RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets in the match played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh. Along with this, Royal Challengers Bangalore has made it to the finals after 9 years. Batting first, Punjab Kings were able to score only 101 runs after losing all the wickets in 14.1 overs. In response to this, RCB scored 106 runs at the loss of two wickets in 10 overs and won the match.
However, even after this defeat, Punjab Kings have another chance to reach the finals. Punjab will also play the second qualifier match where it will face one of the Mumbai Indians or Gujarat Titans. Let us know that on May 30, the eliminator match will be played between Gujarat and Mumbai.
Chasing the target of 102 runs, the RCB team got the first blow in the fourth over. Virat Kohli was dismissed for 12 runs in 12 balls. Mayank Agarwal was dismissed by scoring 19 runs off 13 balls. Mushir showed him the way to the pavilion. Philt returned unbeaten after playing an innings of 56 runs in 27 balls. So captain Rajat Patidar scored 15 runs in 8 balls.
At the same time, the Punjab Kings team started to bat first after losing the toss. The team got the first blow in the second over. Opener Priyansh Arya was dismissed by seven runs off 5 balls. Yash Dayal caught him out of Krunal Pandya. Prabhasimran Singh was dismissed for 18 runs in 10 balls. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed him. Josh Hazlewood showed Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer the way to the pavilion. During this, Iyer was able to score 2 runs in just three balls.
Jose English was able to score 4 runs in 7 balls. Nehal Vadhera was dismissed by Yash Dayal. He scored 8 runs in 10 balls. Mushir Khan could not open the account, he was lbw by Suyash. Suyash gave a third blow to Punjab by dismissing Marcus Stanis and broke the team’s back. Harpreet Barad scored 4 runs in 11 balls. Josh Hazlewood and Suyash Sharma took three wickets each for Bengaluru, while Yash Dayal took two wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Romario Shepherd got success of one wicket each.