DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) โ Virat Kohli scores 92 off 47 balls as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by 60 runs on Thursday and qualify for the Indian Premier League playoffs with their fourth straight win. The battle for rights remained.
Kohli hit two early drop catches to take Bangalore to a total of 241-7, while Rajat Patidar also showed early acceleration with a 23-ball 55 with two drops.
Riley Rossouw, who missed Kohli's strong two-handed catch at cover, hit a remarkable 61 off 27 deliveries for his first of the season before Mohamed Siraj (3-43) raced through the bottom. It gave hope to Punjab in half a century. They defeated Punjab for 181 in 17 overs.
Kohli was also seen running out from mid-wicket when Punjab lost their way in the second half of a run chase and Shashank Singh (37), who was run out, went for a brilliant direct throw at one stump. He was active in the field.
Bangalore improved to 10 points with two league games remaining. This defeat knocked Punjab out of the race for a playoff spot.
Fast bowler Bidwas Kavellappa took the wickets of Faf du Plessis (9) and Will Jacks (12) on his IPL debut and almost dismissed Kohli twice, but Kohli converted his chances before scoring. Kohli then reached and Rossu took the catch. Ten.
Kavellappa was also supposed to take Patidar's wicket to zero, but Harshal Patel missed the chance with a deep backward square leg and the fast bowler finished with 2-36 from an unchanged four overs with the new ball.
Patidar came to life again at number 33 with wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow unable to get hold of a thick edge before the power hitter completed a half-century that featured a 66 and three boundaries. Just after Patidar's whirlwind knock ended with them being caught at the back, play was briefly halted due to rain and hail.
Kohli and Cameron Green (46) continued to fight back after play resumed, with Punjab captain Sam Curran posting a hefty 0-50 from three overs and Bengaluru posting 77 with five overs remaining.
Kohli became the first batsman to cross 600 runs this season, but just when he looked set for his second century, he sliced โโArshdeep Singh to Rossouw at deep cover in the 18th over (1-41). lost).
Patel (3-38) was caught by fast bowler Dinesh Karthik (18) and Green was caught by Curran while Mahipal Romrol, who bowled clean, was nil and Bangalore made 250 for just 3 runs in a superb final over. Refused to reach.
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