IPL : Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed lead RCB to a sensational victory over Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals Scoreboard: Scored 169-3(20.0 overs)

Joss Buttler taking his form from the last match made a blistering knock of  70 runs from 47 balls with 6 sixes and remains unbeaten to date. Devdutt Padikkal scored a useful 37 runs from 29 balls with 2 sixes and 2 fours. Shimron Hetmyer as per his reputation for big-hitting plundered Royal Challengers Banglore bowlers and scored 42 runs from 31 balls with 2 sixes and 4 fours.

RCB Bowlers: David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga & Harshal Patel took 1 wicket each. Akash Deep was the most expensive bowler from RCB.

Fall of wickets:1-6 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 1.5 overs), 2-76 (Devdutt Padikkal, 9.6 overs), 3-86 (Sanju Samson, 11.4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Scored 173 -6 (19.1 overs) 

Faf du Plessis (C) scored a useful  29 runs from 20 balls with 5 fours, Anuj Rawat scored 26 runs from 25 balls with 4 fours, and Virat Kohli did not fire in this match and it was unfortunate to get run out on 5 runs from 6 balls. David Willey was bowled for a duck from 2 balls, Sherfane Rutherford scored 5 runs from 10 balls, Shahbaz Ahmed scored a useful cameo of 45 runs from 26 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes, Dinesh Karthik (W) Man of the match was not out on 44 runs from 23 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Dinesh Karthik's reputation as a finisher is getting enhanced as the tournament progress and RCB must be pleased of picking him this season. 

Rajasthan Royal Bowlers: Trent Boult & Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets each, Navdeep Saini took 1 wicket.

Fall of wickets:1-55 (Faf du Plessis, 6.6 overs), 2-61 (Anuj Rawat, 7.6 overs), 3-62 (Virat Kohli, 8.4 overs), 4-62 (David Willey, 8.5 overs), 5-87 (Sherfane Rutherford, 12.3 overs), 6-154 (Shahbaz Ahmed, 17.5 overs)

Man of the Match: Dinesh Karthik

Harsha Bhogle Wrote The Best Tweet On Dinesh Karthik

So so much to admire about @Dineshkarthik. This has been sensational. Never say never with DK.

Harsha Bhogle was absolutely spot on when he said “never say never with DK” because Dinesh Karthik never gives up. He was the skipper of KKR last season, and they decided not to retain him. But, all this doesn’t really matter to Karthik when he puts his pads on walks onto the field for his side.

Aakash Chopra’s Tweet 

Shahbaz didn’t bowl a single over…batted at 6. And produced a match-winning…game-changing innings. Well played

Irfan Pathan’s Tweet

This was a special inning from the uncapped Shahbaz Ahmed. And Dinesh Karthik continues to live up to his finishers role for RCB.