Match 40 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Date – Mon Apr 29
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets

Today in the 40th match of IPL 2013, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Abhinav Mukund and Chris Gayle scored 44 in just 4 overs before Gayle got out after scoring 34 in 16 balls. Abhinav Mukund was the next to fall as he was bowled by Trivedi for 19. RCB were well placed at 66/2 in 8 overs. Captain Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers then scored 33 in 25 balls before AB de Villiers got out. Moises Henriques’s 22 off 19 balls an Vinay Kumar’s 22 off 6 balls helped RCB post a decent total of 171/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 172 to win, Rajasthan Royals lost AJinkya Rahane in the third over when the team score was just 21. Rahul Dravid and Sanju Samson then took the score to 48 before Rahul Darvid was bowled by Henriques. Sanju and Shane Watson then played superbly, Sanju Samson scored 63 off 41 balls and along with Shane Watson took the score to 116. Brad Hodge and Shane Watson took charge and moved towards the victory target. Needing 30 to win from last 3 overs, the game was wide open. 17 runs came off the 18th over as Brad Hodge hit two sixes, Rajasthan Royals needed 13 runs in 2 overs to win the match. RP Singh striked back and took the wicket of Shane Watson who scored 41 off 31 balls (3×4,1×6). The match was far from over as in the final over, Rajasthan needed 6 to win but Kumar got the wicket of dangerous Brad Hodge (32 off 18 balls) and Owais Shah was run out the very next ball to keep the RCB hopes alive. But Stuart Binny hit a four on the second last ball to take Rajasthan to a 4 wicket win.

Match 40 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard