Virat Kohli showcased his stellar performance for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Kings XI Punjab at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. The former RCB and Indian cricket team captain hit 31 half-centuries in the second match of IPL 2024 to boost RCB’s chase against Kings XI Punjab. However, he was also shocked by the massive security breach after a fan tricked everyone into entering the ground. The man also managed to touch Curley’s feet before he was arrested.
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Earlier, skipper Shikhar Dhawan’s pragmatism was the cornerstone of Punjab Kings’ knock of 176 for six as Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers provided them with a springboard bounce of Chinnaswamy on Monday Chinnaswamy Stadium has found its own direction on the court.
Dhawan (45, 37 birds), Jeetesh Sharma (27, 20 birds) and Prabhusimran Singh (25, 17 birds) were the key contributors for the Kings as Royal Challengers selected Pitch first on a track with a handful of greens.
For RCB, Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell took wickets each.
Kings got off to a shaky start with the early exit of Jonny Bairstow, whose outings on these shores dating back to last year’s World Cup have become more barren than Indian summer.
In the latest instance, the Englishman’s close pull on pacer Siraj was poorly executed and was caught by Virat Kohli at cover.
But coming off 17 for 1, the visitors spotted some runs from Dhawan and Prabhsimran, who chipped away at the pitch, and the RCB bowlers had the composure to score from 38 balls 55 points.
Things didn’t go well for Dhawan during his stay, but he showed enough courage to profit from loose deliveries, such as a long one off off-stump by left-arm spinner Mayank Dagar. The ball was lofted over long on for a six.
In fact, the RCB bowlers, especially the impressive left-arm seamer Yash Dayal (1/23), did a good job of limiting his deliveries, which came from close range. Distance flew towards him.
Prabhu Simran occasionally gave vent to his attacking instincts, most tellingly when he smashed a six off Cameron Green that flew 90 meters past mid-wicket.
But just when the alliance was flourishing, Prabhu Simran tried to pull Maxwell, but the weak upper edge was easily caught by off-stump Anuj Rawat.
On the last ball of the 12th over, Rawat caught a sharp catch off Alzarri Joseph, off Liam Livingstone. times, and soon his catches had doubled.
But Punjab suffered a heavier blow as Dhawan scored off the next ball.
The left-hander tried to lift Maxwell off the ground but it ended up in the hands of Kohli as Kings slipped to 98 for four in 12.1 overs.
This isn’t an ideal situation for the Kings, as they need more runs to give the home team a meaningful challenge.
They found players from Jitesh who hit Dagar twice in a row while Sam Curran added 52 runs for the fifth wicket in 34 balls to push PBKS past the 150-run mark. A number was enlarged by several able-bodied men. Shashank Singh batted and he dismissed Joseph for 20 in the final over.
But they will be hoping for a heavier-looking scoreboard in pursuit of their second straight win.
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