RCB crossed the line..!? Shivam Dube who was suffering..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
RCB crossed the line..!? shivam dube who was suffering..!?

In the first league match against the chennai Super Kings team, the bowlers of the royal challengers Bangalore team bowled over the boundary. Many balls went wide. But, the umpires had fun without giving it a go. CSK's impact player shivam dube in particular was having trouble hitting the bouncers and all RCB players used the new IPL rule of two bouncers per over. In the 2024 IPL series, a new rule of two bouncers per over has been introduced to create favorable conditions for fast bowlers. RCB team used it to the full extent in the first match of the year.
In this match, the CSK team played towards the victory target of 174 runs set by the RCB team. At that time, CSK had accumulated 99 runs in 10.2 overs and lost 3 wickets. After that Daryl Mitchell - shivam Dubey batted. Then RCB's Alsari Joseph bouncer threw the balls. He bowled the ball short of his head and bowled more than the two bouncers. They were unable to hit a boundary in that over. After that, Mitchell was caught on the ball and dismissed.
Even though Jadeja and shivam Dubey batted continuously, the RCB team threw bouncer balls to defeat shivam Dubey. Then once the ball went over his head. If the ball goes over the head, even if it is a bouncer, it is considered a wide. But the umpire did not give a wide. The RCB team continued to throw bouncers while the umpire did not notice.
A few times the extra runs were scored when the wicketkeeper failed to catch the ball. Meanwhile, shivam Dubey started driving the non-bouncer balls to the boundary. After this, CSK reached the target in 18.4 overs. Jadeja scored 25 and shivam dube scored 34 runs. The rule of two bouncers per over was introduced only this year. But in the first match, RCB used it too much.

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