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RCB vs RR, Eliminator 1 T20, IPL 2024 live
RR
174-6(19.0)
Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets 🏆
RCB
(20.0)172-8
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P'ship : 14(6)
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That's it from our coverage of the much important Eliminator game in the Indian Premier League. Rajasthan Royals will now face the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier 2 in a bid to make the finals again. Hang around for more cricketing action from IPL and from all over the cricketing world. Until then here's the team of Akshay Bhide, AkshayaKrishna Polya, Ajay, Ninaad Dixit and Paras Yadav signing off.
Sanju Samson has equalled the record of Shane Warne for the most number of wins as Rajasthan Royals Captain with 31 wins.
Highest aggregates without a batter scoring at least 50 in an IPL match:
349 - Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Chennai, 2024
346 - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, 2024 TONIGHT*
343 - Gujarat Lions vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajkot, 2017
343 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, Abu Dhabi, 2021
349 - Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Chennai, 2024
346 - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, 2024 TONIGHT*
343 - Gujarat Lions vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajkot, 2017
343 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, Abu Dhabi, 2021
Most number of heartbreaks in IPL playoffs:
10 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru (16 Games)*
9 - Chennai Super Kings (26 Games)
9 - Delhi Capitals (11 Games)
7 - Mumbai Indians (20 Games)
7 - Sunrisers Hyderabad (12 Games)
10 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru (16 Games)*
9 - Chennai Super Kings (26 Games)
9 - Delhi Capitals (11 Games)
7 - Mumbai Indians (20 Games)
7 - Sunrisers Hyderabad (12 Games)
Ravichandran Ashwin (Player of the Match): "We haven't done incredibly well in the last few games. Our batting found it a little tough to put par plus scores on the board. We lost Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer was injured. Some crucial blows at the top of the order and at the middle. Its not easy for any team to come out of that. Today's game was very very off course. Even when we were out. I thought we were a bit rusty chasing it but the confidence will come back.
The first half of the season my body wasn't moving at all and I felt I wasn't able to complete my action on many times. I had a little bit of abdomen injury as well so I couldn't really get through it a lot. Having committed to your franchisee and the kind of boys we have in the dressing room I wanted to put my body on the line in many of the games. For me it was about the rhythm and hitting the right lengths. You come from Test match mode. Your body also needs to get into it. I am ageing so its not that easy anymore. As the tournament got on and the amount of repetitions I need. In a T20 its a lot.
I thought we hit really good lengths. Initially when Boulty was bowling there was a little bit in the pitch. There was a bit of seam and swing in the air. Barring that I think the wicket played similar throughout. I don't think there was a lot of dew when RCB was bowling. I thought some exceptional shots were played by our batters and some basic errors were also made so we'd like to correct that going into the next game.
The greatest strength of our team is the exuberance of youth and balance of experienced players. Now Hettie is back and Rovman also got a few boundaries away which is very critical for us. We've got a decent spin attack with Keshav sitting outside. If we can get off to a good start against SRH you never really know."
The first half of the season my body wasn't moving at all and I felt I wasn't able to complete my action on many times. I had a little bit of abdomen injury as well so I couldn't really get through it a lot. Having committed to your franchisee and the kind of boys we have in the dressing room I wanted to put my body on the line in many of the games. For me it was about the rhythm and hitting the right lengths. You come from Test match mode. Your body also needs to get into it. I am ageing so its not that easy anymore. As the tournament got on and the amount of repetitions I need. In a T20 its a lot.
I thought we hit really good lengths. Initially when Boulty was bowling there was a little bit in the pitch. There was a bit of seam and swing in the air. Barring that I think the wicket played similar throughout. I don't think there was a lot of dew when RCB was bowling. I thought some exceptional shots were played by our batters and some basic errors were also made so we'd like to correct that going into the next game.
The greatest strength of our team is the exuberance of youth and balance of experienced players. Now Hettie is back and Rovman also got a few boundaries away which is very critical for us. We've got a decent spin attack with Keshav sitting outside. If we can get off to a good start against SRH you never really know."
Ravichandran Ashwin is the player of the match.
Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals Captain): "Yeah, as I said at the toss, what cricket and life has taught us is that we will have great phase and lean phase. But what's important is to bounce back. Coming to the knockouts, we had lost many games. We were questioning ourselves but happy to see everyone perform today.
All the credit goes to the players. We have spend plenty of time watching the opposition's batters and what to bowl and set the field. Credit to Sanga and Shane Bond as well. They have spend plenty of time sitting in the hotel rooms and discussing the plans.
If you look at our batting unit, it's a mixture of a lot of youngsters and some experienced batters. Yashasvi is 22, Riyan is 22, Dhruv is 22. They don't have much experience but to see them perform this way is amazing.
I'm not 100% actually. I guess we have a bug in our team. Lots of coughs and many are unwell.
Very much looking forward. We have got the winning momentum now. We have one traveling day and one practice session and then the game. It will be about keeping everyone fresh before the game."
All the credit goes to the players. We have spend plenty of time watching the opposition's batters and what to bowl and set the field. Credit to Sanga and Shane Bond as well. They have spend plenty of time sitting in the hotel rooms and discussing the plans.
If you look at our batting unit, it's a mixture of a lot of youngsters and some experienced batters. Yashasvi is 22, Riyan is 22, Dhruv is 22. They don't have much experience but to see them perform this way is amazing.
I'm not 100% actually. I guess we have a bug in our team. Lots of coughs and many are unwell.
Very much looking forward. We have got the winning momentum now. We have one traveling day and one practice session and then the game. It will be about keeping everyone fresh before the game."
Trent Boult bowled 14 dot balls tonight. He gets an award for bowling the most number of dot balls.
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