Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli celebrate their partnership
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IPL 2023, Match 27: Du Plessis, Siraj help Bangalore down Punjab
An attacking 84 by Faf du Plessis and four wickets by Mohammed Siraj led Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comfortable 24-run win over Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
Match Summary
Indian Premier League, Match 27
Punjab Kings 150/10 (18.2 ov)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 174/4 (20 ov)
Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 24 runs.
Du Plessis and Virat Kohli, who made 59, put together an opening stand of 137 to lay the foundations of Bangalore's 174-4 after being sent in to bat in the opening match of the day at Mohali.
Siraj then returned impressive figures of 4-21 and forced a run out to dismiss Punjab for 150 in 18.2 overs for Bangalore's third victory in six matches.
Kohli stood in as captain for du Plessis, who made the team as a batsman due to a rib injury he picked in the previous match and was later substituted under the new impact player rule.
The South African had lived up to the designation with a 56-ball knock laced with five sixes. He tops the tournament's batting chart with 343 runs, including four half-centuries.
Kohli has a total of 279 runs but Thursday's knock lacked his usual aggression.
Harpreet Brar broke the marathon stand to have Kohli caught behind and then snared Glenn Maxwell, who attempted to hit out on his first ball but was caught for a duck.
Du Plessis departed in the next over and the Punjab bowlers came back well to keep down Bangalore's score despite a solid foundation that had raised hopes of a 200-plus total.
Punjab lost wickets regularly in their reply and only Prabhsimran Singh, with a valiant 46 off 30 deliveries, and Jitesh Sharma's late blitz of 41 represented any real fight.
Siraj got two breakthroughs at the start, including the dangerous England import Liam Livingstone for two, and leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga bowled Australia's Matthew Short for eight.
Sam Curran, leading the Kings for the second straight game in the absence of injured skipper Shikhar Dhawan, was run out for 10.
Siraj came back to rattle the stumps twice and become the leading bowler in the tournament with 12 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Virat Kohli - 16.1 ov), 2-137 (Glenn Maxwell - 16.2 ov), 3-151 (Faf du Plessis - 17.3 ov), 4-163 (Dinesh Karthik - 18.6 ov)
Punjab Kings Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Atharva Taide - 0.2 ov), 2-20 (Matthew Short - 2.1 ov), 3-27 (Liam Livingstone - 3.2 ov), 4-43 (Harpreet Singh - 5.3 ov), 5-76 (Sam Curran - 9.5 ov), 6-97 (Prabhsimran Singh - 11.3 ov), 7-106 (Shahrukh Khan - 12.5 ov), 8-147 (Harpreet Brar - 17.3 ov), 9-149 (Nathan Ellis - 17.6 ov), 10-150 (Jitesh Sharma - 18.2 ov)
Playing XI
Punjab Kings - Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh, Jitesh Sharma(WK), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(C), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar
Royal Challengers Bangalore - Virat Kohli(C), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik(WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj
Match Details
Date - 2023-04-20 10:00:00
Venue - Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Toss - Punjab Kings elected to bowl
Umpires - Anil Chaudhary(India), Sadashiv Iyer(India), Chris Gaffaney(New Zealand TV)
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