Watch: Mohammed Siraj's angry celebration after getting the wicket of Ashwin and Buttler
Royal Challengers Bangalore has locked horns with Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals on the 26th of April, Monday. Talking about the game, Faf du Plessis won the toss and asked the opposition to bat.
In response, Rajasthan Royals posted a decent total of 144 runs on the board. Riyan Parag has been the best with the bat for Rajasthan Royals, as he remained unbeaten on 56 runs. Notably, he helped his side from getting crashed below these numbers.
Now, RCB had to chase the target posted by the opposition with Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli opening for the first time this season. However, things didn't go well for Bangalore as they have been bowled out for 115 runs.
Faf du Plessis was the top scorer, having scored 23 runs for his team. In the end, Rajasthan Royals won the game by a margin of 29 runs and moved to the top of the table with 12 points in their hand.
Rajasthan Royals grabbed the top spot on the points table:
After winning the match, Riyan Parag has been named Man of the Match and he also shared a few words about the game in the post-match presentation. "A bit of satisfaction. The Royals have shown faith in me for the last three years, and I am paying them back bit by bit.
I love pressure and I am just showcasing my abilities. During the time-out, Sanga came out and we agreed that 140 was a good total on this wicket. We decided to go big in the last two overs.
I wanted to target Hasaranga in his second over, but we lost wickets, and so I had to strategize and go after Hazlewood and Harshal," Riyan Parag was quoted as same as in Cricbuzz.
Then, Kuldeep Sen, the youngster who got 4 wickets under his belt also shared his views during the post-match presentation. "I missed the last few matches with an injury at the nets, it's coming up well now.
Watching the first innings and the way Siraj and Harshal bowled, I realized that the ball was stopping from a good length, so Sanju told me to hit the deck hard, the plan was to keep it on a good length. We didn't want to concede easy runs," Kuldeep Sen was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
Besides, Mohammed Siraj was seen as aggressive on the field during the game. He was throwing the ball aggressively after getting the wickets of Ravichandran Ashwin and Jos Buttler:
Watch the video here: