RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2024 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by 4 wickets

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• 25 Mar 2024, 11:03 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 154/6 in 18 overs

  Arshdeep's slower ball confuses Lomror, resulting in a bye. He then delivers a short ball, allowing Karthik to pull it for a single. Lomror capitalizes on a delivery in his zone, lofting it over long on for a massive six. Another short ball from Arshdeep, and Lomror pulls it behind square for a boundary. Arshdeep's full and wide delivery beats Karthik's slog. A single is taken off the last ball, resulting in 13 runs from the over.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 10:32 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 118/4 in 15 overs

  Brar’s fourth over. Rawat misses his slog, appeals for LBW and PBKS takes the review. Pitching outside leg and Rawat survives. Kohli does well to convert that into two. Just three runs from the over so far. Single off the last ball. 4-0-13-2 for Brar. Excellent spell. 

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 10:31 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 103/3 in 12 overs

  Harshal delivers a short ball. Kohli pulls it to deep midwicket for a six, narrowly evading the fielder. Another delivery, slower and shorter, results in Kohli mistiming the pull, falling short of long on. Maxwell flicks a full ball on the pads to deep square for a single. Kohli then comes down the pitch and slaps a short-of-length delivery past the bowler for a boundary.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 10:08 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 77/2 in 9 overs

  Punjab brings in Rahul Chahar. Patidar hits it aerial down the ground for two runs. SIX! Patidar again looks to clear the fence down the ground. He gets it off the bat’s toe but still just about clears Sam Curran. SIX! Kohli goes inside out over cover and manages to hit the rope on the full.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 09:59 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 61/2 in 8 overs

  Harshal Patel into the attack now. Just five runs from the over as Punjab begins to get a hold on the flow of runs.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 09:53 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 47/2 in 5 overs

  Green is given caught behind. He tries to heave across the line and gets a faint edge off his bat’s toe. Jitesh Sharma completes the catch with a dive forward.

  Rajat Patidar walks in now. FOUR! Off the mark with a perfect cover drive. 

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 09:34 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 21/0 in 2 overs

  Arshdeep bowls the second over. Du Plessis hits the third ball to cover for a single. The fielder throws, and du Plessis dives to make it safely. Kohli gets a leg bye on the third ball. Du Plessis then punches through cover for two runs.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 09:27 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: RCB 16/0 in 1 over

  Curran to Kohli. Edges and FOUR! Kohli’s drive takes a thick edge and Jonny Bairstow cannot gather it at first slip. A life for Kohli in the first over. He drives the next through cover for another FOUR! The third boundary through fine leg. Another cover drive FOUR to end the over.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 09:03 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 176/6 in 20 overs

  Alzarri Joseph bowls the final over. Shashank hits two consecutive sixes, one over deep square leg and the other over deep mid-wicket. He follows up with a four off a short and wide delivery. A wide adds an extra run. The over concludes with a single. 20 runs scored from it.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 08:57 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 152/5 in 18 overs

  Dayal into the attack. Faf prevents a boundary with a dive at mid-off. A wide follows. Curran hits two consecutive fours, one past mid-off and the other on the leg side. However, he gets out to a slower bouncer, gloving his pull shot to the keeper.

   

   

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 08:39 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 128/4 in 15 overs

  Curran cuts a wide delivery for a double. Another wide, resulting in a single to deep cover. Jitesh hits two consecutive sixes, one straight down the ground and the other over midwicket, off short balls from Dagar. 17 runs come from the over.

   

   

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 08:25 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 98/3 in 12 overs

  Joseph returns to bowl. Dhawan takes a single to point. Livingstone scrambles for a single at the other end. He then gets two runs with a shot to deep mid-wicket. A wide adds an extra. Livingstone gets a single with a pull shot. However, he gets out caught behind off the next ball.

   

   

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 08:15 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 78/2 in 10 overs

  Dagar bowls to Dhawan, who taps it for a single through mid-wicket. Livingstone is beaten by flight and turn. He swats the next ball to deep cover for one run. Dhawan hits a four off a wider delivery, just avoiding the backward point fielder.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 08:13 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 72/2 in 9 overs

  Glenn Maxwell bowls to Dhawan. Dhawan hits a four with a precise cut shot, followed by a single. Prabhsimran smashes a six over deep square leg. However, he gets out on the next ball, caught by Anuj Rawat off a top edge while attempting another pull shot.

   

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 07:54 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 61/1 in 8 overs

   Mayank Dagar bowls to Dhawan. Dhawan scores runs with singles and a six, hitting a boundary with a slash over long on. Eleven runs come from the over in total.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 07:47 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 34/1 in 5 overs

  Alzarri Joseph comes in for Mohammed Siraj. Dhawan hits two consecutive fours, one over covers and another down the ground. Two runs to third man to finish the over. Yash Dayal makes a fantastic diving effort to prevent a boundary.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 07:36 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 9/0 in 2 overs

  Yash Dayal bowls to Dhawan. He maintains a line outside off-stump, resulting in three dot balls. Only two runs come from the over, with a single and a leg bye. Dayal begins well.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 07:07 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: PBKS 7/0 in 1 over

  Mohammed Siraj opens the bowling. Dhawan strikes with a boundary off the first ball, driving past mid-off. Two runs off the third ball as Dhawan flicks it to mid-wicket. A single to fine leg on the fourth. Two dots to finish the over for Bairstow.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 07:02 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: Teams

  Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

  Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 07:01 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: Toss

  RCB win toss and opt to bowl.

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 06:25 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: Squads:

  Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat(w), Dinesh Karthik, Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudessai, Swapnil Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Lockie Ferguson, Mahipal Lomror, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Tom Curran, Reece Topley

  Punjab Kings Squad: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Ashutosh Sharma, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh

  
• 25 Mar 2024, 06:24 PM

  RCB vs PBKS IPL 2024: Hello and Welcome

  Welcome to the live coverage of TATA IPL match 6 between RCB and PBKS to be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru . Stay tuned for latest updates.