RPS vs RCB IPL 2016 Match 16th : Pune vs Bangalore IPL 9 Scorecard
The Match 16th will be RPS vs RCB of IPL 2016 which will be played MCA International Stadium, Pune. Rising Pune supergiants playing their first ever season of Indian premier league where for Royal Challengers Bangalore it will be 9th season. The tournament started from 9th April and will end on 29th May with the finale. Total 56 matches will be played in the league stage where the four teams ranking in Point table on the top will get qualified for the play-offs. This year Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants are the new team in place of CSK and RR.
Pune vs Bangalore Match of IPL 9 will be tough competition for both the teams. On one hand Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leading RPS team and on other the hand, one of the most consistent player of the Indian cricket team, the no. 1 player of T20 format, the vice captain of Indian cricket team of ODI & T20s, Virat Kohli leading RCB. Both the players played a lot of cricket for India and knows strengths and weaknesses of each other. It will be good to see how they plan and play in the match when standing in opposition.
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South African captain Faf du Plessis, Ajinkya Rahane, Australian start cricketer Steven Smith, England cricketer Kevin Pietersen are some of the key batsman of the Rising pune supergiants teams. Where Royal challengers Bangalore is loaded with one of the best cricketer of all format AB de villiers, the kings of hitting long sixes Chris Gayle, the Australian all rounder Shane Watson, and who can forget Virat Kohli. Both the team looking strong and have all the players which can snatch victory any time from the opposition team.
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Here is the squad of both the team for the RPS vs RCB Match of IPL 2016:-
Royal Challengers Bangalore :-
Virat Kohli (Captain), Varun Aaron, Abu Nechim, Samuel Badree, Stuart Binny, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Praveen Dubey, Chris Gayle, Travis Head, Iqbal Abdulla, Lokesh Rahul, Parveez Rasool, Kane Richardson, Sachin Baby, Mitchell Starc, Vikas Tokas, Shane Watson, David Wiese, Kedar Jadhav, Akshay Karnewar, Sarfaraz Khan, Vikramjeet Malik, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Harshal Patel.
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Rising Pune Supergiants :-
MS Dhoni (Captain), Ankit Sharma, Baba Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Scott Boland, Deepak Chahar, Ashok Dinda, Francoisdu Plessis, Kevin Pietersen, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh, Steve Smith, Saurabh Tiwary, Adam Zampa, Peter Handscomb, Jaskaran Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Albie Morkel, Ishwar Pandey, Irfan Pathan, Thisara Perera
The details of upcoming Match :-
| RPS vs RCB IPL 2016 Match 16th | ||
 | Vs |  |
| Venue | MCA International Stadium, Pune | |
| Date | 22nd April 2016 | |
| Time | 8:00 pm (Local Time) | |
| Toss | RPS and elected to field first | |
The Rising pune supergiants vs Royal challengers Bangalore match of IPL 2016 has not started yet we will update all the live scorecard of the match here as soon as match starts.
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Score:
Royal challenger Bangalore: 185/3 in 20 overs
Rising Pune Supergiants: 172/8 in 20 overs
Match Result: RCB won the Match by 13 runs
Man of the Match: AB de Villiers
Here is the scorecard of RPS vs RCB match :-
Royal challenger Bangalore Innings:-
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | c Ajinkya Rahane b Thisara Perera | 80 | 63 | 126.98 | 7 | 2 | |
| Lokesh Rahul | c Ishant Sharma b Thisara Perera | 7 | 10 | 70.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Ankit Sharma b Thisara Perera | 83 | 46 | 180.43 | 6 | 4 | |
| Shane Watson | NOT OUT | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sarfaraz Khan | NOT OUT | 2 | 1 | 200.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 11) | 12 | |||||
| TOTAL | (3 wickets; 20 overs) | 185 | |||||
Rising Pune Supergiants Bowling:-
| BOWLER | O | R | W | ECON | DOTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishant Sharma | 4 | 47 | 0 | 11.75 | 8 | |
| Thisara Perera | 4 | 34 | 3 | 8.50 | 8 | |
| Ankit Sharma | 4 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 4 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | 3 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 1 | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 3 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 5 | |
| Murugan Ashwin | 2 | 29 | 0 | 14.50 | 1 | |
RPS Innings:-
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane | st Lokesh Rahul b Tabraiz Shamsi | 60 | 46 | 130.43 | 8 | 0 | |
| Francois du Plessis | c Harshal Patel b Kane Richardson | 2 | 3 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Pietersen | Retired | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | run out (Virat Kohli) | 4 | 3 | 133.33 | 1 | 0 | |
| MS Dhoni | c AB de Villiers b Harshal Patel | 41 | 38 | 107.89 | 3 | 0 | |
| Thisara Perera | c Mandeep Singh b Shane Watson | 34 | 13 | 261.53 | 3 | 3 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | c Shane Watson b Kane Richardson | 21 | 11 | 190.90 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | c Harshal Patel b Shane Watson | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ankit Sharma | NOT OUT | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murugan Ashwin | c AB de Villiers b Kane Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ishant Sharma | NOT OUT | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (w 6, b 1) | 7 | |||||
| TOTAL | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 172 | |||||
Royal challenger Bangalore Bowling :-
| BOWLER | O | R | W | ECON | DOTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Binny | 2 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 2 | |
| Kane Richardson | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 | 11 | |
| Harshal Patel | 4 | 46 | 1 | 11.50 | 6 | |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 9 | |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 4 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | 7 | |
| Iqbal Abdulla | 3 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | |