Plessis, who hit 44, to lay the foundations for the total.

Kohli reached his half-century off 39 balls with a six, hitting Riyan Parag down the ground.

Du Plessis fell to Yuzvendra Chahal as he gave a catch to long-on. Burger soon bowled Glenn Maxwell for one to check the surge.

Kohli stood firm and hit back as he finished with 12 fours, including three in the final over, and four sixes in his 72-ball knock.

The former India captain consolidated his position at the top of this year’s batting chart with 316 runs in five matches.

Kohli is still awaiting his first IPL title with Bengaluru.

(With AFP Inputs)

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RR vs RCB, IPL 2024: Virat Kohli’s Ton In Vain As Rajasthan Royals Beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru By 6 Wickets

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Jos Buttler roared back to form with a masterful century that overshadowed Virat Kohli’s record-extending 113 as Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets for a fourth win in as many matches in the IPL on Saturday. Royals now have four wins out of four and sit on top of 10 team table while RCB slipped to eighth spot with fourth defeat and three on trot. While Kohli enhanced his status as RCB’s lone ranger by notching up his eighth IPL century but RCB could only manage a below-par 183/3 after the home side opted to bowl.

Then, the England white-ball skipper in his 100th IPL appearance chose to ruin Kohli’s evening by playing a knock that was way better compared to former India skipper’s effort both in intent and quality.

Buttler, who ended IPL 2023 with three successive ducks and scored a highest of 13 in his last three innings, anchored the chase with five balls to spare.

Buttler finished the chase with a six off Cameron Green over deep square leg in the last over that also notched up his sixth IPL century.

His effort came off just 58 balls, laced with nine fours and four sixes.

Skipper Sanju Samson gave a fine support to Buttler in a record 148-run partnership — the highest of the season — that virtually killed the contest.

Samson ended up with 69 runs from 42 balls with eight fours and two sixes. Rajasthan Royals now are on the top of the table with eight points, ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders on net run-rate.

On a day, Rajasthan Royals spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal (2/34) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0/28) turned it around for the home side, by choking RCB in the middle overs, RCB bowling looked woefully short.

The likes of Mayank Dagar and Himanshu Sharma failed to make any dent to the Royals’ chase.

As it turned out, Chahal, who was released by RCB before the IPL 2022 auction, came to prove the difference against his former side.

Following a watchful start, Buttler made his intention clear in the last over of the power play when he picked rookie left-arm spinner Dagar to unleash his fury.

He punched him firmly for a boundary with his silken timing, and then smashed him for four, six and another four in a 20-run over.

From being 10 from 10 balls at the start, Buttler raced to his fifty from just 30 balls — which was nine balls lesser than what Kohli took for his milestone.

For Buttler the 20th IPL fifty came after a long wait of eight innings.

The Englishman read the length well, dished out his silken cover drives, and lofted over the bowlers’ head by playing late to boss the RCB bowling that looked ordinary.

Samson also stepped it up in Dagar’s second over, the 11th of the innings, spanking him for two fours and one six with an inside out loft shot to notch his second fifty this season.

The fifty came in just 33 balls for the Royals skipper as the duo bossed the chase in their century-plus partnership.

Siraj finally gave the much-needed breakthrough dismissing Sanju in the 15th over but by then the chase was just a formality, reducing the equation to 32 needed from last five overs.

Earlier, Kohli smashed 12 fours and four sixes and barring the assistance received from his skipper Faf Du Plessis (44 from 33 balls; 2×4, 2×6), he did not get any support from the other batters.

After reaching his fifty in 39 balls, Kohli stepped up well and took just 28 balls for his next fifty as he reached the milestone with a single off Nandre Burger in the penultimate over.

Glenn Maxwell (1) and debutant left-hander Saurav Chauhan (9), who failed to replicate his Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 form, fell cheaply.

Credit should go to RR spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin (0/28) and Chahal (2/34) who stifled the proceedings in the middle overs.

Chahal was exceptional as he cleverly deceived the batters with his pace and variations by bowling googlies and sliders to fox the RCB batters. While Kohli did score a hundred, he could never really dominate the bowling and in the end the hundred mattered very little.

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RR vs RCB LIVE Score, IPL 2024: Virat Kohli Close To Massive First In Tournament’s History

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RR vs CSK Live: A look at squads –

Royal Challengers Bengaluru:Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.

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Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch and Weather Reports

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Rajasthan Royals have played three matches in the series and are ranked second on the points table, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played four matches in the series and are ranked eighth on the points table. In the last match played by Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by six wickets. The top fantasy player for Rajasthan Royals was Trent Boult who scored 103 fantasy points while Yuzvendra Chahal scored 89 match fantasy points and Riyan Parag made 79 match fantasy points.

In their last match in this series against Lucknow Super Giants, Lucknow Super Giants beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 28 runs. The top fantasy players for Royal Challengers Bengaluru were Glenn Maxwell who scored 56 fantasy points, Mahipal Lomror made 56 match fantasy points and Rajat Patidar made 41 match fantasy points.

RR vs RCB, Pitch report and Weather conditions

The pitch at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 130 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 40% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The venue is suited for both pacers and spinners alike.

The temperature will hover around 29 degree C with 17% humidity. Winds at a speed of 4.46 m/s are expected.

RR vs RCB, Head-to-Head

In the 30 matches played between these two teams, the bowlers of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.

Both teams last played against each other in Match 60 of the Indian Premier League, 2023, where Adam Zampa scored the highest fantasy points for Rajasthan Royals with 66 match fantasy points while Glenn Maxwell topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 106 match fantasy points.

RR vs RCB, Fantasy XI Prediction: Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks

Riyan Parag

Riyan Parag is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. He has an average of 94 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 10. He is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the recently played three matches, Riyan has scored 181 runs at an average of 181.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has an average of 69 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.7 and is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the recent four matches, Virat has scored 203 runs at an average of 67.67 per match.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal is a bowler with an average of 57 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.7 and is a good-to-have player for your Fantasy Team. He bowls leg-break googly and in the last three matches, Chahal has taken six wickets at an average of 9.16.

Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell is a good-to-have player for your Dream11 Fantasy Team. He has an average of 49 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 10. He is a top-order batter who bats right-handed. In the recent three matches, Maxwell has scored 31 runs. He also bowls decently, bowling off-break and in recent matches, he has taken four wickets at an average of 14.75 per match.

Nandre Burger

Nandre Burger can be a good safe pick for your Dream11 Team. He has an average of 49 match fantasy points in the last 10 games and a fantasy rating of 8.4. He bowls left-arm medium-fast and in the last three matches, Nandre has taken five wickets at an average of 17.20.

RR vs RCB, Squad Information

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Squad: Sanju Samson (c), Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Donovan Ferreira, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Navdeep Saini, Avesh Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Nandre Burger, Riyan Parag, Tanush Kotian, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Abid Mushtaq, Shubham Dubey and Kunal Singh Rathore.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Tom Curran, Alzarri Joseph, Mahipal Lomror, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Siraj, Mayank Dagar, Cameron Green, Will Jacks, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Manoj Bhandage, Anuj Rawat, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar and Himanshu Sharma.

RR vs RCB, Fantasy XI Team

Wicket-Keepers: Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson

Batters: Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Yashasvi Jaiswal

All-Rounders: Riyan Parag, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green

Bowlers: Yuzvendra Chahal and Nandre Burger

Captain: Rajat Patidar

Vice-Captain: Sanju Samson

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