India Outclass Ireland by 143 Runs
2nd T20 To Win Series 2-0
Dublin, June 29: Hardik Pandya 9-ball 32 blitzkrieg towards the end of the inning helped India post a mammoth mammoth 213 for 4 in the second T20I at The Village, Dublin. In the final two overs Pandya clobbered 4 sixes to help India get past 200 for the second time in the series. After winning the toss once again Ireland skipper asked India to bat first. Surprising everyone, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli came out to to open for India. Kohli departed early after scoring just 9 runs bur Rahul (70) and Suresh Raina (69) looked sublime with the bat sharing 102-run partnership for the 2nd wicket. Although Rohit Sharma departed for a duck but Pandya stole the show with his terrific hitting towards the end. For Ireland Kevin O'Brien was the most successful bowler who picked 3 wickets for 40 runs.
Score Board:
IRE 70 all-out (12.3)
IND 213-4 (20)
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
