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Patna : Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 wickets in 33rd match of IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, on October 17, 2020, with A B de Villiers (wk) scoring an unbeaten 55 in 22 balls hitting 1 four and 6 sixes and captain Virat Kohli scoring 43in 32 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes. Opener Devdutt Padikkal scored 35 in 37 balls with 2 fours while his opening partner Aaron Finch scored 14 in 11 balls with 2 fours. Kohli fell to fast bowler Kartik Tyagi. Replying to RR’s 177/6 in 20 overs, RCB scored 179/3 in 19.4 overs. AB de Villiers was named Player Of The Match.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, RR made a solid start with its openers Robin Uthappa and Ben Stokes adding 50 runs for the first wicket. Stokes fell to fast South African bowler Chris Morris for 15 making it 50/1. Uthappa fell to spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for 41 in 2 balls with 7 fours and 1 six and it was 69/2. Sanju Samson (wk) also fell to Chahal for 9 at the same score and it was 69/3. Captain Steven Smith fell to Chris Morris for 57 in 36 balls with 6 fours and a six making it 127/4. Jos Buttler fell to Morris for 24 in 25 balls hitting a four and a six. Jofra Archer also fell to Morris for 2 and it was 177/6. Rahul Tewatia remained unbeaten on 19 in 11 balls hitting a four and a six. Chris Morris, 33, took 4/26 in 4 overs while Yuzvendra Chahal tokk 2/34 in 4 overs.
It was RCB’s sixth win in 9 matches in IPL 2020 and they have now 12 points. For RR, it was their 6th loss in 9 matches.