Bangalore in difficult situation after losing from Punjab Kings
In the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, Bangalore faced lose. Punjab beat Bangalore by 54 runs. After losing this match, RCB is still on 4th position but their way to qualification is now tough.
1st innings:
Faf Duplesis won the toss and like others, he opted to field first. Punjab started brilliantly and when Dhawan got out in 5th over on the bowl of Maxwell, they have scored 60. Rajapaksa scored only 1 run before stunning knock by Livingstone. Both English cricketers, Bairstow and Livingstone played brilliant innings. Livingstone scored 70 in 42 deliveries and Bairstow hit 66 on the strike rate of 227. Punjab set the massive total of 209. Hazlewood and Siraj were quite expensive whereas Hasaranga gave only 15 runs in his 4 overs and took 2 wickets.
2nd innings:
In order to chase the huge target, Bangalore needed a good start. Before losing the wicket of Kohli, they were running at good run rate but when Virat got out, Bangalore suddenly begun to lose consecutive wickets. Maxwell was the highest scorer from Bangalore with 35 runs. Rabada took 3 wickets and Bangalore fell 54 runs short from the total of Punjab.
Question of the day:
How many times did Bangalore played IPL final?
3 times
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