Ajinkya Rahane hit an unbeaten 103 off 60 balls

Registering the maiden century of the tournament, Rahane slammed an unbeaten 103 off 60 balls and shared 121-run stand with Owais Shah (60 off 26) to power Rajasthan 195-2 after they elected to bat.

Spinner Trivedi then claimed four wickets for 25 runs to skittle out Bangalore for 136 in the final over.

The third win in five games lifted Rajasthan to the top of points table while Bangalore are slumped to the bottom of ladder after third successive loss in four games.

RR VS RCB: Pankaj removed Bangalore openers in same over

Bangalore struggled in purist of a formidable target and lost wickets at regular intervals.
Barring Mayank Agarwal (34 off 21) and Virat Kohli (22 off 18) no batsman of the home side was able to pass the 20-mark.

Seamer Pankaj Singh (2-18) dismissed both openers Agarwal and Chris Gayle (8) in the same over to trigger the Bangalore collapse.

The hosts not recovered from there and found themselves unable to cope with the back-to-back outbursts Trivedi and succumbed far beyond from the target.

Earlier, Rahane and Shah pulverized the Bangalore’s bowling attack with blistering hitting all over the ground.

RR VS RCB: Rahane hit 12 boundaries, five sixes

Rahane, who advanced to three figures off just 58 deliveries, belted a dozen boundaries and five maximum blows in his swashbuckling vigil.

Rajasthan got off to a strong start as Rahane and skipper Rahul Dravid (25 off 35) took the score past 50 in eight overs before latter fell to his opponent counterpart Daniel Vettori.

In-form Shah then joined Rahane and the visitors never looked back thereafter.

Shah, whose knock was laced with five boundaries and as many sixes, fell to Zaheer Khan in penultimate over.

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