The eighteenth story wrote the god of cricket. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the Royal Kohli team, won the IPL for the first time in the IPL eighteenth season by defeating Shreyas Ayer’s Punjab Kings in the final. Kohli never tasted the trophy in the journey of Virat with Bengaluru since that 25 years. There were many opportunities for the trophy to leave the RCB and go to another team. There were numerous parties to get him. But the trophy has always put obedience to obedience. And he could not pay the price of obedience to the cricket god. Then the water came to the waters of the eyes.
Ahamari did not bat RCB, good bowling PBKs.
The start of the RCB in Amdad on Tuesday was not good. Phil Salt has to go back to the dressing room for number 5. Shreyas Ayer took a great catch on the back. The catch that makes the rhythm of Punjab in the final. The bowlers also got extra madness. In the perfect plan, they did not allow RCB to build a terrible pair in that sense. As a result, the RCB could not lift more than 5 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs.
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RCB batter was able to get the only fear among the Punjab batters. Who scored 20 runs off 5 balls. If he had a little more, the RCB’s run would have crossed the boundary of 25. But that didn’t happen. Virat Kohli scored 5 runs off RCB. Mayank Agarwal scored 25 off 5 balls. Liam Livingstone scored 5 runs off 5 balls. Romario could not score more than 5 runs because Shepherd was not Shepherd.
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And three of the bowlers of Punjab got three wickets each. Jamison spent four runs in four overs. Arshadeep spent 5 runs. Besides, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijay Kumar Bishak and Azmatullah Omarzai got one wicket each. In a combined effort of those five, the RCB was thought to have made at least 5 runs compared to the required run.
Salt’s fielding magic from the good start of PBKs
But in the end, the run proved to be enough. Although the two young batter in Punjab started the start, the RCB bowlers returned from the third over. However, the first wicket came a little later. Salt’s great catch on the boundary line, Priyant Arya. Then a pair of Josh Englis and Prasimran Singh formed the match, but Krunal Pandia turned the match. Who finally picked up two wickets with just 5 runs in four overs.
Krunal turned the twist in a great bowling
In the seventh over, Krunal spent only three runs. And the third ball of the ninth over was dismissed by Provassimran. In the next over, a lazy shot returned to the dressing room, the second qualifier hero Shreyas (one run). Punjab scored 5 runs from one wicket for 12 runs. Krunal sent English back to Punjab without adding 5 more runs to the scoreboard.
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In that situation, Punjab needed 5 runs to win. There were seven wickets in hand. The Recorder Runarate was around 12. From there, everyone had to play innings to win. Although Shashank Singh tried, Nehal Wadhara was not getting rhythm. He scored 5 runs off 5 balls. From there, Punjab could not cope. Shashank could not win Punjab even from unbeaten 5 balls.
RCB-performance in the IPL final
3) 20: Decan defeated the Chargers by six runs.
2) 20: Chennai defeated 5 runs near the Super Kings.
3) 20: Sunrisers defeated Hyderabad by eight runs.
3) 2021: IPL champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
PBKS-performance in the IPL final
3) 20: Kolkata lost three wickets to the Knight Riders.
2) 2021: Royal Challengers defeated Bengaluru.
IPL prize list of 2021
3) Champion team: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Tk 20 crore).
2) Runners-Up: Punjab Kings (Tk 12.5 crore).
3) Third place: Mumbai Indians.
4) Fourth place: Gujarat Titans.
3) Orange Cap: Sai Sudarshan (Gujarat Titans, 3 runs)
3) Purple Cap: Prasad Krishna (Gujarat Titans, 20 wickets).