RCB starts the IPL season 2022 with a win over KKR yesterday
Virat Kohli, who captained the Royal Challengers in 2014, led Bangalore in the 7th IPL. Despite RCB being one of the dominant teams in the IPL series, they have yet to win the trophy. Virat Kohli announced his resignation as RCB captain last year. But he had announced that he would play for the RCP team till the last. He was subsequently named captain of the CSK team this year at a mixed-up Du Plessis auction.
Following this, the RCB team fielded some new players and added 205 runs in the first match against Punjab, but lost the match due to poor bowling. But Kohli, Du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik played better in that match. Following this, RCB started their winning streak with a win against Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday.
The RCB bowlers kept the KKR batsmen in check from the beginning. The KKR batsmen were unable to raise the run rate as the wickets continued to fall. RCB's Wanindu Hasaranga took 4 wickets and Akash Deep took 3 wickets. Harshal Patel took two maiden wickets in the match. KKR lost all their wickets for only 128 runs.
Anuj Rawat, Du Plessis and Kohli, the first three players of the RCB team, stumbled as they lost wickets in succession. As the next midfielders showed restraint, the score went up a little bit. However, the wicket fell at regular intervals and the tension continued. Dinesh Karthik of RCB won the toss and elected to bat, adding 14 off 7 balls. RCB won by 3 wickets, adding 132 runs in 19.2 overs.
Speaking after the match RCB captain Du Plessis said ‘low score matches are very important. 200 runs in the previous match. Currently aiming for 130 runs. All must be accepted. Dinesh Karthik is on par with Dhoni in playing cool in such close scoring matches. We have great players on our team. '
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