{"id":4885,"date":"2024-03-26T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:00:35","slug":"rcb-clinch-thrilling-victory-over-pbks-kohli-stars-with-100th-t20-fifty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/rcb-clinch-thrilling-victory-over-pbks-kohli-stars-with-100th-t20-fifty\/","title":{"rendered":"RCB Clinch Thrilling Victory Over PBKS, Kohli Stars with 100th T20 Fifty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Match Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 4 wickets in a close encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virat Kohli, with a brilliant 77 (31 balls), laid the foundation for the RCB chase after a dropped catch by Jonny Bairstow in the second over.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dinesh Karthik (28*) provided the finishing touches with a crucial six off the first ball of the final over to seal the win for RCB.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan (46) top-scored for PBKS while Mohammed Siraj (2-26) and Glenn Maxwell (2-29) were the pick of the RCB bowlers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Turning Point:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The dropped catch by Bairstow off Kohli in the second over proved to be a massive turning point. Kohli capitalized on the reprieve and scored a quickfire fifty, putting RCB in control of the chase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RCB Batting Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Virat Kohli&#8217;s 100th T20 fifty (77 off 31 balls) was the cornerstone of the RCB chase.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dinesh Karthik&#8217;s unbeaten 28* provided valuable support in the middle order and finished the match in style with a six off the first ball of the final over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RCB Bowling Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Mohammed Siraj (2-26) and Glenn Maxwell (2-29) picked up two wickets each and kept the PBKS score in check.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alzarri Joseph made a good comeback after a poor first over, dismissing Liam Livingstone and conceding only 17 runs in his final three overs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PBKS Batting Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Shikhar Dhawan (46) provided a solid start with his 46 runs at the top of the order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jitesh Sharma (32) and Shashank Singh (21* off 8 balls) played crucial cameos to propel PBKS towards a competitive total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PBKS Bowling Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Harpreet Brar (2-13) and Kagiso Rabada (2-23) picked up two wickets each but were unable to restrict the flow of runs during the RCB chase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>RCB will host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at home on Friday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PBKS will travel to Lucknow for their second away game against Lucknow Super Giants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match Summary: Turning Point: RCB Batting Highlights: RCB Bowling Highlights: PBKS Batting Highlights: PBKS Bowling Highlights: What&#8217;s Next:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,190,192],"tags":[108,106,178,173],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4887,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions\/4887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}