Indian Premier League 2024: result | Points table
RCB opted to bowl and restricted GT to a sub-par 147 before Du Plessis led RCB’s chase with a 23-ball 64 that included 10 fours and three sixes.
RCB’s bowling performance was led by Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak and Mohammed Siraj, who took two wickets each.
Collaborate with other opener partners Virat KohliDu Plessis smashed 42 runs off 27 balls and scored 92 runs in just 5.4 overs to chase down the runs at speed. Du Plessis was then dismissed by Joshua Little, who starred in GT with a spell of 4/45.
However, RCB’s fortunes began to slip as their middle-order collapsed in front of Little. Nonetheless, the strong partnership of Kohli-Du Plessis did considerable damage early on, leaving veteran finishers Karthik (21 off 12 balls) and Swapnil Singh (15 off 9 balls) to take the ball The team took home a convincing four-wicket win in just 13.4 overs.
A day after RCB’s win, the team shared a video on social media in which Du Plessis was seen addressing the team in the dressing room.
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“Kids, great job tonight! Unbelievable performance. I think when we were on the field, from my perspective, I could definitely feel the confidence in the team. So I hope the whole team Feeling the belief, believing what a good team this is that we’re playing the style of cricket we want to play, so we put in an unbelievable effort,” the former South Africa captain said.
However, the RCB skipper expressed some concerns over the mid-order collapse in the match, with Will Jacks (1), Raja Patidar (2), Glenn Maxwell (4) and Cameron Green ( 1) All fell down cheaply. But that didn’t stop RCB from registering their third consecutive victory.
“With the bat tonight, I know we probably weren’t at our best down the stretch. But that’s OK, we’ll talk about that in the commentary. Make sure we celebrate that because we worked so hard – bouncing back the last three games – -When we go into the next game, we will carry this motivation, with this confidence, well done!
The win lifted RCB to seventh place in the points table. However, their path to the playoffs still hangs in the balance, requiring them to win their next three games and hope the rest will fall into place.
