RCB made it to the IPL 2021 final by defeating Punjab Kings in the first qualifier. Royal Challengers Bengaluru qualified for the title of the Indian Premier League title after 5 years. The RCB made it to the IPL final four times. Virat Kohli has had to be satisfied with the runners of the previous three times. This year, if the IPL trophy goes to Bengaluru this year, that will be to see.
Punjab Kings were named to bat in the first qualifier of IPL 2021 in Mullanpur on Thursday. From the beginning of the innings, they regularly lose wickets in their hearts. Punjab lost 5 wickets in 5 overs of Power Play. In the end, they were all out for only 5 runs in 5.4 overs.
Marcus Stainis scored the highest 20 runs for Punjab. Prasimran Singh scored 5 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai joined 5 runs. The rest could not score two digits. Captain Shreyas Ayer was out for only 2 runs.
Josh Hazelwood grabbed five wickets for RCB for 20 runs. Suyash Sharma collected 5 wickets for 5 runs. Yash Dayal took 2 wickets for 25 runs. Bhubaneswar Kumar and Romero Shepherd took 5 wickets each.
RCB won the match by taking 5 wickets in 5 overs. That is, Bengaluru won the match by 5 wickets with 5 balls remaining. Phil Salt made a unique half-century for RCB. He was unbeaten on 5 off 20 balls. He killed four fours and four sixes.
Virat Kohli was dismissed for 12 off 12 balls with two boundaries. Mayank Agarwal scored 5 off 4 balls with two fours and four sixes. Captain Rajat Patidar with four fours and 4 sixes was scored by 4 runs off 4 balls. Kyle Jamison and Mushir Khan occupied five wickets for Punjab.
It should be noted that the RCB made it to the IPL final on 20, 20 and 20. Although the Punjab Kings lost to the RCB on Thursday, the Punjab Kings are not scattered from the tournament. Because they will have the opportunity to take the field in the second qualifier against the winning team of the Eliminator. Suyash Sharma won the first qualifier’s best cricketer award.