RCB off to cautious start

Thu, 24 April 2025

19:48

RCB 18-0 (2 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Phil Salt and Virat Kohli to open for RCB. Salt is on strike.

Jofra Archer will open the attack for RR. Starts off with a wide down the leg side. The keeper dives full stretch to stop the ball.

Three dot balls and finally Salt opens his account with a single to fine leg.

Kohli is on strike. 5 wides! The swing and bounce too hot to handle for the keeper.

Four! First boundary of the innings. Kohli cuts and gets a thick edge and the ball flies through the third man.

A dot to end the over as Archer touches the 150kmph mark. 11 come off it.

Fazalhaq Farooqi into the attack. Starts with a dot and a wide down the leg side.

Salt is off the strike with a single to deep mid-wicket.

Then Kohli steers the length ball past the fielder at sweeper cover.

A dot and a boundary! Salt drives one to long on to pick four runs. 7 come off the over.

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