Virat and Karthik defeated Punjab King by 4 wickets due to their strong innings – Dainik Savera Times

Bengaluru: Thanks to Virat Kohli’s stormy 77 runs and Dinesh Karthik’s strong innings of unbeaten 28 runs in 10 balls in the last overs, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by four wickets in the sixth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. Is. Chasing the target of 177 runs, Bengaluru did not have a good start and lost the wicket of captain Faf du Plessis for three runs in the third over. After that Cameron Green also returned to the pavilion on three runs.

Both the batsmen were dismissed by Kagiso Rabada. Rajat Patidar took over the innings for some time along with Virat Kohli. But he too was out on 18 runs in the 11th over. After that Glenn Maxwell also walked out after scoring three runs. Virat Kohli scored the highest score of 77 runs for the team with the help of 11 fours and two sixes in 49 balls. Anuj Rawat was out after scoring 11 runs. Mahipal Lomror scored unbeaten 17 runs with the help of two fours and one six in eight balls.

Whereas Dinesh Karthik played an unbeaten inning of 28 runs in 10 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. Bengaluru won the match by scoring 178 runs for six wickets in 19.2 overs. Kagiso Rabada and Harpreet Brar took two wickets each for Punjab Kings. Harshal Patel and Sam Curran dismissed one batsman each. Earlier, thanks to the explosive innings of 45 runs by captain Shikhar Dhawan and 21 runs by Shashank Singh, Punjab Kings had given a target of 177 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore to win.

Today at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf Du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl first. Punjab, who came to bat, did not have a good start and lost the wicket of opener Jonny Bairstow for eight runs in the third over itself. After that captain Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh took over the innings. In the ninth over, Maxwell got Prabhsimran Singh caught out by Anuj. Singh played an inning of 25 runs in 17 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. Whereas Shikhar Dhawan scored the maximum 45 runs for the team with the help of five fours and one six in 37 balls.

Liam Livingston was out after scoring 17 runs. Jitesh Sharma played an inning of 27 runs in 20 balls with the help of one four and two sixes. He was dismissed by Siraj. Sam Curran scored 23 runs in 17 balls with the help of three fours. Shashank Singh remained unbeaten on 21 runs with the help of one four and two sixes in eight balls and Harpreet Brar remained unbeaten on two runs. Punjab King scored 176 runs for six wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Glenn Maxwell and Mohammad Siraj took two wickets each for Bengaluru. Yash Dayal and Alzarri Joseph dismissed one batsman each.