The 32nd match of IPL 2023 is played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challenger Baglore. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl first as he backed his batters to chase down the total on a dry surface.
Batting first, Royal Challengers Banglore is off to a poor start as their premium batter Virat Kohli got out on a golden duck by the fine inswinger of Left-arm pacer Trent Boult. Trent Boult continues his dream run in IPL 2023 as he strikes twice in the powerplay and gives Rajasthan Royals a perfect start on a batting deck.
Talking of Virat Kohli, with this golden duck, he registered an embarrassing record to his name in IPL history. Kohli is jointly at 2nd position in the list of batters who got out the most number of times on Golden Duck in the history of IPL. RCB’s former captain has got out seven times in his IPL career on a golden duck. In this list, Gujrat Titans premium spinner Rashid Khan is on top as he has secured ten golden ducks in his IPL career. Whereas Sunil Narine, Harbhajan Singh and Virat Kohli are jointly at number 2 with seven golden ducks in their IPL career.
Talking of this match, batting first, RCB has got a poor start, but their in-form batter Du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell got together and rescued their team once again. With their solid batting, RCB scored 189 runs with the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs, and till the article is written, Rajasthan scored 66 runs for the loss of one wicket in 7.4 overs. RCB captain Du Plessis scored 62 runs from 39 balls, and all-rounder Maxwell scored 77 runs from 44 balls.
Player. Golden Ducks
Rashid Khan. 10
Sunil Narine 7
Harbhajan Singh. 7
Virat Kohli 7
