IPL 2022: Punjab Kings chase down RCB's massive target to make winning start

Punjab Kings scored 2085 in 19 overs in reply to Royal Challengers Bangalores 2052 to register a fivewicket win in Match3 of the Indian Premier League 2022 played here at the DY Patil Stadium on SundayChasing a mammoth 206run target Punjab Kings needed a flying start and their openers Shikhar Dhawan and captain Mayank Agarwal did exactly The DhawanAgarwal duo took their teams total to the 50run mark in just 43 overs In six overs the 2014 finalist Punjab had put on 63 runs in six oversThe 71run opening partnership was finally broken as legbreak bowler Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed Punjab captain Mayank Agarwal for 32 off 24 ballsSri Lanka wicketkeeper batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa joined Shikhar Dhawan in the middle and they both took Punjabs total to a triplefigure mark in 101 oversThe 47run partnership between Dhawan and Rajapaksa came to an end as Harshal Patel got the important wicket of Dhawan who scored 43 off 29 balls hitting five fours and one six to leave Punjab at 1182Rajapaksa hit some big blows to put some pressure on RCB bowlers but Mohammed Siraj got his wicket to bring Bangalore back in the game Rajapaksa scored 43 from 22 balls hitting four sixes and two fours On the very next ball Siraj dismissed Raj Bawa leg before wicket to a golden duck to reduce Punjab Kings to 1393Liam Livingstone and Shahrukh Khan took the teams total beyond the 150run mark in 143 overs Mediumpacer Akash Deep dismissed Livingstone caught by Anuj Rawat for 19 from 10 balls as Punjab lost half of its side for 156With half of the side dismissed Punjab needed 36 to win from the last three overs at a required runrate of 12 runs per over Shahrukh Khan and Odean Smith batted brilliantly to chase down a target with one over to spareShahrukh Khan scored an unbeaten 24 from 20 balls hitting two sixes and Odean Smith slammed an eight ball 25 not out hitting three sixes and one four to help Punjab 2085 in 19 oversEarlier in the day Punjab Kings won the toss and put Royal Challengers Bangalore to bat first and RCB got off to a good start as captain Faf du Plessis led from the front and attacked Punjab Kings bowlers The RCB skipper du Plessis along with his opening partner Anuj Rawat scored 50 runs for the opening wicketThe opening partnership was finally broken by legspinner Rahul Chahar as he cleaned up Anuj Rawat for 21 as Punjab lost the first wicket for 50 in the seventh overVirat Kohli walked in to bat with his skipper as the duo batted brilliantly to take the team to a strong position as RCB went past the triplefigure mark in 123 oversFaf du Plessis notched up his halfcentury off just 41 balls and he also brought a fifty partnership with Kohli The twotime finalist RCB reached 150 in 153 overs FafKohli duo went on to score a century partnership as RCB looked all set for a big firstinnings totalLeftarm pacer Arshdeep Singh finally broke the 118run partnership as he got the prized scalp of RCB captain du Plessis caught by Shahrukh Khan for 88 off 57 balls The South African batter struck seven sixes in his blistering knock of 88Despite the fall of Faf du Plessis wicket the run rate did not fall as Dinesh Karthik joined Kohli and they both kept toying away with Punjabs bowling attackVirat Kohlis unbeaten 41 off 29 balls and Dinesh Karthiks 32 not out off 14 balls helped Royal Challengers Bangalore score 2052 in 20 overs setting a 206run targetBrief Scores Punjab Kings 2085 in 19 overs Bhanuka Rajapaksa 43 Shikhar Dhawan 43 Mohammed Siraj 259 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 2052 in 20 overs Faf du Plessis 88 Virat Kohli 41 Rahul Chahar 122This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever