IPL 2023: RCB beat Rajasthan Royals by 112 runs

Jaipur: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, Fifties from skipper Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, followed by inspired bowling, led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a crushing 112-run win over Rajasthan Royals in the IPL on Sunday.

Du Plessis made 55 and Maxwell smashed a 33-ball 54 to guide Bangalore to 171-5 before their bowlers then skittled Rajasthan for 59 runs in Jaipur.

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South African left-arm quick Wayne Parnell took three wickets, including Jos Buttler for a duck, as Rajasthan fell to the third-lowest total in IPL history.

The lowest IPL total was Bangalore’s 49 against Kolkata in 2017.

Bangalore, still searching for their first IPL title, moved up two places to fifth in the 10-team table, with the top four to make the play-offs.

“Really good for our net-rate,” said Du Plessis. “We batted first and assessed the conditions. We batted in the powerplay and thought 160 will be a good score.”

Inaugural champions Rajasthan dropped to sixth with a game left in the league stage after their heaviest defeat in the T20 tournament.

Pace spearhead Mohammed Siraj struck first to dismiss Yashasvi Jaiswal, who hit the fastest IPL fifty in 13 balls against Kolkata on Thursday, for a duck.

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The rest of the batting fell flat in just 10.3 overs, with only Shimron Hetmyer (35) and England import Joe Root (10) managing double figures.

Michael Bracewell from New Zealand and his teammate, spinner Karn Sharma, each took two wickets in the game.

Bangalore’s team scored a win in cricket because their players who hit the ball first, du Plessis and Virat Kohli, did a good job. However, Kohli got out when he had only scored 18 points because of Indian pace bowler KM Asif.

Du Plessis is doing really well in batting and has scored the most runs so far. He stood strong and worked together with Maxwell to score 69 runs.

Rajasthan’s cricket team took three wickets in just five balls, which included du Plessis after scoring 50 runs in his seventh IPL game. Adam Zampa, a leg-spinner from Australia, took two wickets in one over.

Maxwell raised his fifth 50 of the season with a six but was out in the next over.

Anuj Rawat, a left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman, smashed an unbeaten 29 off 11 balls and finished the innings with two sixes and a four to boost the total on a tough batting pitch.