RCB got their first win in IPL 2024. They have been able to win against PBKS – Punjab Kings, in the last over. Dinesh Karthik, the designated finisher, who failed in IPL 2023, came good in this match. He scored well against CSK as well. He found good form from first ball in this match. He has been able to strike sixes and fours at will.
His cameo innings of 28 runs from 10 balls has become the major difference between win and loss. Mahipal Lamror also scored 2 boundaries and one six at the right time. He scored 17 runs from 8 balls, too. Earlier, RCB won the toss and elected to field first. Shikhar Dhawan struggled but scored 45 runs from 37 balls. Rest of them could not convert good starts to long innings.
Shashank Singh scored a brilliant 21 from 8 balls to push PBKS score above 170. Punjab Kings scored 176/6 in their 20 overs. In the chase, Virat Kohli dealt in boundaries. He hit 11 boundaries and 2 sixes in his innings. Normally. he looks to build his innings but this time, he kept hitting gaps an finding boundaries.
He scored an impactful 77 runs from 49 balls. But got out at crucial juncture unable to finish the game. In the last three overs, Dinesh Karthik and Mahipal Lamror took RCB to 178/6 and gave them a win from the clutches of defeat. Well, RCB would be expecting their big guns in top and middle order to come good united as DK needed to save them twice, already.
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