RR vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2024 Eliminator: Rajasthan Royals wins by 4 wickets; to face Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2

That’s it then! RCB remains trophy-less after 17 seasons, while RR has booked its Qualifier 2 ticket against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on May 24. It wasn’t the clinical of wins for RR and its performance today showed it was a side that was coming off four consecutive defeats and was low on confidence in general. Still, some dropped catches and poor batting cost RCB the game. Ashwin, with 2 for 19 from 4 overs, was the pick of the bowlers, dismissing Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell off consecutive deliveries. Defending 173 was never going to be easy, but RR lost wickets at regular intervals to keep RCB interested. Still, it was a hill too steep. 

RR needs 13 runs to win from 12 balls. FOUR! Ferguson offers width outside off and Powell guides this to the third-man boundary with an open bat face. FOUR! This is lucky as the ball runs away off Powell’s outside edge and to the boundary behind. A couple of dot balls in a row make it 5 to win from 8 balls. Slower one and defended back to the bowler by Powell. Five needed from seven balls. SIX! It’s all over. Powell lifts this over mid-on and the ball just goes over the rope for a maximum. RR wins by four wickets with an over to spare. 

FOUR! Low full toss on the pads and flicked away by Hetmyer for a single as Siraj continues. Full toss again and going down leg-side, wide called. Now this is called wide for height and Siraj looks frustrated. RR needs 17 from 17 now. RCB reviews but the wide call stays. OUT! Parag swings and misses and his stumps are shattered. Straight through his defence. Rovman Powell comes in and flicks off his pads for a single to get off the mark. Full toss and Hetmyer flicks this to deep midwicket for one more. Powell flicks to long-on for another single. OUT! Hetmyer is gone and this is still game on! Hetmyer gets a leading edge as he tries to flick this full toss on the pads and Du Plessis takes a brilliant catch at cover. 

Riyan Parag b Mohammed Siraj 36 (26b 2x4 2x6)

Shimron Hetmyer c Faf du Plessis b Mohammed Siraj 26 (14b 3x4 1x6)

RR needs 30 runs to win from 24 balls. Short from Dayal and pulled away by Hetmyer to deep midwicket for a single. Swung away by Parag for one more on leg-side. FOUR! This is pushed down the ground with ease by Hetmyer for a boundary. FOUR! Width outside off and cut away to the point boundary by Hetmyer. A slower one to end the over and it is a dot as Parag swings and misses. 

SIX! Hetmyer clears the fence at cow corner as Green comes back into the attack. This is pummelled to long-on by Hetmyer for one more. SIX! Parag makes room outside off and lofts this over cover-point for a maximum. FOUR! Parag now hangs back and dabs this to the boundary at third-man. A couple of dot balls to end the over. 

Siraj is back for his third over. Parag punches through mid-off for a single. Slower bouncer and pulled away for a single by Hetmyer. Another risky call and Parag just makes it home going for the second. FOUR! Short again and Hetmyer gets a top edge on the pull and the ball runs away to the boundary. 

OUT! A fantastic throw from Kohli from deep midwicket and Jurel is just short of his crease at the bowler’s end. Green didn’t really seem to have the ball under control when he broke the stumps but the third umpire reckons the contact he had with the ball was enough. Shimron Hetmyer is in next as Impact Player. This is punched to mid-on by Parag for a single. Just four runs from the over and the wicket. Strategic Timeout! RR needs 58 runs from 36 balls. 

Dhruv Jurel run out (Virat Kohli/Cameron Green) 8 (8b 1x4)

Ferguson is back. Parag drives through cover for three as Ferguson goes full on the legs. This is whipped off the waist on leg-side by Jurel. Cut away to deep third for a single by Jurel. SIX! Parag has absolutely smashed this over cow corner for a big maximum. Punched through cover by Parag for a single off the last ball. 

Green starts with a short ball. Jurel ducks under it. He gets off the strike with a touch to the leg side. Another short ball, this time against Parag, who swings at it wildly. RCB goes up in appeal for a catch. Review taken unsuccessfully. Brilliant over from Green. Just two runs from it. 

Short from Karn and Jurel nails the pull shot first ball. FOUR!! Straight from Karn and Parag brings out a delicate paddle shot. FOUR MORE!!! Couple of singles to close out the over. 

Sanju Samson looks to break the pressure by going after Karn Sharma. Steps down. But the leg spinner drags it wide and Karthik completes an easy stumping. 

Sanju Samson st †Karthik b Sharma 17 (14b 0x4 1x6)

Cameron Green too gets his first chance with the ball. On the pads and Sanju turns it around for a single. Jaiswal on strike. He tries a scoop, but misses it. RCB claims an edge and reviews and are proven right. The ball had brushed the gloves. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal c †Karthik b Green 45 (30b 8x4 0x6)

Riyan Parag is the new batter for the Royals. He gets off the mark straight away with a single. 

RR 85/2 in 10 overs

Karn Sharma gets his first over of the day. Jaiswal with a single to start the leg spinner’s over. Sanju Samson too adds a single. A little bit careless from the RR skipper as he had failed to ground his bat when the throw came to the non-striker’s end. Luckily for him Karn Sharma failed to spot that. Just six singles from the over. 

Ferguson continues. Samson nudges on to deep third to get Jaiswal the strike. Full and wide from Ferguson. Jaiswal flashes at it and gets an edge. Runs away for a four. Jaiswal expertly guides the next to one deep third to return the strike. Samson is watchful as dabs one off his pads to add a single. Jaiswal slashes one to deep point and takes on Kohli’s arm by going for a risky second. Makes it easily to be fair. 

Du Plessis turns to Swapnil Singh again. Short to start with and Sanju Samson doesn’t need a second invitation. Launched over mid wicket for a six, the first of the innings. Couple of singles follow. Width from Swapnil and Jaiswal flat-bats it to the deep cover fence. Width again. This time Jaiswal brings out the cut shot. Same result. FOUR!!

Lockie Ferguson to close out the PowerPlay. YORKED!! Spears one into Kohler-Cadmore, who has no answer to it. 

Tom Kohler-Cadmore b Ferguson 20 (15b 4x4 0x6)

RR skipper Sanju Samson is the new batter. Tap to deep mid wicket to take a single and get off the mark. 

RR 47/1 in 6 overs

DROPPED!!! Back of a length from Dayal and TKC hits right at Maxwell, who somehow lets it slips from his hands. Shocker! Dayal goes shorter now. This time TKC nails the pulls. FOUR!! Length ball now from Dayal. TKC backs to the leg side before slamming it to the deep extra cover fence. FOUR!!

TKC to gets into the fun. A tad too straight from Siraj and the RR opener with a checked drive and it runs away for a four past mid on. Full now from Siraj and TKC cracks it through covers for another four. A single now brings Jaiswal on strike. Siraj looks to attack with a short ball. A controlled pull shot brings in another four, partly thanks to a misfield in the deep. 

Yash Dayal gets his first over of the day. Overpitched. But Jaiswal still can’t get it away. Drives it right to the point fielder. EDGED!!! Dayal swings one away from him to produced a thick outside edge. Green makes a diving effort at first slip, but spills it and it runs away to the fence. Back of a length from Dayal and Jaiswal cuts it behind deep third for another four. Full and wide now from Dayal. Crunched through covers for yet another four. Length ball from Dayal and Jaiswal cuts it fine enough to beat Green at first slip. FOUR MORE!! Finally, RR breaks through. 

Siraj from the other end. Wide and full and TKC slices it away for a single to deep third. Low full toss now from Siraj and Jaiswal taps it for a single to mid off. Siraj ensures the pressure doesn’t relent. A dot and a single follow. 

Full from Swapnil to start with. Jaiswal doesn’t really go after it. Nudges it to mid on. No run taken. The length is better from Swapnil next. Another dot ball. An edge to point follow and a single brings in the first run of the innings. TKC uses his feet well to gather a single with push to deep mid wicket. 

Tom Kohler-Cadmore (TKC) and Yashasvi Jaiswal have made their way out to the middle. And we have a surprise move from RCB. Left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh to open the bowling. 

Rajasthan Royals needs 173 runs to break a five-game winless run and stay alive in the tournament. RCB has its back to the wall and will have to bowl out of its skin to make a game out of this. 

Sandeep for his 4th over. FOUR! Karn slashes at a wider delivery, Jaiswal misfields and RCB gets a welcome boundary. SIX! A full toss for Swapnil and he duly dispatches it over square leg. WICKET! Karn picks Powell at deep covers on the final delivery.

Karn Sharma c Powell b Sandeep Sharma 5(4)

Avesh for his final over. WICKET! Karthik out! A bouncer wide of off, Karthik chases it and holes out at covers.

Dinesh Karthik c Jaiswal b Avesh 11 (13)

The Impact Player Swapnil Singh comes in to bat now. He pulls the first delivery through mid wicket for one run. FOUR! A thick outside edge over third man for Lomror. OUT! Lomror tries to emulate the last shot but slices it to deep point.

Mahipal Lomror c Powell b Avesh 32 (17)

Trent Boult now. FOUR! Slow and wide from Boult, Lomror picks it over the cover region. There’s no one in the deep and the ball runs to the fence. Two runs to deep mid wicket on the fourth ball. Lomror again goes through the off side, but cannot pick the gap this time around, just one. Karthik tries to slog, but connects with his toe end, one run to long on.

Sandeep Sharma back. FOUR! A full toss angling down leg, DK sweeps it through fine leg. A slower bouncer to follow, DK taps it to the on side for one run. Lomror cuts to deep point for one. A slower yorker, a single off an inside edge. Lomror flicks the fifth, picks two through mid wicket. Lomror gets another run to long off.

Chahal for his final over. The first run comes off the third delivery which DK clips to mid wicket. Lomror hits to long off for another single. DK sweeps to deep cover for one run. SIX! Slog sweeps the final delivery to clear the fence.

Avesh to Patidar, SIX! Avesh tries a leg cutter, ends up a half tracker for Patidar to hook over fine leg. OUT! Patidar takes on the bowler again but holes out at mid off.

Rajat Patidar c Riyan b Avesh 34 (22)

Dinesh Karthik is given leg before! He asks for a DRS. This one jags back in sharply from a length. There’s a spike when the ball is close to the bat, it has hit the pad too and the third umpire gives the benefit to the batter. Karthik survives. A single to deep covers on the fourth. Lomror miscues a cut shot, still enough to get a single. Another run to finish the over.

Chahal to Patidar, SIX! Slog sweeps this over cow corner. A single to deep mid wicket next. SIX again! Lomror with a slog sweep now, Jaiswal has a chance to catch it but spills it over the rope. The fourth delivery is driven to long on for one. FOUR! Patidar slaps this wider delivery over covers. A single makes it 19 off the over.

Ashwin to Green, steps down and punches to long off for a single. Patidar does not quite connect to a pull, one run. OUT! Ashwin removes Green. He looks to go inside out, gets it off the toe, Rovman Powell tracks back from the circle and latches on to it.

Cameron Green c Powell b Ashwin 27 (21)

WICKET! A golden duck for Glenn Maxwell. Ashwin on a hat-trick. He tries to take on the bowler on the first delivery but picks the fielder. Jurel makes no mistake this time.

Glenn Maxwell c Jurel b Ashwin 0 (1)

Mahipal Lomror in at No. 6.

Avesh Khan for his second over. A full toss to Green, driven to long on for one. Patidar slices the second through point; two runs. FOUR! Patidar digs out a wide yorker past point again, this time its wide enough to beat the fielder in the deep. An identical delivery on the fourth, now the backward point is taken back who fields this; one run. FOUR! Green smashes an over-pitched delivery down the ground. Two runs on the final delivery.

Ashwin again. Green picks a single to long off on the first delivery. PUT DOWN! Patidar looks to pull the fourth delivery and gets a top edge. Jurel comes running from long on but cannot hold on; one run taken. How expensive will that prove? Six runs from the over.

Chahal will continue. In the wheelhouse for Green and he launches this for a huge maximum over deep midwicket. FOUR! This is drilled through cover by Green for a boundary. Ten runs off the first two deliveries of this over. Slapped to long-off by Green for a single. Patidar hacks across the line and can only get a single at deep midwicket. Another single at long-on for Green to end the over. 

Ashwin again. Pushed to long-off for a single by Green. Flicked to short fine-leg by Patidar and he cannot steal a single. Just three singles off the first five balls. Patidar goes for a slog sweep and misses it comprehensively. A quick couple to end the over. 

Chahal into the attack from the other end. Slapped back to the bowler by Kohli for a dot ball. OUT! Kohli is gone, caught at deep midwicket going for a slog sweep. Rajat Patidar is the next man in. Starts off by defending the ball back to the bowler. Patidar swings this away on leg-side for a single. Green defends this on the front foot back to Chahal. Driven wide of mid-off by Green for a single. 

Virat Kohli c sub (Donovan Ferreira) b Yuzvendra Chahal 33 (24b 3x4 1x6)

Ashwin into the attack. Just three singles off the first three balls of the over. This is one sliding down leg-side and called wide. Green comes out of his crease and can only hit this over Ashwin’s head for a single. Flicked off the pads by Kohli for one more. Time for a Strategic Timeout! 

Sandeep again. Samson standing up to the stumps. FOUR! Full on middle, Kohli backs away outside leg and lofts this to the deep extra-cover boundary. Flicked off the pads by Kohli for a couple more. Slower one and pushed down the ground by Kohli for a single. Punched to mid-off by Green for one more next ball. FOUR! Kohli advances and flicks this wide of mid-on for another boundary. That also brings up 8000 runs in the IPL for Kohli. Kohli steps out again and flat-bats this on leg-side for a single. Fifty up for RCB in 6 overs. 

Boult again. Tucked away through square-leg by Kohli and he comes back for a second. This full toss is hit straight to the cover fielder by Kohli. He misses trying to pull the next one and collects a leg-bye as the ball goes off his waist. OUT! Rovman Powell takes a stunner in the deep midwicket region diving forward and Faf has to go back. There’s a third umpire referral to see if it was taken fairly and the ruling is that it is a fair catch. Du Plessis has to go. 

Cameron Green comes in next. Boult goes wide outside off and gets away with it and Green goes upstairs for a review. Third umpire says it is a fair delivery and RCB has lost a review already. Pushed to short cover by Green for a dot to end the over. 

Faf du Plessis c Rovman Powell b Trent Boult 17 (14b 2x4 1x6)

Avesh into the attack. SIX! Short and Kohli pulls this over the fine-leg boundary. Put it on the off-side next ball for a single. FOUR! Du Plessis shuffles across and scoops this to the boundary behind him. Fuller and coming in with the angle and Du Plessis dabs this for a single at short-third. Guided behind point for one more by Kohli. FOUR! This is put away through midwicket with the inside half of the bat by Du Plessis. Big over for RCB. 

Boult continues. Kohli on strike. On the off stump. Kohli defends it watchfully off the backfoot. Kohli nicks the next one to deep third to get off the strike. Faf looks to take the attack to Boult, who clangs it to the RCB openers’ front pad. Kohli refuses a risky single. Boult now surprises Faf with a sharp bouncer. Beaten all ends up. Faf gets a single with an ugly swipe to mid on. This is relentless from Boult. Just three runs from the over. 

Sandeep Sharma from the other end. Swing for the right-arm pacer too. Kohli counters the swing by stepping down the track. Swings across the line and connects well. FOUR!!! Sanju Samson decides to counter Kohli’s footwork by coming up to the stumps. Single comes up next. Full from Sandeep. Faf has all the time to free his arm. Clean strike. SIX!!

Trent Boult to Kohli from over the wicket. Short of a length on middle and pulled away by Kohli behind square-leg for a single. Slightly fuller on middle and Du Plessis gets a bit of an inside edge while defending this. Boult gets this one to nip back in and it his Du Plessis on the thigh. Now a scorching yorker and Du Plessis jams it out for a single in the fine-leg area and is on all fours. Kohli steps out to spank this on leg-side and misses. Boult is appealing for a caught behind as he think there might be some bottom edge. But RR doesn’t review. 

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson(c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact player options: Nandre Burger, Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira, Tanush Kotian, Shimron Hetmyer.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson.

Impact player options: Swapnil Singh, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma.

Rajasthan Royals wins the toss and opts to bowl.

Sanju Samson: Would like to bowl first looking at the conditions and the wicket. There was dew last night. It’s all about the mindset. When you have bad days, need to have the character and confidence. That has been the challenging part - fitness and injuries. Hetty comes back.

Faf du Plessis: Would’ve done the same. Watching the game last night, there was assistance for the seam bowlers early on. This looks on the drier side with some fake grass on top. We’re going with the same team.

Ian Bishop: Different pitch to the Qualifier. It’s quite dry, extremely firm, maybe has a bit more grass cover. Last night remember, early up, there was a little bit of seam movement and little bit of swing. Otherwise, this wicket was high scoring in the group stage.

Played: 14

Won: 5

Lost: 9

Last Result: Lost to Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets (Qualifier 2, 2022)

Played: 9

Won: 4

Lost: 5

Last Result: Lost to Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets (Final, 2022)

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RR vs RCB: What happened the last time Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played each other in IPL playoff?

Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face off in the IPL 2024 Eliminator at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Matches played: 30

Rajasthan Royals: 13

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 15

No Result: 2

Last result: RR won by 6 wickets (April, 2024) 

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RCB in IPL Playoffs: Royal Challengers Bengaluru win/loss record; Stats, most runs, wickets

IPL 2024: RCB defeated CSK on Saturday to complete a remarkable season turnaround and qualify for its ninth Indian Premier League playoffs.

WICKET-KEEPER

Sanju Samson 

BATTERS

Virat Kohli (c), Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Yashasvi Jaiswal 

ALL-ROUNDERS 

Riyan Parag (vc), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell 

BOWLERS

Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Yash Dayal

Team Composition: RR 5:6 RCB Credits Left: 9.0

Bat 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal. 

Bowl 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj. 

Impact Player options: Mohammed Siraj/Rajat Patidar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep.

Bat 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, R. Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal. 

Bowl 1st: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, R. Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger. 

Impact Player options: Nandre Burger/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Keshav Maharaj, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira.

RAJASTHAN ROYALS: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj. 

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU: 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.