PBKS vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2024: Rilee Rossouw’s 61 in vain as Punjab Kings lose to Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 60 runs to get eliminated from IPL

Siraj continues and Harshal is gone in the very first ball. Patel tries a flick but holes out to Ferguson in the deepo.

Harshal Patel c Ferguson b Siraj 0(1)

Ferguson in the attack and Curran takes 2 off the first before getting a boundary off the second. he couldn't add much more to the score as he's cleaned up by the bowler.

Sam Curran b Ferguson 22(16) 

On to the 15th and Ashutosh with a single to start off Siraj's 3rd over. Curran tries a hit but does not get enough bat to it to keep it down to just a single. And a six by Ashutosh. Just helps the ball over the ropes with ease. Huge shout for an LBW off the last ball and it's been given. Ashutish reviews but that looked plumb. Yeah, 3 reds and he's on his way.

Ashutosh Sharma lbw b Siraj 8(5)

Ferguson back in the attack and Curran with a single to start this one off. Shashank tries to pull one but gets jyst a single. Curran places the 3rd one to get 2 more. Oh Shashank is down. Must have collided with an RCB fielder. He's down clutching his shoulder. And would you know it, he has gotten run out the very next ball!! 

Shashank Singh run out (Kohli) 37(19)

Karn Sharma now and Shashank with a huge six to start this over off!! Takes a single and Sam Curran is on strike. He takes 2 due to a fumble in the field. Takes a single next and Shashank finishes the over with a four!! 14 from this one

Swapnil Singh continues and he strikes straightaway!! Livingstone gets bamboozled and he gets a leading top edge which is grabbed gratefully by Karn!!

Livingstone c Karn Sharma b Swapnil Singh 0(2)

Karn Sharma continues and Shashank with a hige six to start this one off!! Takes a single and Jitesh back on strike. And he gets a four as well with a mistimed shot!! And he has been cleaned up!! 

Jitesh Sharma b Karn Sharma 5(4)

Swapnil Singh in the attack and Shashank gets a fortuitous four to start this over off in earnest. Takes a single next ball and Jitesh will face his first delivery. And he smashes it straight but a fielder cuts off the boundary. Just 7 from this one

Karn Sharma continues and Shashank takes a single to start before Rossouw slams a 4 and a 6 off the next 2 balls!! My god, what strength!! 100 up for Punjab. Back to back dots follow. Rossouw might have gotten hit on the throat trying the reverse hit. Medic to check it out. And he's holed out in the very next ball!! 

Rossouw c Will Jacks b Karn Sharma 61(27) 

Karn Sharma in the attack and Rossouw swivels and gets a mistimed shot for ba four!! Follows that up with another 6 which brings up his 50!! Shashank on strike and he also pulls and gets a four!! Same area as Rossouw. 16 from the over

Will Jacks in to bowl the 7th over and Rossouw takes asingle to start. Shashank with a single of his own to return the favour next. 2 more from the next 2 balls. Just 5 from this one

Ferguson in the attack now and Bairsrow with a single to start the last over of the powerplay. Rossouw returns the favour with a single of his own. And Bairstow with a four to follow!! And that is followed by a flick shot for another 4!! And he's gone!!! Faf runs back and takes a diving catch!!

Bairstow c du Plessis b Ferguson 27(16)

Yash Dayal continues and Bairstow nonchalantly snashes him over midwicket for a six!! Follows that up with a four!! Nails the yorker next as Bairstow is forced to defend. Rossouw ends the over with a boundary. 16 from this one

Siraj continues and Rossouw cuts him for a four to start this over away!! And another one!! This time hits it straight for another four!! Gets the cur in half the following ball. And he slaps the next ball straight again for another four!! Ends the over with a swipe for a six!! Over backward square leg!! 18 from this one

Yash Dayal in to bowl the next over and Bairstow with a single. Rossouw on strike and he digs deep to get a boundary at backward square leg. Back to back dots follow as the bowler comes back. Almost gets a wicket but Rossouw has been dropped!! 6 from the over

Mohammed Siraj in the attack now and Bairstow with a defensive drive to start before crunching the 2nd ball over the mid-wicket ropes for a 6!! Takesa single off the 4th and Rilee Rossouw, who has already hit 2 fours, is on strike. He is also off the mark in this over with a single. Is that a rin out now? Would be pretty comical!! Nope, he's very safe.

Welcome back to the chase. Prabhsimran Singh and Jonny Bairstow in the middle. Swapnil to open. Starts with 2 off the first 2 balls before Prabhsimran sweeps the next ball fine and gets a boundary. Huge shout for an LBW and it's given!! And no review taken and Singh walks.

Prabhsimran lbw b Swapnil Singh 6(4)

A review on Mahipal Lomror now for an LBW. Wickets are missing.Green with a single next and Lomror is gone the next ball. BOWLED!!  Patel is now the Purple Cap holder. And he takes ansother wicket, this time of Cameron Green!! RCB end at 241/7

Harshal to bowl the final over and he strikes. DK goes for a big one and perishes!! 

Karthik c Sam Curran b Harshal Patel 18(7)

On to the 19th over and Chahar will bowl this one. Green with a boundary to start this one. A single next and Karthik with a huge six!! 3 from the 4th delivery as Green gets a thick under-edge before DK slaps the next one for a four!! And tha's a no ball to boot. Free hit!! No damage done from the free hit. Just a single. 21-run over

Arshdeep Singh in the attack now. Kohli on strike and he hits straight at the non striker's stumps. No run. Goes for the yorker and Kohli with a boundary!! nd what was that shot?? Opens the blade and gets a six over backward square!! And gone!! Straight to the fielder!!! Rossouw makes no mistake!!

Kohli c Rossouw b Arshdeep Singh 92(47)

Harshal Patel  in to bowl the 17th and Green edges but that has also run down the third for 4!! The next one is hit high and mighty for a six now!! Takes a single and Kohli is on strike. Swings his bat at the 4th but it just falls short of the fielder. Green with a single and Kohli finishes this over with a single of his own. 200 up for RCB. 15 from the over

Sam Curran in the attcak and Green with a single to start. Kohli on strike and he bangs the next ball over long off for a huge six!! Bowler under pressure and he bowls back to back wides. K0ohli with a single next and Green can see this over off. The Aussies smashes the 4th ball over the bowler's head or a boundary!! The over ends with a hige six from Kohli. 21 from this one

Livingstone will continue and Green with a single off the second ball to put Kohli on strike who takes a single of his own. Was turning out to be a fruitful over before Kohli muscles the 5th ball for a 6!! 11 from the over 

Harshal Patel in the attack now and Green with a single to start which is replicated by Kohli with a single of his own. Green gets a boundary next before rotating the strike to Kohli. 9 from this one

Kivingstone continues and almsot gets a catch off the followthrough but Green survives. Kohli with a single next as the bowler keeps the pressure on. Kohli now with a snap shot to get a boundary which gets him to his half century!! End sthe over with another four!! 11 from this one 

Rahul Chahar in the attack and after Kohli takes a single to start this one off, Green smashes the bowler for a 4!! Takes a single next and Kohli on strike. Just 8 from this one

Livingstone with the abll in hand and Kohli to face him. Nothing much from this over as the RCB batters seem content to deal in singles while assessing the conditions. 6 from the over

We have a start time now and the match will resume again at 8.55 PM, according to the official broadcaster. No overs have been lost.

We have a start time now and the match will resume again at 8.55 PM, according to the official broadcaster. No overs have been lost.

The umpires are in the middle now and good news, the covers are coming off. We'll hopefully be able to start pretty soon.

Here's a gentle reminder that the team which loses tonight will be eliminated from the IPL. If the weather conditions permit, that does not help any one either with both teams getting one point apiece.

Oh, there's a bit of rain at the venue and the players are off the field. The covers are on. There are also visuals of a hailstorm as well.

Rain stops play in Dharamsala ??#RCB 119/3 at the halfway mark

Stay tuned for further updates

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Curran in the attack again and Kohli guides the first ball for a four as the boundaries keep flowing. A single next and Patidar is back on strike. Swivels and pulls for a 6 which gets him to his half century in 21 balls. There's an edge now and Bairstow takes the catch!! Patidar is gone.

Rajat Patidar c Bairstow b Sam Curran 55(23)

Arshdeep in the attack now and Kohli pulls him for a four!! Takes a quick single next and Patidar is back on strike and he picks up the ball and deposits it over the long on boundary for another six!! Where was this early in the tournament? 16 from this over as well

Rahul Chahar brought into the attack and Patidar smashes him for a six to start!! Huge hit!! Dragged down again and Patidar pulls him for a six again, over the deep backward square boundary!! Almost played it on the wicket with a thick edge but safe. Patidar goes over long on this time and gets himself another six!! 18 from this one

Kaverappa to bowl out with this over and Kohli with a one-handed six to start this over off!!! Takes a quick single and Patidar is on strike. He conrinues the onslaught and just deposits the next delivery for a six over long off. 2 singles to end the over. 16 from the over

Harshal Patel in to bowl the last over of the powerplay and he will be bowling to Rajat Patidar, who he dropped in the last over. The batter gets a gap and finds a boundary off the second ball. Another four by Patidar which brings up 50 for RCB. Drives straight again and gets the same result!! 12 from the over

Kaverappa in to bowl the 5th and Kohli has deposited him for a straight six to start this over!! Comes down the track next but gets just a single. And the bowler strikes back as Jacks is caight by Harshal Patel!! 

Will Jacks c Harshal Patel b Kaverappa 12(7) 

Sam Curran in the attack now and Jacks takes a single to start. Kohli on strike and he whips the next ball for a four!! Gets a proper bat to the next ball as well but there's a fielder there to just keep it down to 1. Jacks on strike and he gets a mishit and a four!! The next one is deliberate as he smashes his compatriot over his head for a huge six!! Clean as a whistle. 16 from this one

Kaverappa continues and du Plessis swings the bat at the first delivery and misses. Tries to go over the ropes in the second ball and this time he gets caught. Dod not get Kohli but gets du Plessis. PBKS will take that.

du Plessis c Shashank Singh b Kaverappa 9(7) 

Arshdeep steams in for the second over and Kohli goes off strike with a single. Du Plessis gets a nice middle to the next ball but a fielder cuts him off. Takes a single next and Kohli is back on strike. Great cober drive follows to get a four off the the off side. Goes up in the air again but lands safely. 8 from this over 

We are ready to star this do or die match with Virat kohli and Faf du Plessis in the middle. Vidhwath Kaverappa to open the attack. Starts with back to back dots as Kohli defends. Gets a mishit and that has gone high and he has been dropped!!! Ashutosh it is!! du Plessis on strike and he slaps the bowler for back o back boundaries. 11 from the over

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Harpreet Brar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Nathan Ellis

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal, Mayank Dagar

Changes for both sides as Bengaluru brought in Lockie Ferguson for Glenn Maxwell while Punjab replaced Kagiso Rabada with Liam Livingstone.

Jonny Bairstow(w), Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran(c), Liam Livingstone, Ashutosh Sharma, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson

Curran: Going to bowl. Looks like they've watered the wicket a bit, might be something early on. Looking to put RCB under pressure early. With the side we've picked today, looking to take wickets with the new ball. Pretty simple for us now - need few results to go for us and win our remaining games. Livingstone comes in for Rabada. Our strength is our batting.

Faf: Would've done the same. Been a great turnaround for us. Last few games we've been clinical. Focus remains the same, not too much on the table, just the way we want to play. Maxwell out for Lockie Ferguson.

Here's the two captains in the middle. Toss time. Punjab Kings win toss, opt to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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With the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA to be named in a week or two, it becomes clear that if Kohli has to be part of the plans, he has to be opening the batting. The T20 format has become one decided by strike rates rather than batting averages, and doesn’t have scope for too many players who are steady and consistent rather than explosive from the outset. Even the great Kohli is not immune to this argument. He can’t afford to slow down in the middle overs after getting a start in the Powerplay.

Ashutosh Sharma has been one of IPL’s best impact players of the season, often turning in devastating cameos. Where batsmen usually tend to tense up, Ashutosh gives off vibes of utter enjoyment, at least outwardly. No other batsman this IPL has admired his own hits with child-like glee, looking for reactions from the opponents even as he has often done.

The other night, with Sunrisers Hyderabad nearing another win away from home, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar pondered on the comms if merrier days were ahead for the team in their second half of the season. This, based on the fact that SRH are to play five of their seven remaining league games at their home ground. “Always good to play at home. You are more familiar with the conditions. You can ask the groundsman to make a pitch that suits you. SRH, if they score 250 plus totals, they are going to win,” Gavaskar said.

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Mukherjee’s stance on the matter had come to light last year after Nitish Rana had lambasted the Eden surface by suggesting that every team in IPL enjoys home conditions ‘except KKR’. Rana isn’t the only one. “To me, it doesn’t matter if they are happy, not happy or very happy. IPL is not played on home advantage, and the captain may say anything he wants,” Mukherjee had said in response to the-then KKR skipper. “Does IPL have a clause where it is written that pitches have to be produced according to the wishes of the IPL franchise?” (READ MORE)

All but out of contention for the IPL play-offs, KL Rahul's future as Lucknow Super Giants skipper is uncertain for the remaining two games after the team received a pasting at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday. It is a foregone conclusion that the LSG skipper, who was roped in before the auction in 2022 for a record Rs 17 crore, is unlikely to be retained before the mega auctions in 2025. However, there is speculation that the skipper might step down on his own and concentrate on batting during the next two games, according to PTI.

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