A solid knock from Rajat Patidar and a small cameo from Venkatesh Iyer have powered RCB to post 201 runs against Rajasthan Royals.

Patidar’s 63-run knock and Iyer’s 29-run cameo off 15 deliveries have set up the Royal Challengers to cross the 200-run mark at Guwahati.

After being invited to bat first, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli opened the innings while Jofra Archer opened the bowling attack.

Archer bagged the wicket of Salt for golden duck in the very first ball of the innings. Devdutt Padikkal who came to bat also lost his wicket to Jofra Archer for 14 runs in the 3rd over.

Virat Kohli who took down Rajasthan bowlers got bowled out by Ravi Bishnoi for 32 runs. With Rajat Patidar and Krunal pandya at crease, Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored for 61 runs.

Soon after the powerplay, Ravi Bishnoi found a loop dismissing Krunal Pandya for 1 run. Jitesh Sharma who came to bat, got dismissed on a lbw. Brijesh bagged his second wicket dismissing 13 runs while Shepherd added quick 22 off 11 deliveries.

Venkatesh Iyer who came in as impact sub, played second fiddle as Rajat Patidar played captain innings scoring 63 runs off 40 deliveries.

With dismissing RCB captain Rajat Patidar for 63 runs, Sandeep Sharma bagged his first wicket in this innings. With Venkatesh Iyer and Bhuvneshwar Kumar at crease, Royal Challengers Bengaluru went on to score 201 runs in their 20 overs innings.

Iyer scored 29* runs off 15 deliveries while Bhuveshwar Kumar added 9* runs off 7 deliveries.

Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi and Brijesh Sharma picked two wickets each while Sandeep Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja picked one wicket each.

Rajasthan Royals playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood