Match 32: RCB vs RR, IPL 2023

On the occasion of Earth Day, RCB wore the green jersey. At the toss, RR captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to field first

Virat Kohli was trapped LBW by Trent Boult off the first ball of the match for a golden duck

After losing a couple of wickets up front, Faf and Maxwell counterattacked and scored explosive fifties, putting up a stand of 127 in 67 balls

After the wickets of Faf and Maxwell, a flurry of dismissals at the death ensured a sub-200 total for the Royals to chase

Following the footsteps of his RCB opening counterpart, Jos Buttler was also dismissed for a duck in the first over, courtesy an absolute seed from Siraj

Jaiswal and Padikkal led a steady recovery, with a stand of 98 runs in 66 balls before Padikkal holed out in the deep for 52

The wickets of Padikkal and Jaiswal set RR back, and the new batsmen struggled to score. The wicket of Samson, in picture, further put a stopper on the scoring, making the required rate skyrocket

The run-out of Shimron Hetmyer dealt a crucial blow to the Royals, who needed him for some of his signature big hits at the business end of the run-chase

In the end, RCB had picked up enough wickets at key junctures to ensure that RR had the wrong players at the crease at the business end, as the hosts went on to win by 7 runs