Bangalore eliminate Rajasthan in clash of Royals

Royal Challengers Bangalore players celebrate the fall of Rajasthan Royals opener Shane Watson. RCB outplayed and eliminated RR from IPL on May 20 at the MCA Stadium in Pune. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

Updated on: May 21, 2015 1:02 AM IST

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Royal Challengers Bangalore players celebrate the fall of Rajasthan Royals opener Shane Watson. RCB outplayed and eliminated RR from IPL on May 20 at the MCA Stadium in Pune. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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RCB skipper Virat Kohli celebrates as David Wiese takes the big wicket of his RR counterpart Steve Smith. Watson and Smith falling cheaply hurt the RR chase. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 42 for RR, but it came off 39 balls in a chase of 181. RR kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were unable to rebuild at any stage to mount a chase. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Disciplined bowling from RR bowlers pegged back RCB openers Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli. They could not get off to a flier, as skipper Kohli would have hoped after winning the toss and electing to bat. (PTI Photo)

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RCB had a poor start, scoring only 60 in the first 10 overs. AB de Villiers, however, upped the tempo and scored a blistering 66 off 38 balls to bring his team back into the must-win contest. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Mandeep Singh backed AB de Villiers to the hilt and punished RR with a blazing, unbeaten 54 off 34 balls to take RCB to a competitive total of 180 in the IPL Eliminator. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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The only time RR were ahead in the game was the first 10 overs of the RCB innings. Dhawal Kulkarni removed both Gayle and Kohli, but it was not to be for RR who began this IPL season with a bang. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)