IPL 2022: Rating performances of teams in the third week

6. Royal Challengers Bangalore – 7.5/10

The Faf du Plessis-led team had an average outing in the third week, where they managed to win one of the two league matches. The team certainly felt the absence of Harshal Patel in the second fixture, who had left the bio-bubble due to personal reasons. They are at sixth position in the points table with three wins in five fixtures.

In the first league match against MI, they bowled well to contain the opposition to a score of 151, which is a below-par total at all the venues in this tournament. The likes of Harshal and Wanindu Hasaranga picked up two wickets each. In the batting department, Anuj Rawat contributed 66, while Kohli scored 48.

In the second fixture against CSK, the team went for 200+ runs in an average bowling effort, with Hasaranga again emerging as a key performer with two wickets. In the batting department, the top three batters could not provide a good start for the team. But, players like Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudesai, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Dinesh Karthik provided hefty contributions to get the team close to the opposition score but fell short by 23 runs.