RR vs RCB IPL 2023 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeat Rajasthan Royals by 112 runs

A massive win for RCB. They have won by 112 runs and they destroyed the RR batting today. Just 3 overs where a wicket did not fall in a chase. Proper domination. RCB go on 5th place in the points table.

And that's the final recoganised batter Hetmyer walks back.

What are RR doing here? Or rather what are RCB upto here? RR have lost 5 wickets inside the first 6 overs.

And now Padikkal has to go back. This looks bad for RR. Good catch taken by Siraj and RR are 4 down now.

Please make it three now. Sanju Samson has played an aerial shot and Anuj Rawat settles under it to take it. Good catch and RCB are off to a dream start. RR 3 down and in big hole now.

And now Parnell strikes. He gets the wicket of Jos Butller and RCB are off to a great start.

And Siraj does the trick again. He has got Jaiswal caught out

Rajasthan Royals openers are out in the middle. In form Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler look for a solid start. Mohammed Siraj begins for RCB
 

And Anuj Rawat has amassed 16 runs off the final three balls to power RCB above 170. This looks a good total. Faf and Maxwell were good and the latter was explosive once again. So RR need 172 to win this. Back with the chase.

Sandeep Sharma has got the big one of Maxwell. The batter wanted to switch hit this but it was a yorker right on the money to beat Maxwell. RCB 5 down now.

Another fifty for Maxwell. He is again rising to the occasion. 

RCB are now in trouble as Lomror and Karthik have now departed. The middle order horror continues for RCB. Can Maxwell and Bracewell guide them to strong total?

Faf has hit a 41-ball fifty here. And he has got out after hitting a fifty. Lomror now comes in.

It's second time-out in the innings and RCB are going well at 107/1 after 14 overs. Maxwell is going above 160 strike rate, while du Plessis is just around 112. RCB need a big finish and even though this looks a little slower track, RCB should look go around 175 to challenge the RR side. 

21 runs off the last two overs and RCB are trying to push the pedal on. Maxwell has hit a big six in the 8th over

And there's the first wicket. KM Asif gets Virat Kohli out 

The powerplay is done and RCB are at 42/0 after the first 6. It does not looks very easy to bat but the shots with timing have traveled to the boundary easily. Ashwin has been introduced in the attack. RCB are going at 7 rpo.

This is a tight start by the RR bowlers. Sandeep and Zampa have bowled the first three overs and have kept the RCB batters under check. RCB at 17/0 after 3 overs.

The RCB openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis are out in the middle. No Trent Boult for RR, Sandeep Sharma to start for RR. Notably, he has got Kohli out 7 times. Kohli has scored 78 runs against him in IPL at an average of 11.1. Interesting battle ahead of us.

Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Kuldip Yadav, Donavon Ferreira, and Navdeep Saini are subs of RR

Vijaykumar Vyshak, Finn Allen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himanshu Sharma, and Suyash Prabhudessai of RCB

We wanted to bat first as well. There is pressure on, we are treating this as a semi-final. Honestly, we have had just one flat game against Gujarat, the rest of the games we have played were competitive ones. Players are carrying a few niggles but the support staff have done a good job managing that. One change for today, Zampa comes in for Boult.

We want to bat first. The conditions might favor that. This looks like a dry wicket. It is very clear from here on for us how we have to go, that is not a bad thing sometimes. We need to execute better. 3-4 guys are putting their hand up every game, but we need a bit more probably to get the rewards in some good positions. Wins are crucial, net run rate is not something we can bother about now. I think we crossed that bridge in the last game. Two changes - Parnell coming in for Hazlewood, Bracewell in for Hasaranga.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

RCB have made 2 key changes. Parnell comes in for Hazlewood. Bracewell comes in for Hasaranga. RR have made a key change as well. Adam Zampa comes in for Boult.

RCb have won the toss and they will be batting first

RR and RCB have faced each other 28 times in IPL. RCB have won 14, while RR have won 12 games. 2 have been no results.

Both RR and RCB are in a must-win territory as far as reaching the 16-point margin is considered. RR are on 5th place in the points table with 12 points in 12 outings, while RCB are at 7th with 10 from 11 games. A win will take RR on third spot in the standings, while RCB might scale a place or stay where they are currently placed at if they win.

The pitch at the venue generally suits the batters. Average first innings score here from 50 IPL games is 159. This season, there have four games held here and all were evening games. There have been scores of 154, 202, 118, and 214 in the tournament here. 

RR's squad:
Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Donavon Ferreira, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Jason Holder, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, KC Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Vasisht

RCB's squad:

Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Manoj Bhandage, Sonu Yadav, Finn Allen, Siddarth Kaul

Hello and a warm welcome to everyone for the live coverage of match number 60 in IPL 2023. It's the battle of Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in  Jaipur as Rajasthan Royals face Royal Challengers Bangalore in a crucial match. This is a must-win affair for both the sides to keep their hopes alive of getting 16 points and a probable top four finish in the tournament. Sanju Samson's RR will hope to keep their form from the previous game alive, while Faf du Plessis men look to return to the winnings ways. This is a very important match for both. So sit back at your comfort, as I Varun Malik, take you across this game