Royal Challengers Bangalore crash out of IPL 2018

Rajasthan Royals (164-5) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (134-10) by 30 runs owing to a 80-run knock from Rahul Tripathi and a 4-fer from Shreyas Gopal to still stand a chance of making it to the playoffs.

RCB had to win this fixture against RR to harbor hopes of qualifying to the next round. If they had beaten RR within 15.5 overs, they would have edged MI with the Net run rate, but destiny had other plans.

Magnificent win for us! ??#RRvRCB #JazbaJeetKa #HallaBol #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/KQlUrjwl7C

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 19, 2018

Batting first on a slow pitch at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, RR who were playing with a depleted side in the absence of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes decided to experiment with their batting line up.

Not enough application by the batsmen, the bowlers didn't show enough cutting edge in an all important game.#RRvRCB #PlayBold #RCB pic.twitter.com/hVuPIxGwEA

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) May 19, 2018

They sent quick bowling all-rounder Jofra Archer to open the batting along with Rahul Tripathi (80, 58b). However, the move did not work well as Archer was dismissed for a duck by pacer Umesh Yadav. Rahul Tripathi then stitched a valuable 99-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (33, 31b) to give RR a solid platform.

What an over, almost had 3 but will settle for 2! Gets us back into the game@y_umesh finishes with figures of 4-1-25-3 ??????????

RR 104/3, 14 overs#RRvRCB #PlayBold #RCB

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) May 19, 2018

With some fireworks from off spinning all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham (14,5b) and South African keeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen (32,21b), Rajasthan reached 164 for 5, which was a good total given the tough pitch.

Just 2 overs left in the game! ??
Insane bowling by the boys!

RCB - 1?2?8? / 9?#RRvRCB #JazbaJeetKa #HallaBol #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/HCuW8R9GjV

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 19, 2018

RBC’s chase felt a jolt as soon it started, as opener Virat Kohli (4) was bowled through the gap between bat and pad by Krishnappa Gowtham (2-6-1). It was then a 55-run partnership between Parthiv Patel (33) and AB de Villiers (53,35b) which calmed things down.

A well deserved Man of the Match, @ShreyasGopal19 ??
4? invaluable wickets!#RRvRCB #JazbaJeetKa #HallaBol #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/P7rORgiQCD

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 19, 2018

However, once Parthiv and subsequently AB were dismissed by leg spinner Shreyas Gopal (4-16-4, MoM), no batsman could hold the RCB batting line up together.

Virat Kohli, RCB captain: "After cruising at 75/1 it was disappointing that we couldn't finish it off well. I would like to wish all the other teams the best of luck for the remainder of the competition."#RRvRCB#IPL2018

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 19, 2018

 Bangalore bundled up at 134 as RR clinched the match by 30 runs to stay alive in the tournament.

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