Jaipur, April 2
Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal bamboozled the batsmen with his googlies before Jos Buttler struck 59 as Rajasthan Royals finally won their first game of IPL-12 with a seven-wicket defeat of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Gopal claimed three wickets, including that of Virat Kohli (23) and AB de Villiers (13), conceding just 12 runs in his four-over quota to unsettle RCB. It was opener Parthiv Patel who resisted the Royals’ attack with aplomb, hitting 67 off 41 balls with nine boundaries and one six to help his side put up 158/4 after being sent in to bat. Marcus Stoinis (31*) added 32 runs in partnership with Moeen Ali (18).
Fourth defeat in row
Buttler led the chase with his confident knock as Royals overhauled the target with one ball to spare, handing RCB their fourth defeat in a row.
Playing with a cautious approach, Kohli was happy working the ball around. Patel was the aggressor between the two. He hit three boundaries in Jofra Archer’s first over as RCB finished the Powerplay with 48 runs on the board. Gopal was introduced into the attack and he began to trouble the Indian captain with his googlies. He deceived Kohli with one which went through the gate. The leg-spinner returned and got rid of de Villiers with another wrong one, which stopped a bit as the South African hit it straight back to the bowler. Shimron Hetmyer became his third victim when he edged one away-going delivery and Jos Buttler took a sharp catch behind the wicket. — PTI
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