Pune: In IPL Cricket, Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 29 runs in Pune last night. Put into bat first, the Rajasthan Royals posted 144 for 8 in the stipulated 20 overs with Riyan Parag top-scoring with unbeaten 56, while captain Sanju Samson contributed 27.
Riyan Parag was declared Player of the Match. Chasing the target of 145 runs, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all out for 115 in 19.3 overs.
Faf du Plessis top-scored for RCB with 23. Earlier,
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper won the toss and elected to field first. Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga and Mohammed Siraj returned with two wickets each for RCB while Harshal Patel took 1 wicket.
For Rajasthan Royals, Kuldeep Sen scalped four wickets, Ravichandran Ashwin got three and Prasidh Krishna also got two wickets.
Today, Gujarat Titans will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai at 7:30 pm.