IPL 3: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets vs Rajasthan Royals
Kevin Pietersen’s 62 runs in just 29 balls and discipline bowling by bowlers of RCB gives easy win against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur Stadium.
Rajasthan Royals won toss and chose to bat first but things goes wrong from start for Rajasthan Royals. Michael Lumb (9 runs in 8 balls), Punikar (0 run in 1 ball) and Naman Ojha (7 runs in 9 balls) failed to make big score and loss their wickets in early overs. Rajasthan Royal’s score was 21/3 in 3.2 overs.
Shane Watson (22 runs in 25 balls) tries to control game but caught out by Pietersen in Kallis bowling at team score of 53/4 in 10.1 overs.
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (13 runs in 22 balls) was not able to increase run rate of team and loss his wicket at score of 58/5 (11.4 overs).
Important player of team, Yusuf Pathan (11 runs in 9 balls), could not able to play big shots in slow pitch and bowled by steyn at 72/6 (13.1 overs).
Voges (28* runs in 27 balls) and Abhishek Raut (32* runs in 20 balls) made partnership and took Rajasthan Royal score to 130/6.
From RCB, Pankaj Singh has taken 2 wickets while Steyn, vinay kumar and kallis took 1-1 wicket.
Chasing low target, RCB loss his first wicket in form of Kallis (0 run in 3 balls) at 6/1 (1.3 overs). Manish Pandey (14 runs in 13 balls) was being caught out by Y Pathan in bowling of Trivedi.
Uthappa (26 runs in 21 balls) was stumped out at 102/3 (10.4 overs) but in other hand, Kevin Pietersen struck good shots all over ground. He made 62 runs in 29 balls before he ran out in taking single. His innings includes 10 fours and 2 sixes.
Virat Kohli (14 runs in 13 balls), Taylor (10* runs in 11 balls) and Rahul Dravid (5 runs in 4 balls) gave easy 5 wickets win to Royal challengers with 26 balls remaining.
Kevin Pietersen was player of the match for his quick innings.
Royal Challengers Bangalore jumped to 2nd position after winning this match with 14 points.
Summary of Score :
Rajasthan Royals : 130/6 (20 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore : 132/5 (15.4 overs)
Point Table after this match
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Points | Run Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai Indians | 12 | 9 | 3 | 18 | +1.116 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 13 | 7 | 6 | 14 | +0.467 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +0.348 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +0.024 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -0.421 |
| Deccan Chargers | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -0.438 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -0.632 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -0.484 |
