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Quote from: vennali on March 25, 2024, 09:27:34 PM

Cometh the hour, Cometh the man! The experience of Dinesh Kartick was invaluable for RCB while the situation looked dire. A quick 28 of 10 while the impact sub also playing his part in scoring quick 17 of 8. RCB get on the board of points table on their 2nd attempt. Teams are looking fairly even and well matched in the IPL this season. I guess that's what happens when we have the luxury to splurge cash into buying good players for the franchise.

Yes you are right having experienced players like Dinesh Kartick can make huge difference in crucial moments of match. His quick innings definitely helped RCB get their first win of season. However I do not think that splurging cash on players is only factor that determines competitiveness of teams in IPL. It also comes down to team strategy coaching and player chemistry. It will be interesting to see how rest of season unfolds and if other teams can also step up and perform well.

To be honest, I was very annoyed by Royal Challengers Bangalore's batting in this match. Bengaluru team won this match only because of the batting of Kohli, Dinesh Karthik and Mahipal Lomror.

Source: Espncricinfo

The target of the match was not big. But the performance of Punjab's bowlers and fielders was really good in this match. On the other hand, the performance of Bengaluru's batsmen was poor. Du Plessis 3 runs off 7 balls. Cameroon Green and Maxwell both collected 3 runs off 5 balls. Although Rajat collected 18 runs, he batted at only 100 strike rate.
Virat Kohli played an excellent innings of 77 runs off 49 balls. And in the last minute, Dinesh Karthik's 28 runs off just 10 balls and Mahipal Lomror's 8 for 17 runs helped Bengaluru to win the match. Didn't think Bengaluru would play this badly with such a strong batting order.