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Punjab Kings Eliminated From IPL 2024 Playoffs Race !!

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 60 runs. This is RCB’s fourth consecutive win. Bangalore had scored a huge score of 241 runs after playing first. In response, Punjab’s team collapsed for 181 runs. With this, Punjab is also out of the playoff race.

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RCB Still Alive For Playoffs

In the 58th match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 60 runs. With this defeat, the Punjab team is out of IPL 2024. It has eight points after 12 matches and the team can reach a maximum of 12 points which will not be enough to reach the playoffs. Punjab is the second team to be out of the playoff race after Mumbai. At the same time, RCB has kept the playoff hopes alive with a win.

It has 10 points after 12 matches. The team can reach a maximum of 14 points. However, they will still have to depend on the results of other teams after this. Bangalore’s next two matches are at Chinnaswamy Stadium. On May 12, the team will play against Delhi Capitals and on May 18 against Chennai Super Kings.

Virat Kohli Played A Good Innings

Talking about the match, after losing the toss and batting first, the Bangalore team scored 241 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli played an innings of 92 runs in 47 balls with the help of seven fours and six sixes. At the same time, Rajat Patidar scored 55 runs in 23 balls and Cameron Green scored 46 runs in 27 balls. In reply, Punjab’s team was all out at 181 runs in 17 overs.

Riley Russo scored the highest 61 runs. Apart from this, Shashank Singh scored 37 runs and Sam Curran scored 22 runs. Siraj took three wickets. At the same time, Swapnil Singh, Loki Fergyson, and Karn Sharma got two wickets each.