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The incredible Josh Hezlwood won the first win of Royal Challengers Bangalore in an extraordinary manner in the IPL season, as his team scored 11 runs on Rajasthan Royals in a Sea-Saw Affair in Bangalore on Thursday. Necklace meant that the RR League’s ongoing version is out of recording for a place in the play-off berth. He has lost seven out of nine matches. Coming to bowl with RR, which required 18 runs in 12 delivery, Hazelwood (4/33) took two wickets in several balls giving just one run, as a pack of visitors stopped in nine in 194 in the 206 pursuit at Chinnaswami Stadium.

Hazelwood’s heroes meant that Yashasvi Jaiswal’s (49 off 19 balls) was a blazing knock on top of the order and Dhruv Jurlel’s (47 in 34 balls) brave efforts were wasted as RR had to face his fifth defeat on the trot.

The RCB star batter was after Virat Kohli (70 off 42 balls) and Devdutt Padikkal (50 runs off 27 balls) controlled the middle overs with a 95 partnership for the second wicket.

Set a target of 206, RR was cruel with Jaiswal and 14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 52 runs in 27 balls and later a Bhuvneshwar Kumar hit two sixes in a lot of runs for one for one after bowling.

Suryavanshi was the player of RR.

Jaiswal, who started the RR innings with six towards the foot away from Bhubaneswar, broke Yash Dayal for 18 runs as visitors started chasing in Bayana.

Swashbuckling Jaiswal again left after Hazelwood and closed veteran Australian Pacer for an event for three gradual fours, including three dot balls.

Not satisfied with Hazelwood’s own punishment, Jaiswal hit Australian for two and fours and a six over the keeper.

Leading Run -Slikers –

However, after being taken to the cleaner, Hazlewood cut off as a last laugh as he cut the tornado of Short Jaiswal when he cramm the batsman for the room and forced him to pull him directly into the Romeroo Shepherd on the mid-wicket.

RR, nevertheless, ran to 72 for two by the end of the power play as Ryan Parag (22 runs in 10 balls) had gone between.

Ending an indifferent run of the form, Parag saw in the mood at night and smoked Suyash Sharma in the effect of RCB for maximum deep square-legs.

Parag, however, could not maintain it for a long time as Krunal Pandya put RCB ahead with a stand-in skipper and Nitish Rana (28 off 22 balls).

Hazelwood was responsible for the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer, as the game was still in need in favor of RCB with RR.

Earlier, on a sticky pitch where stroke-making was not easy, RCB was also well served by Jitesh Sharma (20 Not out of 10 balls) and Tim David (23 runs off 15 balls), who did some lusty blows to take RCB ahead 200.

Leading wickets –

Batting for the first time after losing his fourth toss at home this season, RCB Jofra Archer left for a good start for a good start for the first time, which scored 11 runs, including 149.8 km bumper bowling, which jumped on the keeper for a four.

There was also a drama in the second over, as a diving Ryan Parag, led the RR in the absence of the injured Sanju Samson, Fazalhak dropped Phil Salat (26 off 23 balls in 23 balls) after bringing the ball off the ball off Farooqui.

After obtaining a thick limit inside the edge, Kohli pulled Archer into the deep square foot area for four.

In search of his first success, RR was introduced into the attack to the medium pacer Tushar Deshpande, and salt welcomed him with two borders on both sides of the wicket.

Back on strike, Kohli delivered a Deshpande, which was being asked to punish for a limit as RCB crossed 50 in the fifth over. With another lovely hit for the fence, Sandeep Sharma, Kohli helped RCB to finish the power play with 59 runs on the board.

Leg-spinner Vanindu Hasarga gave RR his first success when he caught salt on the deep middle wicket after the batsman got a leading lead as he shaped to hick the ball on the on-side.

Kohli in 32 balls in half a century, fifth of his season and first at home, after collecting back-to-back fours from Sandeep.

At the other end, the dictator was in its element because he kept scoring boundaries in will and was also helped by a drop catch by Deshpande from Hasranga.

Kohli and Padikal then started working in sixes against Parag and Deshpande, the latter bowler was broken for three maximum in the 15th over, which scored RCB 22 runs.

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