KL Rahul dismissed for 7 in Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rising Pune Supergiants, IPL 2016, Match 16 at Pune

KL Rahul dismissed for 7 in Royal Challengers’ match against Rising Pune Supergiants, Match 16 at Pune. He top-edged a ball of Ishant Sharma and took an easy catch at third man. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli, who opened the batting in the previous match against Mumbai Indians (MI) opened the innings yet again today. They were cautious in the opening three overs, but then were then looking to score much freely. Rahul started off well even in the previous match and he looked  to be doing the same in this match as well. Kohli has hit a couple of attractive boundaries so far. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2016, Match 16 at Pune

AB de VIlliers has walked in at No. 3. This partnership between Kohli and de VIlliers will be a crucial partnership for RCB as it will set the platform for the batsmen to follow. With the likes of Shane Watson, Sarfaraz Khan and Mandeep Singh to follow, RCB will look to get a total close to 200. Both RCB and RPS have lost their last two matches and will look to revive themselves with a win in this match. Live Cricket Updates Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2016

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Earlier, MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first. RPS have made just one change in this match with Rajat Bhatia coming in place of Irfan Pathan. RCB have made a couple of changes of their own. They have roped in Mandeep in place of Varun Aaron. Tabraiz Shamsi, who was called up as a replacement for Samuel Badree in the RCB squad, comes in place of Travis Head.