RR vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2023: Parnell, Bracewell, Karn star as Royal Challengers Bangalore thrash RR by 112 runs

Karn tosses it up, on full length on middle and leg. Asif tries to gobig, but can only toe-end it to Kohli for a catch!

Asif c Kohli b Sharma 0 (2)

RR: 59 (10.3), Target: 172

First, In the fifth delivery of the 10th over, Maxwell sends a length ball, on middle and off stump. Hetmyer can only hit it off the toe-end to Bracewell at long on for a catch!

Hetmyer c Bracewell b Maxwell 35 (19)

In the first ball of the 11th over, Karn sends a length delivery, on off. Zampa fails to connect and it hits the top of off stump!

Zampa b Sharma 2 (6)

RR: 59/9 (10.1), Target: 172

In the slot by Karn and Hetmyer goes down the track to clobber it over wide long on for a six, followed by another over wide long on again! Then he smacks Karn over long on for another six!

In the final delivery of the over, Karn sends a short ball, wide outside off. Hetmyer can only cut it to deep point. And Ashwin who is at the non-striker's end falls short of the crease during their double. One run and out!

Ashwin run out Siraj/Rawat 0 (0)

RR: 50/7 (8),Target: 172

A good delivery by Bracewell and Jurel can only hit it straight to deep midwicket for a catch! OUT!

RR: 31/6 (7), Target 172

A slow delivery by Parnell, from around the wicket. Root is beaten on his flick and is hit on pads, would have struck leg stump.

PROPER COLLAPSE!

Root lbw b Parnell 10 (15)

A good delivery by Bracewell, and Padikkal guides it to mid-wicket, and Siraj takes a catch before it lands on the ground!

Padikkal c Siraj b Bracewell 4 (4)

RR: 20/4 (4.2), Target: 172

RR are having a top order collapse in their chase of 172 vs RCB. Jaiswal and Buttler departed for two-ball ducks and Samson was also sent packing for four off five balls. BIG TASK FOR THE HOSTS!

Zampa tosses it up and Du Plessis clobbers it over deep midwicket for a six!

A length delivery by Zampa on middle and leg. Du Plessis defends it. No run.

RCB: 12/0 (2)

A short delivery by Sandeep, and outside off. Kohli whacks it past point for a four!

Kohli and Du Plessis to open for RCB as Sandeep will bowl the first over for RR.

RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

After winning the toss, RCB skipper Du Plessis said, "We will have a bat first. The conditions might favor that, looks like a dry wicket. It is very clear from here on for us, that is not a bad thing sometimes. We need to execute better. 3-4 guys are putting their hand up every game, we need a bit more probably to cash in on some good positions. Wins are important, net run rate is not something we can bother about now. I think we crossed that bridge in the last game. Two changes - Parnell coming in for Hazlewood, Bracewell in for Hasaranga."

Meanwhile, RR skipper Samson stated, "Would have batted first as well. The pressure is on, we are treating this as a semi-final. To be honest, we have had just one flat game against Gujarat, the rest of the games we have played competitive games. There are a few niggles that players carry through the tournament, but the support staff have done a good job managing that. One change for today, Zampa comes in for Boult."

RCB captain Du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat vs RR.

Toss is coming up and is scheduled for 3:00 PM IST.

The pitch will be on the slower side, and the average first innings n the four games so far in Jaipur has been 172 this year. Skippers have opted to bat first in three of those four games, and only one has been able to defend their score.

Du Plessis requires 21 runs to enter the 4000-run club in IPL. he is also 5 fours away from reaching the 50 mark this season!

RR are currently fifth in the standings with 12 points in 12 matches, packed with six wins and six defeats. Meanwhile, RCB are seventh with 10 points in 11 games, including five wins and six losses.

The last RCB won in Jaipur vs RR was in Jaipur in 2012. Kohli and Harshal were part of the winning team.

Chahal is currently second in the Purple Cap race with 21 wickets in 12 matches, at an economy of 7.91. He will be hoping to take the lead from GT's Rashid (23) today!

Both sides last met in Match 32 of IPL 2023, and RCB won by 7 runs. Chasing a target of 190 runs, RR were restricted to 182/6 in 20 overs, despite a knock of 52 runs off 34 balls by Padikkal. For RCB's bowling department, Harshal took three wickets.

Initially, RCB posted 189/9 in 20 overs, courtesy of a knock of 77 runs off 44 balls by Maxwell. Meanwhile, Boult took two wickets for RR.

Both sides have faced each other in 26 matches, RR lead 14-10 vs RCB in IPL. Two matches have ended as a tie.

Du Plessis leads the Orange Cap race with 576 runs in 11 matches. He is ahead of Jaiswal, who has slammed 575 runs in 12 matches. So there is a chance that the Orange Cap leader could be changed after this match!

RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Donavon Ferreira, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Jason Holder, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, KC Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Vasisht

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Manoj Bhandage, Sonu Yadav, Finn Allen, Siddarth Kaul

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