Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal took a memorable hat-trick in a five overs a side contest that was eventually called off due to intermittent rain, pushing Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the IPL play-off race in Bengaluru on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Needing 22 off the final 10 balls, \nRoyals were favourites to pocket two points but showers lashed \nChinnaswamy again and both teams had to share a point each. The no \nresult keeps Royals mathematically alive in the tournament as they have \n11 points from 13 games with one match to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RCB got a point \nfrom the called off game, taking them to nine points from 13 games, \nending all their hopes of progressing in the tournament. Royals limited \nRCB to 62 for seven in five overs following Gopal\u2019s hat-trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royals\n had won the toss and opted to field but rain arrived and delayed the \nstart of the game by three hours and thirty minutes. The game finally \nbegan after a long delay, courtesy a commendable effort from the ground \nstaff which readied the ground following multiple spells of heavy rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RCB\n skipper Virat Kohli (25 off 7) was on fire from ball one, depositing \npacer Varun Aaron for a straight six. The loyal fans of the hosts, who \nstayed back for hours in the hope of a game, managed to get their \nmoney\u2019s worth with Kohli smashing Aaron for another six before AB de \nVilliers got into the act as the first over went for 23 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However,\n Gopal brought Royals right back into the game in the following over by \nremoving Kohli and de Villiers off successive balls before sending back \nMarcus Stoinis for a memorable hat-trick. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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