IPL 2019: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers guide RCB to first win, Rajasthan Royals seal four-wicket victory
Rajasthan Royals lost four wickets in 10 balls during the death overs but Jos Buttler's extraordinary innings had reduced the deficit enough for them to cross the line with four wickets and three balls to spare.
Sensational fifties from Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers overshadowed Chris Gayle's unbeaten 99 as Royal Challengers finally snapped a six-match losing streak this IPL season with a eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab on Saturday. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
Swashbuckling opener Chris Gayle missed a well-deserved century by a whisker, smashing an unbeaten 99 off 64 balls to power Kings XI Punjab to a 173 for four against Royal Challengers Bangalore. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
Mohammad Shami then gave Punjab a glimmer of hope when over he dismissed Kohli, who pulled one straight to M Ashwin as RCB slipped to 128 for two. But Marcus Stoinis and de Villiers ensured there were no hiccups, sharing 46 runs, as RCB romped home comfortably in the end. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by four wickets in yet another last over finish at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Put into bat first, Mumbai Indians scored 187/five powered by Quinton de Kock’s 81 off 52 balls. In reply, Rajasthan Royals, riding on Jos Buttler 89, chased down the target with just three balls to spare. (AP Photo)
Mumbai Indians were put to bat first by Ajinkya Rahane. Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock got them off to a flier. The pair put up an opening stand of 96. (IPL Image)
Joffra Archer took Rohit's wicket to provide a breakthrough. (IPL Image)
Quinton de Kock went on to score a half century and fell to Archer for 81. (IPL Image)
While RR did well to pull Mi back in the death overs, Jaydev Unadkat was taken to town by Hardik Pandya in the last over. 16 runs came off it and MI ended their innings on 187/5. (IPL Image)
RR's openers Jos Buttler and Rahane also gave them a good start. Rahane eventually fell for 37 and the opening partnership ended at 60. (IPL Image)
But Buttler was on his bike and decimated the MI bowling attack. He hit MI's newest pace sensation Alzarri Joseph for 28 runs.
Sanju Samson was dismissed by Bumrah shortly after Buttler after which Krunal Pandya took two wickets in an over. Suddenly, RR had lost four wickets in 10 balls.
But Buttlet's innings had reduced the deficit significantly for RR and they crossed the line eventually with four wickets and three balls to spare. (IPL Image)
