IPL 2023: RR batters endure rare off day against RCB as Wayne Parnell stands tall in Jaipur

Rajasthan Royals (RR) batters endured a rare off day in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after Sanju Samson and Co suffered a 112-run defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Jaipur on Sunday.

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For RR, it was a batting collapse like they had never seen before. Well, almost. Chasing a target of 172 which Sanju Samson said “could have gone to the wire”, RR collapsed to 59 off just 10.3 overs.

But this was not the first time they were all out for 59 or less. In Cape Town in 2009, against the same opponents (RCB), RR were bundled out for 58 in 15.1 overs. Talk about déjà vu!

Yashasvi Jaiswal (0), Jos Buttler (0) and Sanju Samson (4) looked off colour. There was just one batter who scored more than 30 (Shimron Hetmyer, 35), and one more batter who had reached the double-figure mark (Joe Root, 10). Needless to say, the RR batting order looked awfully weak, and if their recent mixed run of fortunes are to go by, this is one result that RR would like to forget.

So, how did RR collapse?

Mohammed Siraj opened RCB’s bowling attack after fifties from Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell had led RCB to 171/5.

Yashasvi Jaiswal being dismissed for nought is not something you see everyday. Same with the case of Jos Buttler. In the second ball of the first over, an overpitched delivery from Siraj forced Jaiswal to smash it straight to mid-off. Virat Kohli, the fielder stationed there, took a sharp catch to dismiss Jaiswal.

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