Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finally won the first win after 3 matches at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who was the hero of this victory, not only won the match while bowling brilliantly but also completed 150 wickets in T20 career.
Hazelwood’s deadly bowling
Rajasthan Royals (RR) needed 18 runs in the last two overs, but Hazlewood took 2 wickets for just 1 run in the 19th over. He took 4 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. In the last over, Yash Dayal saved 17 runs and RR lost by 11 runs.
Hazlewood data in T20 and IPL
RCB veteran Hazlewood has so far taken 152 wickets in 116 T20 matches, his average of 21.77 and Economy 7.57. In IPL too, he has completed 51 wickets in 36 matches. His IPL average is 21.27 and best performance is 4/25. He took 12 wickets for Chennai in two seasons, while for RCB, he has taken 39 wickets so far.
Top wickets included in Taker
Josh Hazlewood has taken 16 wickets in 9 matches played so far, which is equivalent to the famous Krishna of Gujarat Titans. His average is 17.18 and Economy is 8.37.
RCB’s strong batting
Batting first, RCB scored a strong score of 205/5 in 20 overs. Initially openers Phil Salat (26 runs) and Virat Kohli (70 runs, 42 balls) shared a 61 -run partnership. This was followed by a 95 -run partnership with Devdutt Padikkal (50 runs, 27 balls). In the end, Tim David (23* runs) and Jitesh Sharma (20* runs) scored a rage.
RR breaks on aggressive start
For RR, Jaiswal gave a fast start by scoring 49 runs in 19 balls. Together Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 16 runs in 10 balls. In the middle, Nitish Rana (28), captain Ryan Parag (22) and Dhruv Jurlel (47) tried to take the team towards victory, but in the end the RCB bowlers made a great comeback.
Krunal and Headalwood’s great performance
Spin bowler Krunal Pandya stopped the pace of Rajasthan with 2 important wickets. After that Hazlewood and Yash Dayal won the team by bowling tremendously in the last 2 overs.
Points table status
RCB is now third in the points table, he has 12 points with winning 6 out of 9 matches. At the same time, RR’s condition is bad. In 9 matches, with only 2 wins and 5th consecutive defeat is at eighth place.
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