IPL 2021: Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel inspire all-round Royal Challengers Bangalore to thrash RR
FirstpostChasing 150, Royal Challengers Bangalore completed the task with as many as 17 balls to spare. Pacer Harshal Patel came close to picking a hat-trick in successive matches, in the final over, but Kartik Tyagi denied him that as RR lost eight wickets for 49 runs. Asked to take first strike, RR saw off two quiet overs before Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal decided to cut loose at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. India pacer Siraj came back to bowl a tight sixth over but Jaiswal got two boundaries off Daniel Christian to record RR’s best opening partnership of the ongoing season, even as Kohli kept switching his bowlers frequently. Lewis continued in same vein and hit Harshal Patel for two successive fours before in-form skipper Sanju Samson went inside out to clobber leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal over extra over for a six.