IPL 2024 STANDINGS:Factors Desk | Orange Cap | Purple Cap
Popping out to bat in his customary opening place for RCB, Kohli’s bat sparkled to produced 92 runs off simply 47 balls, together with 6 sixes and seven fours, which powered RCB to a mammoth 241 for 7, as Rajat Patidar (55 off 23 balls) and Cameron Inexperienced (46 off 27 balls) stored the momentum within the center overs and in the direction of the top.
Kohli, nonetheless, had a fortunate day on the crease as he was dropped twice — on zero and 10.
Orange Cap-holder Kohli now has 634 runs in 12 innings, changing into solely the second batsman after KL Rahul to attain 600-plus runs in 4 IPL seasons.
For Punjab, Harshal Patel led the bowling charts together with his spell of three/38, which additionally earned him the Purple Cap. His tally of wickets now tops the charts with 20 wickets in 12 innings.
Punjab’s run-chase folded up in 17 overs at 181 all out regardless of Rilee Rossouw’s commendable knock of 61 off simply 27 balls.
The chase additionally noticed a second of brilliance within the area by Kohli when he ran out Shashank Singh, who scored a pacy 37 off simply 19 balls.
The supply after Shashank’s nasty collision with RCB skipper Faf du Plessis within the 14th over, the Punjab batsman performed Lockie Ferguson in the direction of the leg-side and tried to steal a second run as Kohli ran in from deep mid-wicket, picked up the ball one-handed and threw the stumps down in the identical movement with a direct hit to have a good time right away.
The third-umpire discovered Shashank’s bat in need of the popping crase on replay and declared the batsman out.
It was RCB’s fourth straight win and fifth in whole, which took them to 10 factors and stored their faint playoff hopes alive.
