May 19, 2018

RA Tripathi's 80* followed by S Gopal's 4 for 16 powered RR to upset RCB by 30 runs and kept hope alive for Playoffs

53rd match of IPL 2018 played between Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore on 19th May, 2018 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur at 4:00 pm IST. Electing to bat first, Rajasthan with RA Tripathi's unbeaten 80 runs managed to put 164 runs in 20 overs. Umesh Yadav bowled well and took 3 wickets for RCB. Bangalore in reply apart feom AB de Villiers' 53 runs most batsmen failed to stood in middle for long and lost wickets in regular interwals and all out scoring 134 runs in 19.2 overs. RR won by 30 runs and throw out RCB from playoofs race as well. S Gopal declared man of the for his magic spell 4-0-16-4.

Player of the match - S Gopal (RR)

Points - Rajasthan 2, Bangalore 0