Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won for the second straight time in IPL 2022 and beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) with 4 wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed powered RCB to a successful chase of 170 runs.
RR enjoyed a powerful final over knocking 23 runs and Hetmyer hit a six for the last ball to conclude their inning with 169 runs. RCB took a hit midmatch when they lost their three key wickets in successive overs and got back on track with Ahmed’s hard-hitting form were he hit two sixes and a four and RCB scored 15 runs off the 12th over to get over the hump. Karthik was the real game-changing man hitting three fours and a six against Ashwin late in the match for the unbeaten 44 off 23 deliveries.