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The eliminator match of IPL 2024 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innings:
Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis came to open for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Trent Boult, the star bowler of Rajasthan Royals bowled brilliantly in the powerplay. Trent Boult dismissed Faf du Plessis in the fifth over. Rovman Powell took a great catch. Faf du Plessis scored 17 runs off 14 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. In the powerplay, Trent Boult took 1 wicket with just 6 runs in 3 overs. Sandeep Sharma and Avesh Khan conceded a lot of runs in the powerplay. Virat Kohli was playing well in the powerplay. At the end of the first 6 overs of the powerplay, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 50 runs for 1 wicket.
Virat Kohli was dismissed in the eighth over by Yuzvendra Chahal. Donovan Ferreira took the catch at deep mid-wicket. Virat Kohli scored 33 runs off 24 balls and he hit 3 fours and 1 six. After that, Rajat Patidar came to bat who has been in great form this season. At the end of 10 overs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 76 runs for 2 wickets.
Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar played well. They put on a partnership of 41 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin almost broke this partnership in the 11th over, but Dhruv Jurel missed Rajat Patidar’s catch. Although Ravichandran Ashwin broke this partnership. He dismissed Cameron Green with the second ball of the 13th over. Rovman Powell took another brilliant catch. Cameron Green scored 27 runs off 21 balls and he hit 2 fours and 1 six. Ravichandran Ashwin took the wicket again in the next ball of this over. Glenn Maxwell came to the crease and went to attack the first ball he faced. He mistimed the shot and the catch was taken by Dhruv Jurel. Rajat Patidar was batting aggressively. Avesh Khan dismissed him in the fifteenth over. Riyan Parag took the catch. Rajat Patidar scored 34 off 22 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. At the end of 15 overs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 5 wickets for 125 runs.
Dinesh Karthik came to bat after this, he has a reputation for aggressive batting at the end of the innings. Mahipal Lomror and Dinesh Karthik made a partnership of 32 runs this time. Avesh Khan dismissed both of them in the 19th over. He dismissed Dinesh Karthik in the second ball of the 19th over. Dinesh Karthik scored 11 runs. And in the fifth ball of this over, Mahipal Lomror was dismissed, and Rovman Powell took the catch. Mahipal Lomror scored 32 off 17 balls and hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. Sandeep Sharma took a wicket in the very last ball of the 20th over, he dismissed Karn Sharma and was again caught by Rovman Powell. This was his fourth catch in this match. Swapnil Singh remains unbeaten on 9 runs off 4 balls. At the end of 20 overs, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 172 runs for 8 wickets.
Among Rajasthan Royals’ bowlers, Avesh Khan took 3 wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin took 2 wickets, and Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, and Yuzvendra Chahal took 1 wicket each.
Rajasthan Royals Innings:
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tom Kohler-Cadmore came to open for Rajasthan Royals. Although they did not get many runs in the first 2 overs of the innings after that, both started batting aggressively. They made an opening partnership of 46 runs. Tom Kohler-Cadmore could have been dismissed by Yash Dayal in the fifth over, but Glenn Maxwell missed the catch. Lockie Ferguson broke this partnership in the sixth over. He bowled out Tom Kohler-Cadmore on a brilliant slower yorker. Tom Kohler-Cadmore scored 20 runs from 15 balls with 4 fours. At the end of the first 6 overs of the powerplay, Rajasthan Royals scored 47 runs for 1 wicket.
After that, Sanju Samson came to bat. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson both played well. They put on a partnership of 35 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal got out in the tenth over, he was dismissed by Cameron Green. Dinesh Karthik took the catch. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 45 off 30 balls and he hit 8 fours. At the end of 10 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 85 runs for 2 wickets.
After that, Sanju Samson was dismissed off Karn Sharma in the first ball of the 11th over. He was stumped by Dinesh Karthik. Dhruv Jurel came to bat after that. Riyan Parag played well at this time of the innings. Dhruv Jurel got run out in the 14th over. For this dismissal, Virat Kohli ran a lot towards deep square and made a great throw. Shimron Hetmyer came to bat after that. At the end of 15 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 126 runs for 4 wickets.
Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer were batting aggressively. They put on a partnership of 45 runs off 25 balls. When this partnership was looking dangerous for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mohammed Siraj dismissed both batsmen in the 18th over. Riyan Parag got bowled out in the second ball of the 18th over. Riyan Parag scored 36 off 26 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Mohammed Siraj dismissed Shimron Hetmyer in the last ball of this over. Faf du Plessis took a great catch.
Shimron Hetmyer scored 26 runs from 14 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. After that, Rovman Powell took 14 runs off Lockie Ferguson in the 19th over. He hit 2 fours in the first 2 balls and a six in the last ball of this over and with that Rajasthan Royals reached victory. Rajasthan Royals scored 174 runs for 6 wickets in 19 overs. Rajasthan Royals won the match by 4 wickets. They will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2nd Qualifier match of IPL 2024.
Among Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s bowlers, Mohammed Siraj took 2 wickets, and Lockie Ferguson, Karn Sharma, and Cameron Green.
The summary of the scorecard of this match is given below.
Scorecard Summary:
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innings (172/8 in 20 overs) | Rajasthan Royals Bowling |
| Rajat Patidar 34 (22) | Avesh Khan 44/3 (4 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 33 (24) | Ravichandran Ashwin 19/2 (4 overs) |
| Mahipal Lomror 32 (17) | Trent Boult 16/1 (4 overs) |
| Rajasthan Royals Innings (174/6 in 19 overs) | Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bowling |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal 45 (30) | Mohammed Siraj 33/2 (4 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 36 (26) | Cameron Green 28/1 (4 overs) |
| Shimron Hetmyer 26 (14) | Lockie Ferguson 37/1 (4 overs) |
Result:
Rajasthan Royals won the match by 4 wickets.
Player Of The Match:
Ravichandran Ashwin was selected player of the match.
I have uploaded a review of this match on YouTube keeping in mind the Bengali audience and listeners. If you want, you can watch that video. The link is given below.