On early Saturday (3rd October) evening, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) claimed a comfortable eight-wicket victory (with five balls remaining) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi) in the 15th match of IPL 2020.
Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith decided to bat first after winning the toss and his team managed to claim the first innings total of 154/6 (20 overs). In reply, RCB chased down that target in 19.1 overs after losing only two wickets.
Brief Scores: RR – 154/6 in 20 overs (Mahipal Lomror 47, Rahul Tewatia 24*; Yuzvendra Chahal 3/24)
RCB – 158/2 in 19.1 overs (Virat Kohli 72*, Devdutt Padikkal 63; Jofra Archer 1/18)
The Result – RCB won by 8 wickets.
IPL 2020, Match 15: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals (RCB vs RR) – Statistical Highlights
(Teams’ stats)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
i) Royal Challengers Bangalore won this match by 8 wickets.
- After Rajasthan Royals returned to the IPL in 2018 completing their two-year suspension period, it was the first victory for RCB against RR. Their previous victory against this team was during the Eliminator of IPL 2015 (20th May 2015) at Pune where the Bangalore franchise won by 71 runs.
(Players’ stats)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli
i) The right-handed batsman Virat Kohli has scored 5502 runs in IPL career.
- Virat Kohli becomes the first batsman to score 5500 IPL runs.
ii) Virat Kohli scored 72 not out.
- It was the second-highest individual score in the second innings for an RCB batsman against RR. The record is 75 not out by Rahul Dravid at Jaipur on 17th May 2008.
- It was the fourth-highest individual score for an RCB batsman against RR.
Top five highest individual scores for RCB against RR
| Player | Runs | Venue | Date |
| Yuvraj Singh | 83 | Bengaluru | 11th May 2014 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 76* | Jaipur | 23rd April 2012 |
| Rahul Dravid | 75* | Jaipur | 17th May 2008 |
| Virat Kohli | 72* | Abu Dhabi | 3rd October 2020 |
| Chris Gayle | 70* | Jaipur | 11th May 2011 |
Devdutt Padikkal
i) Playing his fourth IPL match, the 20-year-old Devdutt Padikkal scored his third fifty.
- Devdutt Padikkal became the first batsman to score three fifties in the first four IPL matches.
ii) Opener Devdutt Padikkal scored 63 runs off 45 balls.
- It was the second-highest individual score as an Indian opener for RCB against RR. The record is 67 runs by Parthiv Patel at Jaipur on 2nd April 2019.
- It was the fourth-highest individual score for RCB opener against RR.
Top five highest individual scores for the RCB openers against RR
| Player | Runs | Venue | Date |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 76* | Jaipur | 23rd April 2012 |
| Chris Gayle | 70* | Jaipur | 11th May 2011 |
| Parthiv Patel | 67 | Jaipur | 2nd April 2019 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | 63 | Abu Dhabi | 3rd October 2020 |
| Virat Kohli | 62* | Ahmedabad | 24th April 2015 |
Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli
i) For the second wicket, Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Devdutt Padikkal and skipper Virat Kohli put the 99 runs partnership.
- It was the highest partnership for any of the top two wickets for RCB against RR. Their previous record was 98 runs partnership for the unbroken second wicket between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers at Ahmedabad on 24th April 2015.
- It was the fourth-highest partnership for any wicket for RCB against RR.