RR vs RCB IPL 2022 Highlights: Karthik-Shahbaz partnership wins it for RCB

RR vs RCB Live Score and Updates: Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed put together 67 in just 32 balls to win the game for their team by 4 wickets. Karthik made 44* off 23 balls Shahbaz made 45 off 26

RR vs RCB Highlights: Rajasthan Royals lost their first game of the IPL as they were outfoxed by Dinesh Kartik and Shabaz Ahmed, who with their 67 runs stand in just 32 balls turned the game on its head and won their team, its second match of the season by 4 wickets.  The match was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

RR vs RCB Player of the Match: Dinesh Karthik

There was no doubt when Dinesh Karthik was chosen as the Player of the Match as it was his knock that shifted the balance in favour of RCB as he hit Ashwin for 20 runs against the run of play. At one point in time, he was 30 off just 12 balls before he slowed down to make 44* off 23 balls. 

RR vs RCB Match Summary

The chase of 170 got off to a good start for the Challengers as the opening pair of captain Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat added 55 for the first wicket before Yuzebdra Chahal's magic removed four wickets inside seven runs one of which was the run out of Kohli by Chahal and Samson combined and another taken by Navdeep Saini. 
 

Soon Sherfane Rutherford was removed by Trent Boult as well and RCB needed 83 off 45 balls with two new men in Dinesh Karthik and Shabaz Ahmed at the crease. 
 

The pair attacked from the word go and some poor bowling from Navdeep Saini and Praidh Krishna meant that they turned the game in only three overs and brought the equation down to 32 needed off just 24 balls. From there onward only formalities remained which were completed by 19.1 overs by Karthik and Harshal as Shahbaz fell for 45 off 26 to Boult in the 18th over. 

Earlier in the evening, thanks to a brilliant 70 of just 47 balls by Jos Buttler, the Royals scored 169 of three in their 20 overs. Hetmyer made 42* off 31 

RR Playing 11

Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna

RCB Playing 11

Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

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12:06 AM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB win by 4 wickets- What’s next?

 

With RCB winning the match by 4 wickets, the coverage of this match comes to an end. Thank You for tuning into this match. We will be up and running once again tomorrow, Wednesday, April 06th at 06:00 pm IST for the coverage of the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians clash. The mnatch will begin at 07:30 pm IST.

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11:59 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | The winning moment for RCB

11:57 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | Match Summary

 

The chase of 170 got off to a good start for the Challengers as the opening pair of captain Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat added 55 for the first wicket before Yuzebdra Chahal's magic removed four wickets inside seven runs one of which was the run out of Kohli by Chahal and Samson combined and another taken by Navdeep Saini. 

Soon Sherfane Rutherford was removed by Trent Boult as well and RCB needed 83 off 45 balls with two new men in Dinesh Karthik and Shabaz Ahmed at the crease. 

The pair attacked from the word go and some poor bowling from Navdeep Saini and Praidh Krishna meant that they turned the game in only three overs and brought the equation down to 32 needed off just 24 balls. From there onward only formalities remained which were completed by 19.1 overs by Karthik and Harshal as Shahbaz fell for 45 off 26 to Boult in the 18th over. 

Earlier in the evening, thanks to a brilliant 70 of just 47 balls by Jos Buttler, the Royals scored 169 of three in their 20 overs. Hetmyer made 42* off 31

 

11:57 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | Player of the Match: Dinesh Karthik

 

There was no doubt when Dinesh Karthik was chosen as the Player of the Match as it was his knock that shifted the balance in favour of RCB as he hit Ashwin for 20 runs against the run of play. At one point in time, he was 30 off just 12 balls before he slowed down to make 44* off 23 balls.

 

11:56 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB |1st loss for RR this season

 

Rajasthan Royals lost their first game of the IPL as they were outfoxed by Dinesh Kartik and Shabaz Ahmed, who with their 67 runs stand in just 32 balls turned the game on its head and won their team, its second match of the season by 4 wickets.  The match was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

 

11:42 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | Karthik-Shahbaz win it for RCB

11:29 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 173-6 after 19.1 overs, RCB win by 4 wickets

 

Over Summary 6

Yashasvi Jaiswal will bowl the last over with 3 needed off 6 balls

Ball 1-Six!! And Harshal says I don’t need six balls as it was bowled short off the very first ball by young Jaiswal and Harshal rocked back and played pull-slog for a six over deep square leg to win the game for his team 

RCB win by four wickets as Karthik finishes with 44* off just 23 balls and Shabaz Ahmed played a 26 ball 45 jam of a knock as well.

 

11:25 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 167-6 after 19 overs

 

Over Summary 1 1 1 WD 4 4 

Krishna is back into the attack, 15 needed off 12 balls

Ball 1- Single down the ground off the first ball 

Ball 2- Driven to deep extra cover for a single 

Ball 3- Single again. RCB know very well that this can be done in singles and they are doing it. Now just 12 off 9 needed 

Ball 4-   Wide. And then you have the guys like Krishna bowling length and wide too. Pathetic bowling this is. 

Ball 4-Four!! Dinesh Karthik does it again. The deep mid-wicket was in and for reasons unknown to anybody and Kartik hit the ball in the gap between short mid-wicket and short square and got an easy four 

Ball 5-  Four!! Now only 7 needed off 8 balls and Kartik says let me have some fun as he dismisses this length slower ball for a four over fine leg. 

Ball 6- And this match is indeed going into the last over as Krishna finally bowls a better length ball as it beats the edge of Karthik who wanted ti take a single and now three needed off 6 balls 

 

11:17 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 154-6 after 17.5 overs, Shahbaz goes after destroying RR

 

Over Summary 0 4 6 2 W

Boult is back into the attack, 28 needed off 18 balls

Ball 1- Dot ball to start the over from Boult here 

Ball 2- Four!! In the air and four past the running long-on. The length was there to be hit as it was short and asking to be hit. Boult should know better 

Ball 3- Six!! Take a bow, Shahbaz Ahmed. What a shot this is. Comes down the crease and on the rise hits the shot ball for a six. Wow…just woww

Ball 4-  Slower one finally from Boult and Shahbaz covers the stumps and plates a waling ramp and takes two off the deep fine leg. This game is getting finished before the 20th for sure 

Ball 5-  Wicket!! Boult says no as he bowls a seem-up length ball and a premeditated ramp shot gets the better of Shahbaz as the ball ricochets from his pads and onto the stumps. RCB are now 6 down and still need 16 off 13 balls

 

11:11 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 142-5 after 17 overs

 

Over Summary 0 0 1 1 1 1

Chahal is back into the attack, 32 needed off 24 balls

Ball 1- Dot

Ball 2- Dot again

Ball 3- Single to deep fine leg 

Ball 4-  Once again played cautiously for a single as they want to get done with the Chahal over here and score the remaining runs off the rest of the bowlers 

Ball 5-  Single again to deep extra cover 

Ball 6-  It was too late for Samson to bring in Chahal and by then the work was already done by Kartik and Shahbaz. Single off the last as well mean now 28 needed off last 18 balls

 

11:09 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 138-5 after 16 overs, RCB marching to victory

11:05 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 138-5 after 16 overs

 

Over Summary 1 4 1 1 0 6

Prasidh Krishna is back into the attack, 45 needed off 30 balls

Ball 1- Single taken 

Ball 2- Four!! Poor from Krishna as he has bowled it outside off and been carved to third-man for four. He has the entire field outside leg and is bowling outside off. Come on !!

Ball 3- Played to deep fine leg for a single. Some respite after all. Chahal has one over left and it is poor captaincy from Samson not to call him in and get that wicket. Very poor indeed. 

Ball 4-  Single taken as there is no hurry now 

Ball 5-  Dot ball, that’s like an oasis in a desert 

Ball 6-  Six!! Once again poor. This is bizarre bowling from Krishna as he bowls a bouncer after having a fine leg up, are you kidding me? Is this even real bowling here? Now just 32 needed off 24 balls 

 

10:59 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 125-5 after 15 overs

 

Over Summary 1 4 4 2 1 4

Navdeep Saini is back into the attack

Ball 1- Single taken 

Ball 2- Four!! Full toss and Karthik hit this for four to deep square leg. The Tamil Nadu man is playing a gem of an innings here 

Ball 3- Four!! Rakes it on the full does Karthik and goes on one knee and hits this for four past the short fine leg which was up 

Ball 4-  Played to deep square leg for two runs 

Ball 5-  Dinesh Kartik is playing a gem of an innings here as he has reached 30 in just 12 balls and he has taken  single here

Ball 6- Four!! Poor from Saini as he bowls it on the leg and is hit for four over fine leg. Another expensive over. 16 runs come from it

 

10:51 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 109-5 after 14 overs

 

Over Summary 1 1 4+NB 6 4 0 4

Ravi Ashwin is back into the attack

Ball 1- Single taken 

Ball 2- And on to the legs and a single taken once again by Shahbaz 

Ball 3- Four!! Lose delivery from Ashwin and it has been pulled for a four down the leg. And it’s a no-ball too 

Ball 3-  Six!! Free Hit and Dinesh Karthik has monstered it for a six over the straight boundary 

Ball 4-  Four!! Played in the air once again an beats a diving a Buttler to get four runs 

Ball 5- Dot ball as he slows down the speed and Karthik is unable to play it

Ball 6- Four!! As Aswin goes for the off-stump, Kartik pulls a reverse sweep and gets four runs. This has been some over. 21 runs come off it 

 

10:42 PM

Live Score RR vs RCB | RCB Live Score 87-5 after 12.3 overs, Boult gets Rutherford