RCB pacer Mohammed Siraj led the cost along with his finest bowling figures (4/21) within the IPL and jolted PBKS’ chase with the wickets of opener Atharva Taide and Liam Livingstone.
Scorecard | As it occurred
Chasing 175, Punjab might not likely get going from the beginning as they misplaced 4 wickets contained in the Powerplay and continued dropping wickets at common intervals earlier than being dismissed for 150 in 18.2 overs at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
Punjab made a superb fightback with the ball after RCB openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis added 137-run to limit them to 174/4 however their batters didn’t put up any combat within the chase.
Though in-form skipper Shikhar Dhawan was unavailable for the second sport in a row, Punjab had sufficient firepower to chase down 175 however misplaced too many wickets initially of the chase.
Playing as an ‘Impact Player’ as a result of his damage, Du Plessis plundered 84 off 56 balls whereas Kohli scored 59 off 47.
Siraj was too scorching to deal with within the powerplay as he eliminated left-hander Atharva Taide with a pointy inswinger off the second ball of the innings earlier than eradicating the harmful Liam Livingstone within the fourth over. Both lbw dismissals got here after profitable DRS evaluations.
Wanindu Hasaranga then castled Matthew Short with a googly earlier than run-outs of Sam Curran and Harpreet Bhatia made issues worse for the house workforce.
At 97 for six, the sport seemed carried out and dusted however Jitesh Sharma stored Punjab within the sport with some clear hitting, particularly down the bottom. He ran out of companions finally.
Earlier, at 91 for no loss in 10 overs, RCB had been heading in the right direction for 200 plus complete however Punjab bowled properly within the center and dying overs to limit the opposition.
Du Plessis hammered 5 sixes and as many fours in his belligerent knock. Like he usually does, the previous South Africa skipper was not afraid to point out his stumps to the spinners to free his arms for the large pictures.
Kohli made 59 off 47 balls although the primary half of his innings was extra fluent.
It was the fourth fifty plus rating for the RCB openers this season, highlighting their consistency.
RCB could be a tad disappointment with the whole they ended up with after a flying begin from du Plessis and Kohli, who fired their workforce to 59 for no loss within the powerplay.
Arshdeep Singh and Curran employed the short-ball tactic towards du Plessis and Kohli with the brand new ball but it surely didn’t work.
The Indian star started along with his trademark cowl drive off spinner Harpreet Brar earlier than pulling a brief ball from Arshdeep over quick high-quality leg for one more 4 within the third over.
Du Plessis received going with a few sixes off Brar, who opened the bowling alongside Arshdeep.
The South African made room for an enormous straight six over Brar’s head and adopted it up with one other one huge of lengthy on. However, his better of the lot was the straight six off pacer Nathan Ellis as he stood nonetheless to slap it over the bowler’s head.
RCB might solely handle 83 runs off the final 60 balls. Rahul Chahar and Sam Curran couldn’t take wickets however didn’t enable the batters to interrupt free.
(With PTI Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com