Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up their third win this season as they got the better of Punjab Kings by 24 runs at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.
Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a challenging total of 174/4 in their quota of 20 overs. Faf du Plessis who came out to bat as an impact player scored 84 off 56 balls including 5 fours and 5 sixes.
Virat Kohli who led the team from the front as an interim captain scored 59 off 47 balls including five fours and a six. On the contrary, Harpreet Brar was the pick of the bowlers for PBKS as he took 2 wickets.
Mohammed Siraj shines for RCB against PBKS
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was the star performer against Punjab Kings. Notably, the right-arm fast bowler is repaying the faith which RCB had put in him.
The talented pacer brought the best out of himself by channelizing his inner aggression in the best way possible. As a result, he was able to rip through the defence of the Punjab Kings’ batting line-up.
The paceman accounted for four dismissals, giving away 21 runs in his quota of four overs at an economy of 5.20. Siraj was the star of the show for RCB as he helped the team defend the total pretty impressively.
Prabhsimran Singh scored 46 off 30 balls including three fours and four sixes for PBKS whereas wicketkeeper-batsman, Jitesh Sharma scored a quickfire 41 off 27 balls (2 fours and 3 sixes).
Punjab Kings’ playing XI: Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s playing XI: Virat Kohli (c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj
Here’s how Twitterati reacted to RCB’s win over PBKS:
Credit to KING KOHLI ๐ฅ๐ฅต.. He trusted him from the beginning
— Praneeth (@fantasy_d11) April 20, 2023
Mohammad Siraj repaying the faith which RCB had put in him ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/m5ei97W7OY
— Ayush Anand (@crictopher014) April 20, 2023
He is hero of your national team as well right now
— B A T M A N (@umayr99) April 20, 2023
King Kohli brought RCB back on track ๐ฅ
— Ritvik (@kohli_fanatic) April 20, 2023
Yess.. always saves the ship from drowning ๐ฅน
— Priya ๐ต (@TeyaPriju) April 20, 2023
Miya bhai in king's captaincy โฅ
— Rupam Paul ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ซ๐ท (@paulrupam2122) April 20, 2023
RCB blood ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
— Vrishabh Gowda (@gowda_vrishabh) April 20, 2023
Siraj under kohli is the best thing in modern cricket
— BRAND RR (@SACHINP66986272) April 20, 2023
Miyaaaaaaan Magicccc๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
— ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ (@SuratMessi) April 20, 2023
Respect for Siraj๐
— Humdum Khan (@Humdum_16) April 20, 2023
Kohli gave proof of good captaincy by giving 17th over to Siraj
Kaptan ho to aisa โค๐ค— Kabir Khan (@kabirk948) April 20, 2023
