Dinesh Karthik has shown his worth as the finisher. He has changed the tides for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rajasthan Royals have batted first again. Yashasvi Jaiswal fell very early. Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal had a decent partnership of 70 runs. Buttler didn’t get the timing right but he stuck on.
Samson failed to make any impact. Buttler, Hetmyer had a flourish in the last 2 overs by scoring 42 runs. The duo took the total to 169 runs which at that moment seemed like an above-par total.
In reply, RCB didn’t go anywhere in the chasing. Their opening partnership was 55 runs and suddenly they fall like a pack of cards. In no time, the RCB scorecard read, 87/5. When everyone thought RCB are going to lose the match, Dinesh Karthik came and dictated the terms.
He flourished with the bat and scored at his will which completely changed the momentum. Shahbaz Ahmed ably supported him. RCB chased down the target with 4 wickets left.
