RR vs RCB

Now a chat with Dhruv Jurel who scored an unbeaten 81* off 43 balls which is his highest T20 score: (what he enjoyed the most?) The way Vaibhav and Jaiswal batted, we all enjoy it. They make it look very easy. The management has backed me to bat up the order, said to me that you've got the game, just wanted to play cricketing shots. (what did he tell Vaibhav in the middle?) It is better not to tell him anything, sometimes you just don't believe it in your own eyes. We wonder how he does it, we play on the same pitch but he makes it look ridiculosly easy. (their top-3 getting all the runs) We are getting the runs now, later on in the tournament the middle order will get them too. Everyone has prepared really well, contributed nicely in the practice games. (is 200 too easy to chase down these days?) As I said, with the way Vaibhav bats, if he bats the powerplay it makes the job very easy for us

Rajat Patidar (RCB captain): The way we batted, lost early wickets but to get to 200 from there on was a positive sign. In the bowling, the way they batted, specially Vaibhav and that made a lot of difference. We have been batting superbly in the last few games but a lot of learnings from this game. (on whether they missed Suyash Sharma with the ball) Not that much, we had Venky, Shepy and KP and we need to work around that. (was it one of the days that it just did not go your way?) Well, if you play this kind of a game, there are going to be errors but you have got to learn from it

Rajasthan Royals chase down 202 to defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets in a high-scoring encounter.
Batting Highlights (Rajasthan Royals):
Dhruv Jurel 81* (43) | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78 (26) | Ravindra Jadeja 24* (25)
Bowling Figures (RCB):
Josh Hazlewood 2/44 (4) | Krunal Pandya 2/30 (4)

Chasing a daunting target of 202, Rajasthan Royals came out with fearless intent. After an early wicket, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi turned the game on its head with a blistering 78 off just 26 balls, dismantling the bowling attack and shifting momentum completely.

Dhruv Jurel then anchored the chase to perfection, playing a mature and calculated innings under pressure. Even as wickets fell at the other end, Jurel maintained control, ensuring the required rate never spiraled out of reach.

Despite a few breakthroughs from RCB, they struggled to contain the flow of runs, especially during the powerplay where Rajasthan piled on heavily. Ravindra Jadeja’s calm presence at the end helped close out the chase comfortably.
Rajasthan Royals completed the chase in just 18 overs, sealing a dominant six-wicket win in what turned out to be a statement run chase.

17.6 Romario Shepherd to Dhruv Jurel, RAJASTHAN ROYALS MAKE IT 4 OUT OF 4, they have issued a statement to the rest of the teams by resgistering a comprehensive win against the defending champions who have gone down for the first time today in Guwahati. How fitting is that it is Dhruv Jurel who hits the winning runs, just a simple knock down to long-on off the backfoot and that is as easy as it gets, just like this run chase has been. The RR dugout is up in celebration, Jurel just points his bat to the dugout and simply singals that he has done the job for his side, quite comofrtably so. Jurel's highest ever T20 score, 81*, but no one will forget the protechnics earlier in the day from a 15-year old who once again announced himself to the world

17.5 Romario Shepherd to Dhruv Jurel, PICKED UP FOR SIX, Scores level now! Low full toss on the pads, asking to be hit and Jurel obliged. Got inside the line and flicked it away into the crowd over deep square leg

17.3 Romario Shepherd to Dhruv Jurel, doing it in singles at the moment, another one to deep mid-wicket as Jurel pulled it away off the backfoot

17.2 Romario Shepherd to Ravindra Jadeja, around the wicket, back of a length outside off, Jadeja chops it down to third man and gets another single. Down to single digits, 9 needed now

16.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, wide yorker. Jurel leaves it for the line, the ump calls that a fair delivery. We're going up for a wide check, Jurel felt it was wide.

Some part of the ball was inside the tramline, replays confirm. The original decision stays

16.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, pitched up around off, Jurel gets forward nicely and drives down towards long-on where Bethell fumbles and concedes the second run

16.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, short of a length at the stumps, Jadeja nudges it into the mid-wicket region and looks for a two again but Jurel slips at the striker's end. Won't get the second. Looks like a bout of cramps for Jurel, he is down on the ground and the physio is out to have a look. The left leg seems to be an issue. A couple of minutes later, he is back up on his feet ready to resume with just 14 needed

16.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhruv Jurel, works it away into the leg side from outside off and runs back for a couple of runs, all too easy for RR now