A night of RCB's dominance in Indore

It was one of those days when Royal Challengers Bangalore showed what they are capable of doing. Their biggest worry turned out to be their strength in a match against Kings XI Punjab when they bowled out Punjab on the lowest total of the season. On such day, a batting heavyweight KXIP bundled out on 88. And it took only 8.1 overs for RCB to chased down the target with all the wickets in hand. Punjab's performance with the bat also saw how much they rely on KL Rahul and Chris Gayle. More than 30% runs were being scored by Gayle and Rahul in this IPL.

When Gayle and Rahul walked out in the middle, a sense of nostalgia would have hit Royal Challengers Bangalore and their countless fans. One year ago, these two used to play for the RCB (although Rahul missed out the entire season due to injury) up the batting order and then followed by Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers at number 3 and 4. However, the situation was not same as RCB finished in the last position, their worst season ever. Injuries also hurt their cause badly as Kohli and de Villiers missed out a few matches. Although, both batting and bowling were the equal responsibility for their poor display in last season.



In this IPL, they improved their performance but still are struggling to make it to the playoffs. Their bowling has been very poor throughout the season despite their dominating display in the previous match against KXIP. Perhaps a bit too late but nonetheless, RCB will take it considering what their performance have been so far.

Well, it was the day when RCB came out with all guns fired and gave KXIP a shock after bowled them out on 88. Umesh Yadav, who has been arguably the best bowler of this season, again was impressed with the new ball. He sent back both the openers inside first five overs. After that, it was the matter of time before Punjab bowled out in 15.1 overs.

Chasing 89 was never going to bother RCB in any way. Perhaps it was the best chance for them to boost their Net Run-Rate along with two important points. RCB grabbed this opportunity and chased down the target in 8.1 overs with 10-wickets in hand.



Although, it is not going to easy for them to qualify for the playoffs as two teams already qualified and four teams are ahead of them in the points table. Both RCB and MI have 10 points each but MI is the bit ahead in NRR. Now, the win is the only way for RCB to stay in this tournament and give themselves a chance.

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