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“People change their watches, they have changed their time” – Aakash Chopra on RCB’s 5th consecutive win in IPL 2024 clash vs DC

Former Indian Test opener Aakash Chopra lauded Royal Challengers Bengaluru after their 47-run win against Delhi Capitals at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday. This was RCB’s fifth win on the bounce and they also became the first team in IPL 2024 to achieve this winning streak. 

RCB posted a par score of 187 runs on the board after Axar Patel decided to bowl first. Rajat Patidar, who had the rub of the green on his side, scored a fine knock of 52 runs. 

Furthermore, Will Jacks scored a crucial knock of 41 runs off 29 balls whereas Cameron Green scored an unbeaten 32 off 24 balls. 

On the other hand, Yash Dayal returned with impressive figures of 3-20 whereas Lockie Ferguson had 2-23 in his quota of four overs. RCB has been brilliant in the second phase of the tournament and they have come up with collective efforts with both bat and ball.

“RCB have won five consecutive games. You can call them Royal Champion Bengaluru currently. Namma Bengaluru are playing extremely well. They demolished Delhi. Delhi can’t reach 16 points now and RCB are sitting pretty at the fifth spot with five consecutive wins and a positive net run rate,” Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube Channel.

“People change their watches, they have changed their time. They were at No. 10 at one stage and are now at No. 5. They are still alive and to be very honest, they are also playing incredible cricket now,” the former India opener added.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli scored a quickfire knock of 27 runs off just 13 balls before he was dismissed by his former Delhi teammate Ishant Sharma. The renowned commentator hailed Kohli for giving a brisk start to RCB.

“Virat Kohli starts like a bullet train these days and he did that only. However, Faf du Plessis was dismissed at the start. Will Jacks made 41 and Rajat Patidar made 52. Both of them got lives but both batted well. They hit very good sixes. The Delhi spinners kept bowling fast. They were doing well when they were bowling slow,” he elaborated. 

Meanwhile, RCB could not accelerate towards the end as they managed only 18 runs in the last three overs.

“Mahipal Lomror and Cameron Green played short knocks and you reached 187, which I thought was not enough because the end wasn’t good at all. You didn’t score runs at all in the last two or three overs. The wagon was suddenly stopped,” Chopra observed.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play their last league stage match of the season against Chennai Super Kings at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday.

 

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