Bengaluru: Rajasthan Royals registered its second win from three matches after it defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs in IPL on Sunday.
Powered by Sanju Samson’s 92 off 45 deliveries, Rajasthan set up a challenging score of 217 for four wickets. In reply, RCB scored 198/6 and suffered its second loss in three games.
Rajasthan got a fine start after skipper Ajinkya Rahane who scored 36 off 20 balls, before Sanju Samson took reins of the match.
RCB looked dangerous due to the 77-run second-wicket partnership between Virat Kohil (57 off 30) and De Kock (26 off 19).
Brief scores: RR – 217/4 (Sanju Samson 92 not out, Ajinkya Rahane 36; Yuzvender Chahal 2/22, Chris Woakes 2/47)
Royal challengers Bangalore: 198/6 (Virat Kohli 57, Mandeep Singh 47 not out; Shreyas Gopal 2/22, D’Arcy Short 1/11, Ben Stokes 1/32).
