Indian Premier League 2024: result | Points table
Led by Rajat Patidar’s 32-ball 52 and useful contributions from Will Jacks (29 off 41 balls), Cameron Green (32 off 24 balls) and Kohli (27 off 13 balls), RCB batted after being asked Scored a competitive 187, nine goals.
In the chase, Delhi lost by 140 runs in 19.1 overs despite stand-in captain Axar Patel’s 57 off 39 balls. RCB played the lead with 3 for 20, while New Zealander Lockie Ferguson took 2 for 23.
This was RCB’s fifth consecutive win, making them the first team to achieve this this season.
A day after the 47-run win, RCB shared a video of some scenes inside the dressing room, in which Siraj was talking about the team’s five-match unbeaten run in front of the camera, before being jokingly laughed at by Kohli and Kahn for his words.
“What a turnaround! We are thinking about focusing on one game at a time (after losing seven of the first eight games of the season). Whether we qualify (for the playoffs) or not is out of our control,” West said. Raj said.
Everything was fine until then, but Kohli and Kahn chose Siraj’s next words.
“What can we control? Fast bowlers ke paas ball hai, batsmen ke paas bat hai (fast bowlers have the ball, batsmen have the bat). We have to attack,” the RCB pacer said.
Kahn then started laughing at Siraj’s choice of words and Kohli later joined in.
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The turnaround in form saw RCB record six wins and 12 points from 13 games, rising to fifth place in the table.
They have just one game left, against defending champions Chennai Super Kings on May 18 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
