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Royal Challengers Bengaluru pulled off their four-straight win to stay alive in the IPL 2024 playoff race by defeating the Punjab Kings by 60 runs. The cornerstone of RCB, Virat Kohli scored a match-winning 92 to help post a massive 242-run total before the Bengaluru bowlers did their part and restricted PBKS to 181 in 17 overs.
With this victory, RCB are one more step closer to completing a magnificent comeback and reaching the playoffs. Now Faf du Plessis' men need to continue this winning streak and register those victories with significant margins to reach 14 points with a healthy net run rate.
How can RCB qualify for IPL 2024 Playoffs after beating to PBKS?
Then, Bengaluru needs the Gujarat Titans and the Rajasthan Royals need to beat Chennai Super Kings. Then RCB must hope Mumbai Indians take down the Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium. Further, Kolkata Knight Riders or the Sunrisers Hyderabad should beat the Titans or Shubman Gill's clinch the win with a small margin to help RCB seal playoff qualification.
The boys have shown character to turn it around: Faf du Plessis
Talking about this win against Punjab Kings, RCB captain Faf du Plessis said, "That was a good game. We have scored 200-plus in the last 5-6 games. We have had good conversations, we were making the same mistakes over and over again. Needed aggression with the bat. We just spoke about taking wickets. We have 6-7 options in the bowling department. You need some form in your side. With a bit of luck is also required."
"We had a few guys looking for wickets and runs at the start of the tournament. The boys have shown character to turn it around. Everyone has chipped in with runs and the bowlers are taking wickets. For us it's important to focus on ourselves.We want to stick to the style of play that we want to do, if we do that it'll prove we are a really good team."
