RCB vs PBKS HIGHLIGHTS, IPL 2024: Karthik, Kohli help Royal Challengers Bengaluru win by 4 wickets against Punjab Kings

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IPL 2024 Purple Cap standings updated after RCB vs PBKS: Mustafizur stays on top; Bumrah in second place

IPL 2024: Mustafizur Rahman managed figures of 4/29 on his CSK debut to go to the top of the leading wicket takers’ standing

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IPL 2024 Points Table updated after RCB vs PBKS: Royal Challengers Bengaluru opens account, Rajasthan Royals in top spot

IPL Points Table: Here is the full list of team rankings and standings in IPL 2024 after the RCB vs PBKS match. 

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IPL 2024 Orange Cap standings updated after RCB vs PBKS: Virat Kohli leads list; Sam Curran in second spot

IPL 2024 Orange Cap: Virat Kohli has scored 98 runs in his first two games and leads the highest run scorers’ list

Arshdeep in. Six!! Short of a length, Karthik moves across and ramps it over fine leg for a six. Just 4 needed from 5 now. Wide outside offstump. Four!! In the slot, Karthik lofts it straight past the bowler. RCB wins by 4 wickets.

Harshal to bowl out. Full outside off, Lomror pushes it to long off. Wide down leg side. Full and straight, beats Karthik on the outside edge. Four!! Slow and short of a length, Karthik wait and slaps it straight down the ground for four. Low full toss, hits Karthik on the pads, Umpire says no. Six!! Harshal goes short, Karthik pulls it behind for a six over short fine leg. Low full toss again, just a single to long on. 10 needed from 6.

Arshdeep in. Slower ball foxes Lomror and the batters run a bye. Arshdeep goes short, not the best timing but Karthik pulls it for a single. Six!! In the slot, Lomror lofts it over long on for a huge six!! Four!! Arshdeep goes short, Lomror pulls it behind square and it runs away for a boundary. Full and wide, beats Karthik’s slog. Single off the last ball. 13 from the over. 23 in 12 balls.

Curran to bowl the 17th. WICKET!! Slower ball foxes Rawat and he is trapped in front. RCB takes the review. Umpires call on hitting and Rawat has to walk back.

Anuj Rawat lbw b Sam Curran 11(14)

Mahipal Lomror in as the impact sub. Four!! Pace-on down leg, Lomror flicks it past fine leg to the boundary. A misfield at point but just a single conceded. Four!! Slower ball down leg, Karthik flicks it for a boundary. Another one flicked to fine leg, this time Karthik will get a double. 11 from the over. 36 needed from 18.

Harshal with his third over. Short of a length, Rawat guides it to deep third for a single. Four!! Full toss on the pads, Kohli nonchalantly flicks it behind square for a boundary. Four!! Back of a length, Kohli stands tall and punches it through the covers for another four. Slower short ball, Virat misses his attempted upper cut. In the blockhole, Virat jams it to deep mid wicket and scampers back for a second. Full and wide, catches the outer half of Kohli’s bat and goes straight into the hands of deep backward point. 

Kohli c Harpreet Brar b Harshal Patel 77(49)

TIME OUT!

Brar’s fourth over. Rawat misses his slog, appeals for LBW and PBKS takes the review. Pitching outside leg and Rawat survives. Kohli does well to convert that into two. Just three runs from the over so far. Single off the last ball. 4-0-13-2 for Brar. Excellent spell. 

Rabada to bowl out. Four!! Down leg side, Rawat flicks it fine and it runs away for four. Rabada goes short, Kohli pulls to deep midwicket for a single. Rabada goes short, wheezes past Kohli’s ear. Just seven runs from the over. 

WICKET!! Brar gets the big wicket of Maxwell! The Aussie makes room to cut but gets an inside edge that rattles the stumps. 

Maxwell b Harpreet Brar 3(5)

Anuj Rawat in at 6. Just three runs from the over. 

Six!! Harshal goes short. Kohli pulls it to deep midwicket, just beats the fielder in the deep. Slower short ball, Kohli completely mistimes the pull, falls well short of long on. Full on the pads, Maxwell flicks to deep square for a single. Four!! Short of a length, Kohli comes down and slaps it past the bowler for a boundary.

Brar in for his second. WICKET!! Patidar looks to smoke Brar out of the stadium, misses the ball completely and the ball hits middle stump. 

Rajat Patidar b Harpreet Brar 18(18)

Maxwell in at 5. Gets off the mark this IPL with a quick single to point. Three runs from the over. 

Rabada with his third over. Full outside off, catches the outside half of Kohli’s bat and runs away to deep third for a double. A single to deep midwicket brings up fifty for Kohli! Four!! On the pads, Patidar flicks it fine and it runs away for a boundary to deep fine. Eight from the over. 

Punjab brings in Rahul Chahar. Patidar hits it aerial down the ground for two runs. SIX! Patidar again looks to clear the fence down the ground. He gets it off the bat’s toe but still just about clears Sam Curran. SIX! Kohli goes inside out over cover and manages to hit the rope on the full.

Harshal Patel into the attack now. Just five runs from the over as Punjab begins to get a hold on the flow of runs.

Harpreet Brar for his first over. Kohli slaps the first ball to deep cover. Patidar picks two leg byes down to fine leg. He clips the third to deep square for one. Kohli uses his wrists to guide the fourth to fine leg for one. Patidar taps to cover for one.

Curran to Kohli. ANOTHER CHANCE! Kohli again! He tries to hit this through mid wicket but the bat turns in his hands. Rahul Chahar is the man at short mid wicket who has to dive to his left. Gets a hand but fails to gather it. Just three runs from the over, thanks to some outstanding diving save from Rabada at short third.

WICKET! Green is given caught behind. He tries to heave across the line and gets a faint edge off his bat’s toe. Jitesh Sharma completes the catch with a dive forward.

Green c Jitesh b Rabada 3(5)

Rajat Patidar walks in now. FOUR! Off the mark with a perfect cover drive. 

Arshdeep to Kohli. FOUR! Again hops out of his crease to clear the mid off fielder. A wide down the leg next. FOUR! Chips an overpitched delivery over mid wicket. Another FOUR! This one rises on Kohli but he plays it with soft hands and as a result the ball stays down off the bat and passes wide of the short third man fielder.

Kagiso Rabada to Kohli. FOUR! Kohli steps down the wicket and lofts it over covers. A tap through point next for one run. GONE! Du Plessis aims to play through the line on the off side but slices his shot; holes out at mid on. 

du Plessis c Sam Curran b Rabada 3(7)

Cameron Green in at No. 3. Off the mark with a couple through mid wicket.

Arshdeep to bowl the second over. Du Plessis on strike. He taps the third ball to cover and set off for a single. Harpreet Brar makes the throw and du Plessis has to dive to make it in. A leg bye for Kohli off the third delivery. Du Plessis punches through cover for two runs.

Curran to Kohli. Edges and FOUR! Kohli’s drive takes a thick edge and Jonny Bairstow cannot gather it at first slip. A life for Kohli in the first over. He drives the next through cover for another FOUR! The third boundary through fine leg. Another cover drive FOUR to end the over.

Arshdeep Singh is the impact player for Punjab Kings. 

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis walk out to open the innings. Sam Curran to bowl the first over.

Alzarri to bowl last over. Six!! Full on the pads, Shashank flicks it over deep square for a six. RCB review after the umpire signals for a wide. Bruce Oxenford says its a fair delivery. Six!! Short of a length, Shashank muscles it over deep mid wicket for a six. Four!! Short and wide, Shashank wafts outside off and the edge flies over short third for a four. Wide ball from Joseph, the batters sneak in an extra run. Just a single off the last ball. 20 from the over. PBKS 176/6 in 20 overs.

Siraj to bowl out. Dropped! Full toss from Siraj, Jitesh mistimes the loft straight down which falls short of the long on fielder. WICKET!! Short ball, Jitesh gets into an awkward position looking to pull, Anuj completes the catch. 

Jitesh Sharma c Anuj Rawat b Siraj 27(20)

Harpreet Brar in at 8. Gets a double to deep midwicket to get off the mark. Dot ball to finish the over. Just four from it.

Dayal into the attack. Faf dives to prevent a boundary at mid off. In the blockhole but beyond the teamline, wide. Four!! Mid off is up, Dayal misses his length and Curran gets it past the fielder for a boundary. Four!! Low full toss, Curran finds the gap on the legside to get a boundary. WICKET!! Slower bouncer, Curran gloves his pull and Anuj Rawat does well to hold on. 

Sam Curran c Anuj Rawat b Yash Dayal 23(17)

Shashank in at 7. Gets a couple to get off the mark. 

Alzarri Joseph with his third. Length ball, Jitesh drives straight to extra cover. Four!! Full again, Jitesh’s swipe finds the inside edge that runs away for four. Three singles to finish the over. 

Siraj back into the attack. Short of a length and pace on, Curran slaps it to long off. Slightly shorter to Jitesh, slapped to deep cover this time. Siraj goes for the slower bouncer, batters sneak a bye. Slower bouncer again, Curran misses the pull shot. In the blockhole, Curran drives it straight to Siraj. Just four runs off the over. TIME OUT!!

Dagar back into the attack. Full and wide, Curran cuts it to deep point and gets a double. Wide again, just a single this time to deep cover. Six!! Jitesh dances down and lofts it straight back over the bowler for six! Six!! Dagar goes short, Jitesh pulls it over midwicket for another six. 17 runs from the over. 

Cameron Green returns. Curran gets a single to fine leg. Full outside offstump to Jitesh, guided to the offside sweeper for a single. Full on the pads, Curran whips through midwicket, Siraj can’t prevent the batters taking a double. Four!! Green goes short, Curran pulls it in the gap between the boundary riders for a boundary. 

WICKET!! Two in a trice for RCB! Maxwell goes full outside off stump, Dhawan makes room and looks to loft, only manages to slice it straight to Virat Kohli at long off.

Dhawan c Kohli b Maxwell 45(37)

Jitesh Sharma in at 6. Gets off the mark with a single. Just four runs from the over.

Joseph back into the attack. Dhawan taps to point and goes off for a single. Livingstone has to scurry at the striker’s end but he gets in safe. Livingstone digs out a yorker and manages to place it in the deep mid wicket region for two runs. A wide in the over gets an extra. Livingstone pulls the fourth ball to deep mid wicket for a single. WICKET! Livingstone’s slog through the off side takes an edge and flies to the keeper. 

Livingstone c Anuj Rawat b Alzarri Joseph 17(13)

Maxwell again. FOUR! Livingstone rocks back to pull the ball and find the gap between deep mid wicket and long on. Drives the next down the ground, there is a fumble in the deep which allows two runs. SIX! Slog sweeps the final ball over mid wicket. 14 come off this over.

Dagar to Dhawan, taps it through mid wicket for one. BEATEN! Livingstone is done by flight and turn, tries to chase the ball and drive but it pitches and turns to leave the edge. Livingstone swats the fourth to deep cover; one run. FOUR! Dhawan latches onto a wider delivery but lacks control. It is in the air but just wide enough of the backward point man.

Glenn Maxwell to Dhawan. FOUR! Precision. Makes room to cut and finds the fence at deep point. A single on the next delivery. SIX! Prabhsimran again gets across the line to get in position, then he pulls it away over deep square leg. OUT! Prabhsimran is looking for another pull but the ball turns into his body, not leaving enough time to get his bat across. Anuj Rawat runs across to pouch the top edge. 

Prabhsimran c Anuj Rawat b Maxwell 25(17)

Liam Livingstone in now.

Mayank Dagar to Dhawan. Pushes away the first ball to long on for one run. Prabhsimran dashes down to get to the pitch but the bowler pulls the length back to prevent the big shot; one run to long on. Dhawan miscues a sweep, one run to short mid wicket. Prabhsimran goes back into the crease and pulls a short ball behind square, still not able to find the fence. SIX! Dhawan slashes hard at a wide delivery and clears the long on fence. A single to finish through covers. Eleven runs from the over.

Cameron Green for his first over. A wide in the over. Dhawan slashes at the second ball but can only get a single with a fielder stationed to stop the ball. Prabhsimran misses a slog on a delivery outside off. SIX! Prabhsimran shuffles across and clips it away behind square. The first maximum of the innings. A single on the next ball to third man. Dhawan tries a swipe but gets an inside edge, the ball goes through mid wicket allowing him a single.

Dayal to continue. FOUR! A wide delivery to Prabhsimran and he gets the room to launch it over covers. A quick single to mid wicket on the third delivery. BEATEN! Pitches on the fourth-stump line and just shapes away from Dhawan. A tap through the vacant cover region to finish the over with a single.

Alzarri Joseph replaces Mohammed Siraj. FOUR! Dhawan chips it over covers to collect a boundary. FOUR more! Just pushes the ball down the ground and manages to beat Maxwell at mid off. Too full from Joseph. Two runs to third man to end the over. A fantastic diving effort from Yash Dayal to stop a boundary.

Dayal to Dhawan. He pokes the second ball to third man to collect one run. Prabhsimran opens the bat face to guide the fourth ball to third man; one run. Dhawan makes use of the mid on fielder going deep, taps down the ground for the third run of the over.

Bairstow against Siraj, FOUR! Steps down and hoicks it over mid on. FOUR! Width on offer and cracks it away through point. WICKET! Bairstow tries to pull this length ball and ends up top-edging it to cover. Virat Kohli gets under it.

Bairstow c Kohli b Siraj 8(6)

Prabhsimran Singh in at three and gets off the mark with a sublime straight drive for FOUR.

Yash Dayal to Dhawan. A hint of away movement for the left-armer, he keeps it outside the off-stump to pick three dot balls off the first three balls. Two just two runs from the over; a single and a leg bye. A good start for Dayal.

Mohammed Siraj to bowl the first over. Dhawan on strike. FOUR to start off! On a length and off stump line, Dhawan drives to beat the mid off fielder. Two runs on the third delivery; Dhawan gets one on the pads and he flicks it through mid wicket. A single to fine leg on the fourth. Two dots for Bairstow to end the over.

The umpires walk out onto the middle before the Punjab opening pair, Jonny Bairstow and Shikhar Dhawan, makes its way.

RCB: Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal.

PBKS: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar.

IMPACT SUB OPTIONS

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh

Punjab Kings: Arshdeep Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa

RCB wins the toss and opts to bowl.

Faf du Plessis: We are going to bowl. It looks a pretty good wicket. You can say that RCB hasn’t won a trophy, but the ladies broke the cieling and hopefully that motivates us. In any game of cricket you can’t lose cluster of wickets, we recovered towards the end but that is something we have to improve. No changes in the playing lineup.

Shikhar Dhawan: We would have bowled first. Looking forward to batting first. We did a lot of right things in the first game and that is why we ended up winning. We have to keep improving each game. We’ve got the same team.

Matches Played: 84

Won: 39

Lost: 40

Tied: 1

No Result: 4

Highest Score: 263/5 vs Pune Warriors India (2013)

Lowest Score: 82 all out vs Kolkata Knight Riders (2008)

Matches Played: 11

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 6

Punjab Kings: 5

Last Result: RCB won by 17 runs (2019)

WICKET KEEPERS

Jitesh Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat

BATTERS

Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (vc)

ALL ROUNDERS

Glenn Maxwell, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone

BOWLERS

Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada

Team Composition: RCB 5-6 PBKS | Credits Left: 9

Matches Played: 31

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 14

Punjab Kings: 17

Last Result: RCB won by 24 runs (Mohali)

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IPL 2024 Points Table: Updated standings after GT vs MI match

IPL Points Table: Here is the full list of team rankings and standings in IPL 2024 after the GT vs MI match. 

Bat 1st: Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harshal Patel, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar.

Bowl 1st: Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harshal Patel, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Player Options: Arshdeep Singh/Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Roussouw, Vidwath Kaverappa, Tanay Thyagrajan, Harpreet Bhatia.

Bat 1st: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma.

Bowl 1st: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma.

Impact Player Options: Dinesh Karthik/Yash Dayal, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror.

RCB: 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. 

PBKS: Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harshal Patel,Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary.

Which TV channels will broadcast Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings IPL 2024 match?

The IPL 2024 Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.

How can one watch the live streaming of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings IPL 2024 match?

The IPL 2024 Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings match will be streamed live on the Jio Cinema app and website.