Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore clashed yesterday in the second qualifier of the 15th IPL series, the play-off round.
Earlier, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Lucknow and Bangalore had advanced to the play-off round.
Following this, the top two teams, Gujarat and Rajasthan, clashed in the first qualifier.
Intimidated Jos Butler
In this match, Gujarat team won and advanced directly to the final. Following this, the teams of Lucknow and Bangalore clashed in the eliminator match. Bangalore beat Lucknow by 14 runs to advance to the second qualifier.
Following this, Rajasthan and Bangalore clashed yesterday (27.05.2022) in the second qualifier. Bangalore, who batted first in the match, were 157 for eight at the end of 20 overs. In the match against Lucknow, Rajat Patidar, the youngest batsman to score a century, scored a maximum of 58 runs in the match.
Following this, the Rajasthan team, which was heading towards the target, took impressive runs from the start. Starter Jos Butler was the top scorer with 106 runs. This is his fourth century in the current IPL series. Rajasthan reached the target in the 19th over and advanced to the final. Rajasthan will take on Gujarat in the final on May 29.
Excitement on the field
Meanwhile, an incident at the ground shortly after the start of the match between Bangalore and Rajasthan has caused a great stir. When the RCB team started batting, Kohli and Faf du Plessis came to bat. After Bolt throws the first ball, one of the fans on the field approached Kohli who was batting on the field.
Thus, there was a few minutes of distraction. Following that, the officers there took the fan out. Earlier, during the match against Lucknow, Kohli's reaction was hugely viral when he saw a policeman shrug his shoulders at a fan who was running near him while he was fielding.
Just one ball and an intruder enters the Narendra Modi Stadium # ipl2022 #qualifier2 pic.twitter.com/jncREkSZ a>
- Sidney Kiran (Gunnersyd) May 27, 2022