IPL 2021: Parag gets rid of RCB skipper Virat Kohli with direct hit

George Garton gets dangerman Evin Lewis for his first wicket in the Indian Premier League. Short from Garton and Lewis goes for the pull shot. Mistimes and the ball balloons up. Wicket-keeper KS Bharat takes good catch.

Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal came out to bat for Rajasthan Royals after Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl. 

The clash between the RR vs RCB is taking place at the Dubai International Stadium with quite a lot at stake.

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The Virat Kohli-led RCB are in the third spot with 12 points, having won six off their 10 matches so far. Sanju Samson-led RR are in the bottom half of the table with four wins from 10 games. 

RCB have a small gap to the chasing pack and will feel confident of getting into the top four. They are coming off a big win over defending champions Mumbai Indians and that would give them some impetus for a final push to nail down a top-four spot.

RCB skipper Virat Kohli looks to be hitting top form at the right time, with back-to-back half-centuries to his name. Glenn Maxwell too registered a fifty against Mumbai Indian.

Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dan Christian, George Garton, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Rajasthan Royals: Evin Lewis, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman.