IPL 2020, RCB vs RR Live Score: DubaiIPL 2020, RCB vs RR Live Cricket Score Online Updates: With two wins from three matches each so far, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals take on each other in Match 15 of IPL 2020 on Saturday.
RCB have made a promising start but need to improve their fielding and death bowling. Navdeep Saini bowled a tidy Super Over against Mumbai Indians to get his team over the line after RCB leaked as many as 79 runs in the last four overs for the game to be tied. Meanwhile, Royals failed to chase 175 against KKR with the batsmen unable to hit through the line as consistently as they could do in Sharjah. The team has benched young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal after Jos Buttler’s arrival but calls have been growing for his inclusion.
RCB: 77/1 (10 overs)
Kohli finally gets the first boundary of his innings facing Curran after a tight battle early on in the over between the two. Rajasthan are still looking for a breakthrough and they have to find it soon. Padikkal's on 40* on the other side. RCB: 64/1 (8 overs)
After Gopal went for seven runs in the last over, Tom Curran comes into the attack with the ball. Although there was a chance in the opening ball of the over for a catch, the rest of the over doesn't go according to plan for Rajasthan. Padikkal (36*) continues with his fine run of form and hits two brilliant boundaries. Kohli's still dealing in singles. RCB: 50/1 (6 overs)
The dismissal of Finch has slowed down the runs for Bangalore here as Archer continues his spell, conceding just five runs. Padikkal hit him for a four behind the wickets, but the English pacer keeps Kohli quiet for the rest of the over. RCB: 32/1 (4 overs)
Finch punishes Shreyas Gopal early on in the over with a four, but the spinner hits back by trapping him in between the wickets. The Australian opener goes back for 8, and now it's time for Virat Kohli. Will he again lead his team to victory? RCB: 25/1 (2.3 overs)
Padikkal starts the over excellently with a humongous six with a flick of his wrist. He follows it up with a blazing boundary over mid-wicket against Unadkat. Padikkal (16*) ends the over with two twos and a single just like the man in form he is. RCB: 20/0 (2 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch begin the chase. Jofra Archer with the ball, and the first ball goes for a single. Finch fails to play a single shot properly for the next four balls, but hits a lofted four to sweeper cover. Five runs off the over. RCB: 5/0 (1 over)
Rahul Tewatia (24* off 12) and Jofra Archer (16* off 10) hit big in the final three overs and give Rajasthan some semblance of hope. The Royals end their innings on 154/6 after the end of 20 overs. RCB started the innings so well, but even after the dismissal of RR's batting order, Bangalore ended up giving away 55 runs in the final five overs. Can Virat Kohli's team wrap up the chase early?
Rahul Tewatia has announced himself with a confident six over the deep square leg fence to Saini. Archer follows it up with a four from his side with a wild swing at the pacer's delivery. RCB has conceded 30 runs in last three overs. RR: 129/6 (18 overs)
Just like his partner, Lomror joins him back in the pavilion after a rather enterprising knock. The batsman swings like a madman and his miscued shot lands in the hands of Padikkal. He departs for 47. Time for Tewatia and Archer. RR: 116/6 (17 overs)
Rajasthan knew that it was now or never to get their score somewhere near a fighting 150, so Parag tried to follow his heart... but he failed. He tried to slap Udana's short ball, but it drops straight into the hands of Finch. RR: 105/5 (15.5 overs)
RCB maintain the pressure on the young batsmen, but both Lomror (37*) and Parag (13*) hold on. They have tried to go searching for the boundary but RCB's superior bowling has kept them pinned down. But can Kohli's team put their struggles in the death overs behind them and restrict Rajasthan within 140? Chahal's over ends with an unsuspecting six from Lomror. RR: 99/4 (15 overs)
Singles, singles, singles! Lomror and Parag play it safe against Chahal and the incoming Dube to stabilise their partnership, but it's all RCB right now. Kohli's bowling choices have completely paid off and pushed Rajasthan on their backfoot. RR: 77/4 (12 overs)
RCB get another breakthrough! Uthappa, trying to up the ante and follow in the footsteps of his partner, tries to go for a lofted boundary but he misjudges Chahal's delivery and hits the ball straight to Udana. RR in real trouble now. RR: 70/4 (10.1 overs)
Lomror takes some responsibility unto himself and gets down on his knee to slog sweep Zampa's delivery over deep mid-wicket. A strategic time-out ensues as the ball was nowhere to be found. After the Aussie spinner ends the over conceding 11 runs, Saini takes the ball from him. Lomror smacks him for a boundary as well and moves up to 20*. RR: 70/3 (10 overs)
Uthappa got Rajasthan their first boundary after 24 balls in the last ball of Zampa's over, and now it's Sundar's turn again. The spinner keeps the young Lomror pinned to his crease for much of the over. Four runs off it. RR: 50/3 (8 overs)
After Yuzvendra Chahal scalped the wicket of the dangerous Samson on the first ball of his innings, RCB assume control of the contest. Washington Sundar follows up with yet another brilliant Bangalore over conceding just five runs from the pair of Uthappa (5*) and Lomror (2*). Powerplay ends and RCB are in the driving seat in Abu Dhabi. RR: 38/3 (6 overs)
OUT! Navdeep Saini claims crucial wicket off his first ball. Buttler was edged and taken, departs soon after Smith for 22, thanks to a sharp catch by Devdutt. Saini then goes on to finish the over perfectly with a wicket-maiden. RR are 31/2 after 4 overs.