Harpreet Brar dismissed three key rival batsmen -- Virat Kohli (35), Glenn Maxwell (0), and AB de Villiers (3) -- as RCB floundered in the run-chase to post 145 for eight in 20 overs.
KL Rahul and Harpreet Brar shone brightly as Punjab Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 34 runs in an Indian Premier League match on Friday.
Rahul and Chris Gayle (46 off 24) shared 80 runs but Punjab's middle order collapsed as Harpreet Brar, batting at number seven, was the only other batsman to manage a double-digit score.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Friday. Shahbaz Ahmed replaced Washington Sundar in the RCB playing XI.
The Bangalore outfit comes into this game after a narrow one-run win against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.
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The odds are also going against the Punjab outfit, who have lost four of their six games so far while RCB have won five of their six matches.
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Following four losses and two wins, Punjab are currently placed sixth in the league table with four points.
In India TV's post-match show Cricket Dhamaka, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said that de Villiers' innings was the turning point of the game.
RCB held their nerves to beat Delhi Capitals by 1 run in a nail-biting thriller in Ahmedabad.
Hetmyer and Pant added a 78-run stand for the fifth wicket, putting up a valiant fight at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, but eventually fell one run short of the target
Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched the nail-biter to go to the top of the table once again.
Along with compatriot Adam Zampa, Australian Richardson on Monday quite the tournament midway citing personal reasons in the wake of a second COVID-19 wave in the country.
Reaching the feat in his 161st innings, De Villiers surpassed Dhawan (168 innings) to become the third-fastest cricketer to the 5000 IPL runs after Warner (135 innings) and Kohli (157 innings).
Delhi Capitals replaced Ravichandran Ashwin with Ishant Sharma. Royal Challengers Bangalore made three changes to their lineup. "Navdeep Saini makes way for Rajat Patidar, he will bat at 3 to give us a bit more batting. Daniel Sams replaces Dan Christian," said Virat Kohli.
Dew has been a major factor affecting the team defending the total in Ahmedabad, as seen on Monday and in the recent T20I series between India and England.
The two are currently in Mumbai while their franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore has moved to Ahmedabad, where it will be taking on Delhi Capitals tonight.
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