New Delhi: The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) emerged victorious for the second consecutive time in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 by defeating the Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 4 wickets on Tuesday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Chasing 170, RCB openers – Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat got off to a confident start. Both du Plessis and Rawat hit four fours each in the powerplay and RCB were 48-0 after 6 overs.
RR hammered 23 runs off the final over after Buttler clobbered 2 sixes while Hetmyer smacked the final delivery for a six as RR concluded their innings with a total of 169-3.
Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 173-6 (Shahbaz Ahmed 45, Dinesh Karthik 44*; Yuzvendra Chahal 2-15) beat Rajasthan Royals 169-3 (Jos Buttler 70*, Shimron Hetmyer 42; Harshal Patel 1-18) beat by 4 wickets.