Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Match 19 - Live Cricket Score
Indian Premier League, 2024 | 6 Apr 2024, Sat, 7:30 PM IST | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
RCB
183/3 (20 ov)
RR
189/4 (19.1 ov)
Player of the Match: Jos Buttler
That's it from our side
As we sign off from tonight's cracker of a game, we hope to see you on the green side tomorrow as well. Meanwhile, you may also read about Himanshu Sharma, today's Impact Substitute for RCB, who was scouted by the management using AI (Artificial Intelligence).
We will return tomorrow for the double header on a Super Sunday. Do not forget to catch the live action from MI vs DC and LSG vs GT, only on CricTracker. Good night people. C ya!!
Player of the Match, Jos Buttler, said
"A little bit of luck to get it over the rope in the end, didn't time it that well, but delighted to get the win. However long you've played the game, you still have those anxieties and stresses. Sometimes you just have to tell yourself it'll be okay. Just keep digging in, working hard, at some point we will be okay. I actually did feel really good in the last game, even though I only scored 13 or something. We've started this season really well. We've been together for three seasons, everyone's comfortable with each other, we just need to keep this momentum going."
Sanju Samson, Winning skipper
"I think anything below 190, with a little bit of dew coming in, with the batting order we have, I felt it was a good total to chase. Touchwood, few more games to go, we are bowling well. And we have got a break, which is helping us charge up and come in fresh. [Are RR a batting or bowling side?] I think bowling is 9, and batting is 8.7. It was just a matter of time with Jos. He just needed to get through the powerplay and middle a few balls."
Kumar Sangakkara from RR
It was a good toss to win, pretty decisive to chase. RCB put us under pressure but the spinners and Burger got us back into the game. And the chase was clinical from Jos, Sanju and others. Everyone requires a chat but it does not need to be about cricket, form is a state of mind and Jos is the best white-ball opener in cricket for some time, you just have to let him be. Jaiswal has had a brilliant year or two not just for RR but also in international cricket, two bad innings does not make anyone a bad player, we know his quality and we just want him to bat long, it was nice to chase down this total without his contribution. There have been a lot of honest conversations, Sanju and I have connected well and have been speaking in the off season as well, the focus has been more inward than outward as a coaching staff this season.
Latest Points Table
IPL POINTS TABLE 2024
| No | Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | PTS | Net RR | Form | |
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| 1 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.120 |
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| 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.518 |
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| 3 | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.517 |
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| 4 | Lucknow Super Giants | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.483 |
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| 5 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.409 |
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| 6 | Punjab Kings | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.220 |
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| 7 | Gujarat Titans | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.580 |
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| 8 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.843 |
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| 9 | Delhi Capitals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.347 |
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| 10 | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.423 |
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Losing skipper, Faf du Plessis
"I think batting out there with Virat, we found the wicket really tricky and low. We did feel 190 would be a good score. I did feel we could have maximised 10 or 15 more towards the end. It was a good toss to win, you did see that it played much nicer with the dew. Virat was playing really well at the back end. Whether it was Virat or a Greeny or a DK coming in, we could have scored a few more. We tried, but it was quite tricky to hit. With the spinners, a lot of balls were hitting the bottom of the bat. I think the pitch definitely got better. That's what dew does, that's the nature of the wicket. I thought it was a good toss for them to win. We started well in the first four overs, then the one over from our spinners, 20 runs, it shifted the pressure back onto us. Maxwell, all the right-handers batting in the middle, that's why I went to the left-arm spinner, Mayank, who's been bowling well for us this season. And the legspinner [Himanshu], you want to use the attacking option. When we got the wicket of Jaiswal, with the two right-handers in the middle, it didn't feel like the right time to use the offspinner."
Stats time
Most centuries in losing cause in all T20s
6 - Chris Gayle
3 - Babar Azam
3 - Faf du Plessis
3 - Ruturaj Gaikwad
3 - Khurram Manzoor
3 - Michael Klinger
3 - Virat Kohli
3 - Glenn Phillips
And he gets it, Yessssss!!!!!
Jos Buttler reaches his hundred, as the ball goes just past the boundary line. Scores a hundred in his centenary game of the Indian Premier League. What a day for the man who was desperate to get back in form. What a finish to the game. RR win by six wickets, and move on top of the points table.
SCORES LEVEL
RR need 1 run to win, while Buttler still needs six for his hundred. Will he finish the things with a big hit?
Nine needed off 12
Buttler requires eight to reach to his sixth hundred in the Indian Premier League history.
Just 14 needed now
RR are 170/4 after 17 overs, and the win is just a formality, unless RCB pull off a miracle here.
Is there a twist in the tale?
Dhruv Jurel has been caught by Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps. Trying to flick a ball off Reece Topley, Jurel could only manage an edge, as the fourth wicket falls for the hosts.
Run-a-ball
RR require 24 off as many balls to seal their fourth straight win of the season. Dhruv Jurel, meanwhile, has replaced Parag at the crease.
Riyan Parag departs, Yash Dayal strikes
Virat Kohli takes a catch inside the ring to send Riyan Parag back to the huddle, departing the batter for 4(4). And with that, the umpire has signalled for Strategic Timeout.
End of 15 overs
A wicket and seven runs off that over from Siraj. Riyan Parag gets off the mark with a boundary on the last ball of that over.
Current Series
Who Will Win?
RR (36%)
Tie (19%)
RCB (43%)