RR vs RCB, 53rd match at Jaipur, May 19 2018, Indian Premier League

RESULT
53rd match (D/N), Jaipur, May 19, 2018, Indian Premier League

RR won by 30 runs

Player Of The Match
4/16
shreyas-gopal
Cricinfo's MVP
131.99 ptsImpact List
shreyas-gopal
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Comms: Shashank Kishore
Scorecard summary
Rajasthan Royals 164/5(20 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 134/10(19.2 overs)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
RR131.99--04/166.45131.99
RR94.1680(58)88.5894.16--0
RCB77.3353(35)67.0977.33--0
RR76.1614(5)19.9428.631/61.8347.53
RCB69.130(1)- 0.26- 0.433/253.4769.56

Shreyas Gopal is the Player of the Match for his magical figures. Over to the second game in Hyderabad, where KKR square off against Sunrisers.

Virat Kohli says: It was a strange one, great position at one stage but the way we fumbled it wasn't ideal. AB was batting beautifully, the decision-making of the others was poor. It shouldn't have been repeated by five-six guys in a row. We wanted to strengthen our middle order that hasn't been our strength for the last few years, something we need to look forward to over the next year and beyond. Scoring and stress in the middle order can't always be on a guy like AB. Here, others around him just didn't show enough composure. Quite a few positives: Umesh was outstanding, Chahal was good, Siraj took his opportunities, Moeen grabbed his chances and gave us the balance. Disappointed to not finish this off after we were cruising, just to see the way it unfolded after that hurts.

7.30pm Rajasthan Royals move to 14 points and are alive in the competition. This has been a superb defence of a total RCB would've gleefully accepted to chase nine times out of ten. What this does is it leaves Royals hoping a slew of results going their way. For starters, they'll want Sunrisers to beat KKR. Then have favours from Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils tomorrow, so that Mumbai Indians don't go ahead on points.

19.2
W
Unadkat to Siraj, OUT

swung away, but this is a steepler towards deep midwicket. Sanju Samson is running IN, K Gowtham is running back from the ingield, the ball curves in the air and as it comes down, Samson oses balance and fumbles, but Gowtham has the presence of mind to take this on the rebound. Stunning win for the Royals. Bangalore boys Gowtham and Gopal have booted RCB out of IPL 2018.

Mohammed Siraj c Gowtham b Unadkat 14 (12b 2x4 0x6) SR: 116.66
19.1
4
Unadkat to Siraj, FOUR runs

reverse paddled past short third man. Lost his balance, was made to look ungainly but somehow connected. If he missed, would've been plumb in front of middle.

end of over 192 runs
RCB: 130/9CRR: 6.84 RRR: 35.00
Yuzvendra Chahal0 (4b)
Mohammed Siraj10 (10b 1x4)
Jofra Archer 4-0-37-0
Jaydev Unadkat 3-0-23-1
18.6
Archer to Chahal, no run

looks to back away and loft, can only get the bottom of the bat, rolls back to the bowler.

18.5
Archer to Chahal, no run

looks to muscle this short ball, toe-ends it and it rolls wide of the pitch

18.4
Archer to Chahal, no run

superb yorker angled in towards the base of leg stump, Chahal somehow manages to keep that out

18.3
1
Archer to Siraj, 1 run

hit back hard but Archer stops it with his boot, they'll scamper a run nonetheless

18.2
Archer to Siraj, no run

walks across to ramp this over short fine leg, beaten as he had no pace to work with.

18.1
1lb
Archer to Chahal, 1 leg bye

full ball that tails in to beat his defence, there's an appeal for lbw. In the meanwhile, the non-striker hares across to force Chahal into the bye. Klaasen fires a throw at the bowler's end, a direct hit and Chahal would've been gone.

end of over 187 runs • 1 wicket
RCB: 128/9CRR: 7.11 RRR: 18.50
Mohammed Siraj9 (8b 1x4)
Jaydev Unadkat 3-0-23-1
Jofra Archer 3-0-36-0
17.6
W
Unadkat to Southee, OUT

he's got more elevation than distance, would've been six at Chinnaswamy but the boundaries in Jaipur are huge. Swung away and Gowtham takes a simple catch off the toe end at wide long-on.

Tim Southee c Gowtham b Unadkat 14 (17b 2x4 0x6) SR: 82.35
17.5
Unadkat to Southee, no run

slower length ball outside off, deviates away. Southee heaves but can't connect.

17.4
1
Unadkat to Siraj, 1 run

lofted, but on the bounce to sweeper cover

17.3
1
Unadkat to Southee, 1 run

full toss, swung across to the leg side off the inside edge, down to deep square

17.2
4
Unadkat to Southee, FOUR runs

walks across the stumps, holds his shape and hoicks this slower ball into the gap at deep midwicket

17.1
1
Unadkat to Siraj, 1 run

slower length ball from around the stumps, squeezed to point for a quick single

Unadkat is back

end of over 178 runs
RCB: 121/8CRR: 7.11 RRR: 14.66
Tim Southee9 (13b 1x4)
Mohammed Siraj7 (6b 1x4)
Jofra Archer 3-0-36-0
Ben Laughlin 2-0-15-2
16.6
4
Archer to Southee, FOUR runs

full toss and he steps out to wallop this over mid-off. Clean strike

Rudra Varma: "RCB should have learnt from how Tripathi played in the middle overs in first innings. On such a slow pitch and some wonderful bowling by RR, they should have just milked the spinners in middle for singles, especially since they already had such a good run rate when parthiv and Moeen fell. Absolutely mindless batting by RCB."

16.5
1
Archer to Siraj, 1 run

flicked neatly down to deep square leg.

16.5
1w
Archer to Siraj, 1 wide

slower length ball but way outside off, Siraj looked to upper cut but let it go. Two bounces to the keeper.

16.4
1
Archer to Southee, 1 run

thick inside edge onto the pad, rolls to the off side for a single

16.3
Archer to Southee, no run

full toss which angles in as he looks to flick, beaten. Hit high on the pad.

16.2
Archer to Southee, no run

wild heave across the line to a slower length ball, beaten.

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
RA Tripathi
80 runs (58)
5 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
16 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
81%
AB de Villiers
53 runs (35)
7 fours0 six
Productive shot
pull
14 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
71%
Best performances - bowlers
S Gopal
O
4
M
0
R
16
W
4
ECO
4
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
UT Yadav
O
4
M
1
R
25
W
3
ECO
6.25
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
Match details
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
TossRajasthan Royals, elected to bat first
Series
Season2018
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50- 19.20
Match days19 May 2018 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsRajasthan Royals 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Win Probability
RR 100%
RRRCB
100%50%100%RR InningsRCB Innings

Over 20 • RCB 134/10

Mohammed Siraj c Gowtham b Unadkat 14 (12b 2x4 0x6) SR: 116.66
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RR won by 30 runs
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SRH1495180.284
CSK1495180.253
KKR148616-0.070
RR147714-0.250
MI1468120.317
RCB1468120.129
KXIP146812-0.502
DC145910-0.222