So near, yet so far. Once again, RCB ended their journey in the eliminator in IPL 2024. After so much hype around the way they came back in the second half to make it to the playoffs, they bowed out, with a loss in the knockout clash. They could win 'hearts' but not trophy, yet again.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru spent the majority of the first half of the IPL 2024 season at the bottom of the points table with just one win in the first eight games but made an impossible comeback to secure the last playoff berth by knocking out defending champions CSK.
RR vs RCB IPL 2024 Eliminator Playing XIs: Captain Sanju Samson won the toss as Rajasthan Royals elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Narendra Modi Stadium. Royal Challengers Bengaluru made no change to their winning combination.
Faf du Plessis was adjudged the Player of the Match (POTM) for his impressive half-century and a jaw-dropping catch that he took to help RCB see the back of Mitchell Santner.
RCB vs CSK IPL 2024: Skipper Faf du Plessis scored a brilliant fifty and in-form Virat Kohli contributed with 47 runs to help Bengaluru post a challenging total of 218 against Chennai Super kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
RCB qualification scenario: Faf du Plessis and his men finally snapped their losing streak of six matches to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs. They still have five matches left in the league stage but even if they win all five of those, will RCB be able to make it to top four?
Faf du Plessis was delighted as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ended their six-match losing streak with a win on April 25 against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.
It wasn't an auspicious outing on Sunday for the Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru as they suffered losses in their respective games. The losing captains had an even tougher day as both Sam Curran and Faf du Plessis were fined for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct.
Kolkata Knight Riders have prevailed in a thriller against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru by just one run as the game ebbed and flowed throughout 40 overs before Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Harshit Rana's spells helped them get over the line. RCB have suffered their 7th loss of the tournament.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru languish at the bottom of the IPL 2024 points table with just one win in their seven matches. They have come halfway into the league phase but are staring down the barrel of an exit ahead of the playoffs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2024 Live: Royal Challengers Bengaluru need a win, that's the universal truth, but they need a statement win, something that MI got against them a few days ago, that revitalises their campaign given the amount of desperation in the camp.
Faf du Plessis returned to form with the bat but RCB struggled dearly in the bowling department. RCB failed to defend 196 and conceded the match in just 15.3 overs as Mumbai Indians thrashed them. Skipper du Plessis has admitted the lack in the bowling unit costing them big in IPL 2024.
Virat Kohli recorded his 100th T20 fifty by smashing 77 off 49 balls against Punjab Kings to help RCB register their first win of the IPL 2024 at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, they suffered a big defeat in their last game against KKR at the same venue in IPL 2023.
Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru suffered a six-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings in the opening match of the IPL 2024 while Punjab Kings recorded a four-wicket win against Delhi Capitals to enjoy a winning start.
Faf du Plessis was seen getting frustrated with MI Cape Town skipper Kieron Pollard's tactics during the Joburg Super Kings clash against MICT. Du Plessis smashed a 20-ball fifty as he powered the visitors to a 10-wicket win in a rain-curtailed match at Newlands.
Batting first, MI Cape Town posted a mammoth total of 243 for 5 with Rassie van der Dussen scoring a stunning hundred and wicketkeeper batter Ryan Ricketon smashing 98 off 49 balls against Joburg Super Kings at The Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.
Faf du Plessis has retired from Test cricket but is still an active player in limited-overs cricket. Faf is set to lead the Johannesburg Super Kings in the upcoming season of the SA20 and still has his eyes set on a potential return for a T20 World Cup spot.
After white-ball coach Rob Walter took Faf du Plessis' name in jest as far as players to be considered for the T20 World Cup 2024 are concerned, the ex-captain himself has thrown his name into the mix. Du Plessis last played for South Africa in a Test match against Pakistan in February 2021.
Faf du Plessis was leading in the St Lucia Kings in the ongoing edition of the Caribbean Premier League. His tennis elbow has been troubling him over the last two years and he is finally set to undergo elbow surgery.
After a thunderous success in the first edition of the SA20, the schedule for the second season has been announced as the defending champions Sunrisers Easter Cape will take on Joburg Super Kings in the tournament opener.
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