Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
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In the 58th match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 60 runs. With this defeat, Punjab team is out of IPL 2024. They have eight points after 12 matches and the maximum the team can reach is 12 points, which will not be enough to reach the playoffs. Punjab is the second team after Mumbai to be out of the playoff race. At the same time, RCB has kept the playoff hopes alive with the win. He has 10 points after 12 matches. The maximum a team can reach is 14 points. However, they will still have to depend on the results of other teams. Both the next matches of Bengaluru are at Chinnaswamy Stadium. On May 12, the team will play Delhi Capitals and on May 18, Chennai Super Kings.
Talking about the match, after losing the toss and batting first, Bengaluru team scored 241 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli had played an inning of 92 runs in 47 balls with the help of seven fours and six sixes. Whereas, Rajat Patidar scored 55 runs in 23 balls and Cameron Green scored 46 runs in 27 balls. In reply, Punjab team was reduced to 181 runs in 17 overs. Riley Rousseau scored the highest score of 61 runs. Apart from this, Shashank Singh could score 37 runs and Sam Curran could score 22 runs. Siraj took three wickets. Whereas, Swapnil Singh, Loki Ferguson and Karn Sharma got two wickets each.