Who won today’s IPL match?: In the 60th match of IPL 2022, Punjab Kings explosive batting helped them to keep their IPL Playoffs alive as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 54 runs. Opener Jonny Bairstow & Liam Livingstone set the tope with their aggressive batting as PBKS amassed 209/9 in 20 overs. RCB could only score 155/9 in 20 overs.
With the victory, Punjab Kings are placed at 6th place with 12 points from 12 matches while Royal Challengers Bangalore are placed at 4th place with 14 points from 13 matches. The race for IPL Playoffs spot is heating up with still 7 teams fighting for last 3 spots.
Today’s IPL match result
After winning the toss RCB skipper Faf du Plessis invited PBKS To bat first. However, Jonny Bairstow came to the crease with aggressive intent as he scored 66 runs off 29 deliveries. Liam Livingstone also played another explosive innings as he scored 70 runs off 42 deliveries.
Mayank Agarwal & Shikhar Dhawan were the other two batters to reach double digits as whole PBKS innings revolves around Livingstone & Bairstow only. RCB bowler – Josh Hazlewood & Mohammed Siraj proved too costly as they gave 100 runs in 6 overs combined. Wanindu Hasaranga picked up 2 wickets for just 15 runs in his spell while Harshal Patel took 4 wickets for 34 runs.
In the chase, RCB started aggressively but Virat Kohli once again failed as he scored 20 runs off 14 balls. Kagiso Rabada dismissed Virat Kohli in 4 over. In the next over, Rishi Dhawan dismissed du Plessis and Mahipal Lomror to leave Royal Challengers 41 for 3 after five overs.
Glenn Maxwell & Rajat Patidar tried to revive the big chase with some aggressive shots against Harpreet Brar & Rahul Chahar. At halfway stage, RCB were at 95/3 and still needing 115 from last 10.
Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets while Rishi Dhawan & Rahul Chahar took 2 wickets each. Arshdeep Singh & Harpreet Brar took 1 wicket each as RCB could reach only 155/9 in 20 overs.
Today IPL match scorecard
| Match 60 – PBKS vs RCB | ||
|---|---|---|
| Innings | Team | Score |
| 1 | Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 209/9 (20 overs) |
| 2 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 155/9 (20 overs) |
| Result | Punjab Kings won by 54 runs |
Man of the match today IPL
Punjab Kings opener – Jonny Bairstow was adjudged as Player of the Match for his scintillating aggressive batting in the powerplay. Bairstow took down RCB’s best bowler – Josh Hazlewood in the powerplay as PBKS scored 22 runs in 2nd over. He then took Mohammed Siraj in the final over of the powerplay and took 23 runs.
PBKS finished the powerplay with 83/1 as Jonny Bairstow reached his half-century in 21 balls. Overall, Bairstow scored 66 runs off 29 deliveries which includes 4 fours and 7 sixes.
Today IPL match highlights
You can catch highlights of today’s IPL 2022 encounter between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) that took place at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on official website of IPL. Here’s the link to the same:
Watch full highlights here
IPL 2022 Point Table
| Rank | P | W | L | D | NRR | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0.391 | 20 |
| 2 | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0.304 | 16 |
| 3 | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0.262 | 16 |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | -0.323 | 14 |
| 5 | Delhi Capitals | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.21 | 12 |
| 6 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0.16 | 12 |
| 7 | Punjab Kings | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.023 | 12 |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -0.27 | 10 |
| 9 | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | -0.206 | 8 |
| 10 | Mumbai Indians | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | -0.613 | 6 |
IPL 2022 Orange Cap
| PLAYER | TEAM | MAT | INN | RUNS | AVG | SR | 4s | 6s | 100s | 50s | NO | HS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jos Buttler | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 13 | 627 | 52.25 | 148.23 | 56 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 116 |
| 2 | KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 13 | 469 | 42.64 | 135.55 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 103 |
| 3 | David Warner | Delhi Capitals | 10 | 10 | 427 | 61 | 152.5 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 92 |
| 4 | Deepak Hooda | Lucknow Super Giants | 13 | 13 | 406 | 31.23 | 133.55 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 |
| 5 | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 13 | 402 | 33.5 | 135.35 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 96 |
| 6 | Shikhar Dhawan | Punjab Kings | 12 | 12 | 402 | 40.2 | 122.94 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 88 |
| 7 | F du Plessis | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 13 | 13 | 399 | 33.25 | 132.56 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 96 |
| 8 | LS Livingstone | Punjab Kings | 12 | 12 | 385 | 35 | 180.75 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 70 |
| 9 | Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 12 | 374 | 31.17 | 134.53 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 |
| 10 | Tilak Varma | Mumbai Indians | 12 | 12 | 368 | 40.89 | 132.85 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 61 |
IPL 2022 Purple Cap
| PLAYER | TEAM | MAT | INN | WKTs | OV | MAID | RUNS | 5WKTs | 4WKTs | ECO | AVG | SR | BBI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 0 | 404 | 1 | 1 | 7.77 | 16.83 | 13 | 5/40 | |
| 2 | W Hasaranga | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 13 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 1 | 337 | 1 | 1 | 7.49 | 14.65 | 11.74 | 5/18 | |
| 3 | K Rabada | Punjab Kings | 11 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 0 | 344 | 0 | 2 | 8.39 | 16.38 | 11.71 | 4/33 | |
| 4 | T Natarajan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 0 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 8.87 | 19.22 | 13 | 3/10 | |
| 5 | HV Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12 | 12 | 18 | 45.2 | 2 | 350 | 0 | 1 | 7.72 | 19.44 | 15.11 | 4/34 | |
| 6 | KL Yadav | Delhi Capitals | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42.4 | 0 | 372 | 0 | 2 | 8.72 | 20.67 | 14.22 | 4/14 | |
| 7 | M Shami | Gujarat Titans | 13 | 13 | 18 | 51 | 0 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 7.63 | 21.61 | 17 | 3/25 | |
| 8 | Umran Malik | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 12 | 18 | 44 | 1 | 397 | 1 | 1 | 9.02 | 22.06 | 14.67 | 5/25 | |
| 9 | AD Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 12 | 17 | 25.1 | 0 | 233 | 0 | 1 | 9.26 | 13.71 | 8.88 | 4/5 | |
| 10 | Avesh Khan | Lucknow Super Giants | 11 | 11 | 17 | 39.4 | 1 | 312 | 0 | 1 | 7.87 | 18.35 | 14 | 4/24 |
