Today’s Match – Match 58 – IPL 2015 Eliminator – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals
Date – Wed May 20 , 2015
Time – 14:30 GMT | 8 pm Indian time
Venue –Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Toss – Royal Challengers Bangalore elected to bat
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 71 runs
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 180-4 (20) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Chris Gayle | b Kulkarni | 27 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 103.85 |
| *Virat Kohli | c and b Kulkarni | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| AB de Villiers | run out (Faulkner) | 66 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 173.68 |
| Mandeep Singh | not out | 54 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 158.82 |
| Dinesh Karthik | c Rahane b Morris | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 266.67 |
| Sarfaraz Khan | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| David Wiese | ||||||
| Mitchell Starc | ||||||
| Harshal Patel | ||||||
| Yuzvendra Chahal | ||||||
| Sreenath Aravind |
Extras: 12 b:4 lb:3 nb:0 w:5
Total: 180-4 (20) | Curr. RR: 9.00
FOW:Chris Gayle (41-1, 6), *Virat Kohli (46-2, 7.3), AB de Villiers (159-3, 18.4), Dinesh Karthik (177-4, 19.3)
| Rajasthan Royals | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Chris Morris | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.50 |
| James Faulkner | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.00 |
| Ankit Sharma | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.33 |
| Stuart Binny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 109-10 (19) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c de Villiers b Chahal | 42 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 107.69 |
| Shane Watson | c Karthik b Aravind | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Sanju Samson | c Karthik b Harshal | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
| *Steven Smith | c de Villiers b Wiese | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.31 |
| Karun Nair | c Karthik b Harshal | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 92.31 |
| Deepak Hooda | c Starc b Wiese | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 78.57 |
| James Faulkner | c and b Aravind | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Stuart Binny | run out (Chahal) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Morris | c Chahal b Starc | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ankit Sharma | not out | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.00 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | b Chahal | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Extras: 3 b:0 lb:0 nb:0 w:3
Total: 109-10 (19) | Curr. RR: 5.74
FOW:Shane Watson (14-1, 2), Sanju Samson (33-2, 4.5), *Steven Smith (55-3, 8.1), Karun Nair (79-4, 12.1), Ajinkya Rahane (87-5, 14), James Faulkner (92-6, 14.4), Stuart Binny (92-7, 14.5), Chris Morris (95-8, 16), Deepak Hooda (99-9, 16.5), Dhawal Kulkarni (109-10, 19)
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Mitchell Starc | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.50 |
| Sreenath Aravind | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Harshal Patel | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| David Wiese | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
