IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Highlights: Bengaluru cruise to 60-run win, Punjab knocked out

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: “That was a good game. We have scored 200-plus in the last 5-6 games. We have had good conversations, we were making the same mistakes over and over again. Needed aggression with the bat. We just spoke about taking wickets. We have 6-7 options in the bowling department. You need some form in your side. With a bit of luck is also required. We had a few guys looking for wickets and runs at the start of the tournament. The boys have shown character to turn it around. Everyone has chipped in with runs and the bowlers are taking wickets. For us it's important to focus on ourselves.We want to stick to the style of play that we want to do, if we do that it'll prove we are a really good team.”

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: “A lot of positive signs throughout the season, but not enough to get over the line unfortunately. We knew that we had the best side for the rest of the tournament and feel gutted for the team. Gotta keep our heads up, keep learning and keep becoming better. Really enjoyed leading a great bunch of guys, would have loved a few more wins. We had some highs, and some record run-chases as well,. Lots of disappointment and apologize to the fans, we will keep fighting. The ups and downs have been quite tough, but you gotta keep learning and keep working hard.”

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: No hat-trick for Siraj but the last wicket falls off the last ball of that over of his. It is a romp for RCB, their fourth consecutive win now and with this they keep their still extremely faint chances of making it to the playoffs. They have peaked at the end of the league stage alright but were just too bad before that for this period to have the kind of effect that it normally does for IPL teams. Punjab Kings, meanwhile, are knocked out now thanks to the hit that their NRR has take

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Harshal flicks the first ball of the 17th straight to the man at deep backward square leg. It almost bursts through Ferguson's hands but the Kiwi does well to hold on with his finger tips.

Harshal c Ferguson b Mohammed Siraj 0 (1)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: PBKS 174/9 in 16.1 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: And that's the game, even a hopelessly optimistic person cannot project a victory for PBKS from here. In fact RCB could get some sweet NRR nectar here. Ferguson gets it to grip and move slightly away from Curran, the ball crashes on to the leg stump.

Curran b Ferguson 22 (16)

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: PBKS 170/8 in 15.3 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Siraj goes full and straight last ball of the 15th, Ashutosh misses it entirely and the umpire raises his finger. Ashutosh takes the review. No bat involved and the impact on stumps is umpire's call.

Ashutosh lbw b Mohammed Siraj 8 (5)

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: PBKS 164/7 in 15 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Once again, a batter is out right after recovering from injury.

Shashank Singh run out (Kohli) 37 (19)

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: 150/5 in 13.4 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Shashank runs full tilt into Faf du Plessis's shoulder and falls flat on the ground in pain. The batters run two off the third ball of the 14th over by Ferguson. Du Plessis finds himself in Shashank's run-off area, sees him coming too late and ends up turning defensively. His left shoulder smashes into Shashan's left ribs.

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Sam Curran with a four through cow corner off the fourth ball of that 12th over. Curran is on six off four, Shashank Singh on 26 off 15. PBKS need 110 off 48. If these two can get a good partnership going and then Ashutosh Sharma does what he does best later on, we could still have a game in our hands.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live SCore: PBKS 1312/5 in 12 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The wheels seem to be coming off for Punjab.

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Cleans him up! Jitesh Sharma with a four off the third ball, then a dot and then a ripping legbreak from Karn. Bursts through Jitesh's gates and the stumps are a mess. 

Jitesh Sharma b Karn 5 (4)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: PBKS 125/4 in 11 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: He gets treatment and then sets up to face the next ball. Tries a big shot, ends up holing out at long-on.

Rossouw c Jacks b Sharma 61 (27)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: PBKS 107/3 in 9 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Karn Sharma's fifth delivery of the ninth has effectively landed an uppercut on Rossouw here. Rossouw tries to reverse sweep, it went off his arm and ricochets onto his cheek. That is a painful blow and the physio is out to tend to him.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: PBKS 107/2 in 8.5 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rossouw trying to make sure that PBKS stay in sight of the required run rate. He gets a top edge off the second ball of the ninth from Green, it flies behind the wicketkeeper for a four. Then he launches the third ball over the bowler's head for a six and that brings up his fifty in 21 balls. He does that bazooka celebration of his after that.

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS would've dropped that. He pre-empts Bairstow's shot fifth ball and starts to run back, sure enough the ball does travel that way off the bat and Du Plessis dives full stretch to complete it. Extraordinary stuff from the RCB captain.

Bairstow c du Plessis b Ferguson 27 (16)

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: PBKS 71/2 in 5.5 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rossouw takes Siraj to town. Four through point first ball, then a dot and then the third delivery is smashed down the ground for another four. A dot ball again and then Rossouw deposits a pitched up delivery through long off for a third boundary of the over. He then hits the next ball for six over deep midwicket.

PBLS vs RCB Live Score: PBKS 45/1 in  4 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Bairstow with a four off the second ball towards midwicket, and then three runs off the last three balls of the over. A wicket may have come in the first over but so did 14 runs, Siraj does a better job of it in the second.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: PBKS 21/1 in 2 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Prabhsimran Singh caught LBW plumb in front. For some reason he has a chat with Jonny Bairstow before deciding to walk off. That is as out as they come. Swapnil slides the third ball in with the angle, Prabh misses that completely and it raps him on the pads. Umpire raises his finger and Prabhsimran has a chat with Bairstow before walking off.

Prabhsimran lbw b Swapnil Singh 6 (4)

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: PBKS 6/1 in 0.4 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Prabhsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow open the batting for Punjab Kings. RCB start with spin as Swapnil Singh takes the new ball.

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Well the gauntlet has been thrown, PBKS will have to somehow chase down 242 runs if they want to stay in the race for the playoffs. Well that was some innings from RCB, powered chiefly by a marauding Virat Kohli. He scored 92 at a strike rate of 196.74, as good a T20 innings as you would every hope to see, helped by the fact that he was dropped twice of course. But he has shown why it is a cardinal sin to give him chances, regardless of the format. Vidyuth Kaveerappa has been subbed out by PBKS. He was brilliant on debut with the new ball and would've had much more than the two wickets against his name had it not been for his teammates woeful display in the field today.

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Harshal Patel ensures that DK doesn't do more damage than he already has. The batter slices the first ball of the 20th into the fielder at long on.

Karthik c Curran b Arshdeep Singh 18 (7)

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: RCB 238/5 in 19.1 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kohli's wicket might in fact work in RCB's favour as he has been replaced by Dinesh Karthik for the last two overs, exactly the time when he is most effective. DK ends the 18th with a six, which makes it 17 overs and a wicket off it. DK on six off two, Green on 37 off 22.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: RCB 217/4 in 18 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Arshdeep gets the big wicket and so no century for Virat Kohli today. Punjab finally take a catch off him but is it too late already? Kohli was dropped on zero, then on 10 and finally he is caught at 92. This would've been his 100th century in all formats. He hits the fourth ball of the 18th straight into the hands of the fielder at extra cover, who was Rossouw, the man who gave him that reprieve on 11 runs.

Kohli c Rossouw b Arshdeep Singh 92 (47)

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: RCB 211/4 in 17.4 overs

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Green and Kohli have put up 81 runs for the fourth wicket off just 42 balls. Green hits a four and a six off the first two balls of the 17th over, then five runs off the rest of the over which includes a wide. Kohli on 82 off 43, Green on 37 off 22.

IPL 2024, PBKS vs RCB Live Score, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The PBKS captain has been taken to the cleaners by Kohli and Green. Green gets off strike first ball and then Kohli pulls the second one miles up in the air, soaring into the stands beyond cow corner. Curran then fires two deliveries wide and Kohli gets off strike the next ball. Green then sends the fourth ball over the bowler's head for a four. Single again and the Kohli ends the over by clubbing the ball over the bowler's head for yet another six. Kohli is on 80 off 41, Green on 25 off 18, Curran's figures read 1/50 in 3 overs!

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score: RCB 185/3 in 16 overs