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    Karthik, Shahbaz Shine As Royal Challengers Humble Rajasthan Royals

    RCB
    Sunil Aswal
    April6/ 2022

    Mumbai: Veteran Dinesh Karthik struck an unbeaten 44 off 23 deliveries and shared a crucial 67-run partnership with Shahbaz Ahmed (45) as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals by four wickets in Match 13 of the IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium, here on Tuesday. RCB was in deep trouble -- 87/5 in the 13th over -- when Karthik and Ahmed came into bat. The duo displayed some brilliant cricketing skills to guide their team home. Karthik and Ahmed raised 67 runs off 33 balls to put RCB on course to four points with their second win in three games. They hammered 21 runs off Ravichandran Ashwin with Karthik blasting a six and two fours off his statemate. He gave similar treatment to Navdeep Saini, scoring 16 runs with three boundaries -- one whipped through mid-wicket, one lap-swept to backward square and the third one flipped over short fine leg. In the very next over, Shahbaz Ahmed squeezed a Prasidh Krishna through short third man and then pulled him over fine leg into the stands for a big six as RCB cruised to victory. Skipper Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat gave RCB a good start as they raised 55 runs in quick time. They struck 16 runs off the third over bowled by Trent Boult, du Plessis despatching him for two fours through covers and another the gap between cover and extra-cover in the while Rawat edged him to third man. Du Plessis struck Ravichandran Ashwin for a couple of boundaries before he was out, caught by Boult off Yuzvendra Chahal, moving to the leg-side to hit him over his head but mistiming it. Rawat too did not last long, caught by Sanju Samson off Navdeep Saini for 26 offering a faint edge behind as he tried to run the length ball outside off. Virat Kohli did not last long, run out by Samson as he tried to ...

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