Trent Boult continued his red-hot form in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, this time in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday (April 23). Boult unlocked yet another milestone and achieved a sensational IPL century after trapping RCB's stand-in skipper Kohli for a golden duck on the very first ball of the match. Boult, who was playing his 84th IPL match, has emulated teammate Yuzvendra Chahal's record and has become fifth-joint fastest bowler in the history of IPL to take 100 wickets. Overall Boult has become the 22nd bowler to taste the glory.
Fastest bowlers to take 100 wickets (innings)
Lasith Malinga-70
Bhuvneshwar Kumar-81
Amit Mishra-83
Ashish Nehra-83
Yuzvendra Chahal-84
Trent Boult-84*
Sunil Narine-86
Sandeep Sharma-87
Dwayne Bravo-89
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Boult's inswinger pitched on the middle and leg stump which Kohli tried to direct it towards mid-wicket area. However, Kohli failed to make any contact with the ball which came right into him and hit him on the right leg which saw Boult appealing for LBW in full aplomb. The field umpire didn't waste any time and raised his finger. Kohli didn't challenge the decision and took the longest walk towards pavilion.
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Meanwhile, RR won the toss and opted to bowl first against RCB. With Faf De Plessis still not fully recovered from his rib injury, Kohli is again leading the RCB's pack. Faf won't be fielding as he only came to bat for RCB.
“It was pretty easy to choose, we'd have batted first. This wicket looks dry and it will get drier and might break up first. I didn't say that to Sanju, but I'm very happy to bat first. We both get to do what we wanted. They informed me last time saying I might have to captain a couple of games, nothing I'm not used to doing. So I'm happy to step in, ready to continue from whatever Faf has been doing. The team has responded well, we are playing with a lot of energy and that showed in the last game. One change for us, Wayne Parnell is out and he will be replaced by David Willey. Faf continues to play as an impact sub,” RCB skipper Kohli said after the toss.
“We'll bowl first. Looking at the conditions, our side and their side. So we'd prefer bowling. The dressing room is simple, honest and we need to respect the way we are playing. We are starting with the same XI, might add someone later on,” RR captain Samson said after winning the toss.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
RR subs: Donavon Ferreira, M Ashwin, Akash Vasisht, KM Asif and Abdul Basith.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak
RCB subs: Harshal Patel, Finn Allen, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma and Anuj Rawat.
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