IPL 2022 PBKS vs RCB: Changed captain but luck could not change, RCB lost to Punjab in the very first match

IPL 2022 PBKS vs RCB: With a new captain in the form of former South African superstar batsman Faf du Plessis, the league’s most talked-about team Royal Challengers Bangalore did not start well in IPL 2022. In the third match of the 15th season of IPL played at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai with Mayank Agarwal-led Punjab Kings, Bangalore lost by 5 wickets in a high-scoring match. Punjab Kings completed the target of 206 runs given by RCB by losing 5 wickets in 1 over and started their tournament with a win.

Du Plessis played the captaincy innings

PBKS vs RCB: After losing the toss to bat first, Royal Challengers Bangalore set a huge target of 205 runs for the loss of only 2 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Captain Faf du Plessis scored 88 runs in just 57 balls with the help of 3 fours and 8 high-rise sixes. He along with former captain Virat Kohli played a century partnership of 108 runs for the second wicket. Earlier, he played an opening partnership of 50 runs with Anuj Rawat.

Kohli scored 41 not out. The same, Anuj Rawat scored 21 runs. Faf started his innings very slowly. But after Virat came to the crease, he picked up the pace by changing his gear. In the end, experienced batsman Dinesh Karthik hit an unbeaten 32 with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes in just 14 balls to take RCB’s score beyond 200.

Punjab Kings started with a win

PBKS vs RCB: Both the openers of Punjab Kings, captain Mayank Agarwal and veteran batsman Shikhar Dhawan, popularly known as Gabbar, came out chasing the target from the mountain, together gave a befitting reply. Together, both the batsmen added 71 runs for the first wicket. Mayank scored 32 runs, Dhawan scored 43 runs. Sri Lankan batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 43 runs in just 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. And in the end, Oden Smith, taking revenge for the hit in the bowling, scored an unbeaten 25 runs in just 8 balls with the help of 1 four and 4 sixes, giving Punjab a spectacular victory by 5 wickets with 6 balls to spare. Shahrukh Khan also scored a brilliant 24 runs.

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