On Saturday (April 22)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led by
Virat Kohli defeated the top-seeded
Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 runs in the Tata IPL 2023. The match took place at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
RCB managed to post 189 runs on the board after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Skipper Kohli and
Shahbaz Ahmed couldn’t score much and were sent back to the pavilion for a golden duck and 2 runs respectively by RR pacer Trent Boult. However,
Faf du Plessis and
Glenn Maxwell stood strong and provided RCB with a much-needed partnership. Following their departure, all the next batters fell quickly.
For the Royals, Boult and
Sandeep Sharma picked up 2 wickets each, while
Ravichandran Ashwin and
Yuzvendra Chahal claimed one scalp apiece.
Chasing 190 for victory, RR opener
Jos Buttler had to walk back to the pavilion without scoring any runs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and
Devdutt Padikkal then stabilised the situation and set a good partnership.
After 10.4 overs, the Royals were at 95/1. However, Padikkal was dismissed by
David Willey soon after scoring his half-century, followed by Jaiswal who was dismissed by
Harshal Patel. Skipper
Sanju Samson tried to give some momentum to the run rate but was sent back by Patel.
Power hitter
Dhruv Jurel scored an unbeaten 34y, but RR could only manage to score 182 runs after losing 6 wickets and lost the match by 7 runs to RCB.
So now, RCB have won 4 out of their 7 matches played and lost 3, while RR lost their third match in 7 matches.
Here’s how Twitter reacted: 
wins in
games for Captain Kohli! ?
Things we love to see ?
#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023 #GoGreen #RCBvRR @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/b5q3oOK16l — Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
April 23, 2023
Played Bold,
@rcbtweets ?
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
April 23, 2023
The happiness and celebrations of Anushka Sharma when RCB won the match.
pic.twitter.com/Ia71j0ZniP — CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
April 23, 2023
Virat Kohli blows a flying kiss after completing the catch.
?: Jio Cinema
#IPL2023 #cricket #RCBvRR #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/zn7xDY8XOM — CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
April 23, 2023
Flying kiss to Anushka Sharma. Feels like good old happy cricket days and vintage Virat Kohli
pic.twitter.com/cjonK0zEE2 — Pari (@BluntIndianGal)
April 23, 2023
Virat Kohli gave flying kiss to Anushka Sharma
pic.twitter.com/I5ltIvYkT1 — Kevin (@imkevin149)
April 23, 2023
Last over finishes seem to be the flavour of the season. Harshal Patel and
@mdsirajofficial were excellent in the end overs.
#RR just ran out of steam. Earlier,
@faf1307 and
@Gmaxi_32 were just superb to watch, crisp hits. ?
#RCBvRR #IPL2O23 pic.twitter.com/5iIrYPKPtq — Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03)
April 23, 2023
#RCB will be overjoyed by the form of Harshal Patel. And Hasaranga with those 2 key overs in the middle made a difference. Now imagine you are Suyash Prabhudesai. You can still turn games with your fielding. So many aspects, such a good match.
#RCBvsRR — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
April 23, 2023
One more W for the table!
#RCBvRR pic.twitter.com/9rKEOre14i — DK (@DineshKarthik)
April 23, 2023
The happiness on the face of King Kohli after a terrific win.
pic.twitter.com/3M6QxcRJUU — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
April 23, 2023
Maxwell-Du Plessis partnerships in IPL 2023:
115 vs LSG
126 vs CSK
0 vs PBKS
100* vs RR
First pair to share 3 century partnerships this season!
#RRvRCB #RCBvRR pic.twitter.com/4hbgX69T9o — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
April 23, 2023
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