{"id":182219,"date":"2021-09-30T12:34:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T07:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=182219"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T07:35:30","slug":"rr-vs-rcb-royals-challengers-bangalore-rajasthan-royals-ipl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/rr-vs-rcb-royals-challengers-bangalore-rajasthan-royals-ipl\/","title":{"rendered":"RR vs RCB: Bowlers shine as Bangalore defeat Rajasthan to strengthen playoffs spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in match 43 of Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2021 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. With this win RCB have strengthen their position at no. 3 spot on points table. Whereas, Rajasthan are still at 7<sup>th<\/sup> on points table and are almost out of the playoffs race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being sent to bat first, RR had a blazing start with Evin Lewis (58) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (31) adding 77 runs for first wicket in 8.2 overs. The middle order of RR choked once again despite of the good start. Skipper Sanju Samson (19) was their third highest scorer. Somehow, RR managed to put 149-9 in 20 overs. Bowling sensation Harshal Patel was on fire in death overs, taking 3 wickets in last over of the match, while wrist spinner Yuzi Chahal and Shahbaz Ahmed also picked two wickets each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yuzvendra Chahal is adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant spell as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RCB<\/a> beat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RR<\/a> by 7 wickets to add two more points to their tally.<br><br>Scorecard &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IK9cxv4qg\">https:\/\/t.co\/4IK9cxv4qg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RRvRCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RRvRCB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VIVOIPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VIVOIPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oSjiBAcqzj\">pic.twitter.com\/oSjiBAcqzj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPL\/status\/1443276861816115203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing the target of 150 runs, RCB chased down in only 17.1 overs, with Glenn Maxwell smashing an unbeaten 50 runs and Srikar Bharat 44 runs. In 16<sup>th<\/sup> over of the innings, Maxwell smashed 22 runs in Morris over, including 3 fours and one six. Mustafizur Rahman was the only bowler for RR with wickets on his name, he picked 2 wickets in 3 overs by giving only 20 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/rr-vs-rcb-rajasthan-royals-royal-challengers-bangalore-ipl-2021\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/rr-vs-rcb-rajasthan-royals-royal-challengers-bangalore-ipl-2021\/\">RR vs RCB Preview: Bangalore looks to consolidate no. 3 spot, face Rajasthan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuzvendra Chahal was named &#8216;man of the match&#8217; for his remarkable bowling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yuzvendra Chahal is adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant spell as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RCB<\/a> beat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RR<\/a> by 7 wickets to add two more points to their tally.<br><br>Scorecard &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IK9cxv4qg\">https:\/\/t.co\/4IK9cxv4qg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RRvRCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RRvRCB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VIVOIPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VIVOIPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oSjiBAcqzj\">pic.twitter.com\/oSjiBAcqzj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IPL\/status\/1443276861816115203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajasthan Royals are currently 7<sup>th<\/sup> in points table with 8 points in 11 matches, and their chances to qualify for playoffs are very slim. With three matches still to be played, RR have to every game from now on wards and also pray that Mumbai and Kolkata do not win in their next matches. Only then RR stand a chance for a playoffs spot. Chennai Super kings and Delhi Capitals have already booked their places in playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DC Vs KKR: Watch How Ravichandran Ashwin Gets Angry On Eoin Morgan - IPL 2021\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/So503P-rGX8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals to strengthen their playoffs spot. Glenn Maxwell and Srikar Bharat with bat chased down the target within 18 overs. Harshal Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal shone with the ball once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":182237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"RR vs RCB: Bowlers shine as Bangalore defeat Rajasthan to strengthen playoffs spot\n\n#RRvRCB #PlayBold #RCB ","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[35078,10777,24328,74446,86558,39676,6613,12737,12743,50576,21256,27870,93757,45438,4536],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2021\/09\/30123359\/Maxxi.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182219"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=182219"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=182219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->