Punjab Kings thumped Royal Challengers Bangalore by a margin of 54 runs to state their strong case for the rest of the IPL 2022 season. Jonny Bairstow (66 off 29 balls with 4 fours and 7 sixes) launched an all-out attack in the powerplay and Liam Livingstone supported it superbly with his 70 runs off 42 balls including 5 fours and 4 sixes.
After selecting to bowl first, RCB bowlers failed to restrict Punjab Kings' batters! Their main pacers Josh Hazlewood and Mohammad Siraj conceded 100 runs collectively from the 6 overs they bowled in this game! Hazlewood bowled 4 overs and conceded 64 runs while Siraj conceded 36 runs just from his 2 overs!
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Hasaranga has been excellent with the ball for RCB as he bagged 2 wickets while conceding just 15 runs from his 4 overs. Harshal Patel bagged 4 wickets and was the highest wicket-taker for Bangalore in this match! During the run-chase, the 4th wicket partnership between Glenn Maxwell (35 off 22) and Rajat Patidar (26 off 21) was the only positive for RCB.
Punjab Kings used five bowlers in this game and each of them bagged at least a wicket with Kagiso Rabada (3/21) being their best bowler. RCB, eventually, managed to score just 155/9 conceding Punjab Kings a much-needed victory by 54 runs!
Brief Scores: Punjab Kings - 209/9 in 20 overs (Liam Livingstone - 42, Harshal Patel - 4/34) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore - 155/9 in 20 overs (Glenn Maxwell - 35, Kagiso Rabada - 3/21) by a margin of 54 runs
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