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| Riyan Parag, Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen shine in Rajasthan's 29-run win over RCB | | Royals back at No. 1 | |  agencies
NEW DELHI, Apr 27: Riyan Parag (31-ball 56 not out and 4 catches), Ravichandran Ashwin (17 from 9 balls and 3/17) and Kuldeep Sen (4/20) shine as Sanju Samson and Co. beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 29 runs on Tuesday at MCA Stadium in Pune to reclaim the number one spot in points table.
Chasing the target of 145 runs to win, RCB batters disappointed once again as they could only manage to score 115 runs in 19.3 overs to suffer its fourth defeat of this year's campaign.
Earlier after winning toss and inviting RR to bat first, Royal Challengers Bangalore dished out an incisive bowling show to restrict in-form Rajasthan Royals to a modest 144 for 8.
Josh Hazlewood (2/19), Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva (2/23) and Mohammed Siraj (2/30) picked up two wickets each to stifle the Royals' batting line-up.
Riyan Parag was the lone bright spot for RR with an unbeaten 56 off 31 balls.
RCB's decision to bowl first yielded great results as they picked up wickets at regular intervals, not allowing RR any scope of building a big partnership.
Devdutt Padikkal (7) and Jos Buttler (8) failed to give RR a good start and the decision to promote Ravichandran Ashwin (17) also backfired.
Siraj accounted for both Padikkal and Ashwin in his successive overs, while Hazlewood picked up the all-important wicket of Buttler, caught by Siraj inches above the ground as the batter failed to get over a short delivery, looping his pull to mid-on.
Sanju Samson (27 off 21 balls) and Daryl Mitchell (16) tried to forge a partnership, sharing 35 runs for the fourth wicket before de Silva went through the gates of RR skipper as the batter went for an extravagant reverse sweep.
Mitchell failed to get going and tried to play the role of an anchor, holding one end up and together with Riyan Parag added 31 runs.
But the New Zealander's struggle was cut short by Hazlewood as in a desperate effort to break the shackles, he gave a simple catch to Glenn Maxwell at long-on.
At 100 for 5 after 15 overs, RR's effort to post a decent target received yet another jolt in the form of Shimron Hetmyer (3), who fell to de Silva caught in the deep while going for a slog sweep. Trent Boult (5) was the next to depart, courtesy a stunning catch from Virat Kohli at midwicket off Harshal Patel.
RR's struggle can be gauged from the fact that they failed to find the fence for seven consecutive overs from 12 to 18th. Parag finally broke it in the 19th over by lifting Hazzlewood over the extra cover fence. Parag hit Patel for a four and two sixes in the final over to not only bring up his fifty but also give RR bowlers something to defend.
Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Riyan Parag and RCB Harshal Patel were involved in a fiery exchange of words after the former battered the RCB pacer for 18 runs in the final over. Soon after Parag clobbered a Patel delivery over deep mid-wicket boundary, both the players had heated exchange, forcing one of RR players to calm down the bowler.
Some words were also exchanged between a few players of both the teams as they left the ground. |
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