<p>Glenn Maxwell hit his second successive half-century to fire Royal Challengers Bangalore to a convincing seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League in Dubai on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Australian batting all-rounder made an unbeaten 50 off 30 deliveries as Bangalore chased down their victory target of 150 in 17.1 overs in the Twenty20 tournament.</p>.<p>Bowlers set up the team's second straight win with paceman Harshal Patel taking three wickets and spinners Shahbaz Ahmed and Yuzvendra Chahal claiming two each to restrict Rajasthan to 149-9.</p>.<p>Virat Kohli's Bangalore stay third in the eight-team table, led by Chennai Super Kings, and eye a strong league finish in their bid for a maiden title.</p>.<p>"We have come back strongly in two games back-to-back with the ball which is great," said Kohli, who will step down as captain of the side at the end of this season.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/cricket/ipl/ipl-2021-all-round-rcb-thrash-rr-by-7-wickets-1035556.html" target="_blank">Read | IPL 2021: All-round RCB thrash RR by 7 wickets</a></strong></p>.<p>"It means we are heading in the right direction."</p>.<p>Kohli, who hit 25, and Devdutt Padikkal, who scored 22, started briskly for the opening wicket to lay the foundation for the chase.</p>.<p>Srikar Bharat (44) and Maxwell put on a third-wicket stand of 69 to take the attack to the opposition bowlers despite Bangladesh left-arm quick Mustafizur Rahman striking twice.</p>.<p>Bharat fell short of his fifty but Maxwell, who made a match-winning 56 in the previous game, completed his 50 with two straight boundaries.</p>.<p>Earlier, Royals collapsed from a comfortable 100-1 in 11 overs to 117-5 with debutant left-arm quick George Garton sending back Evin Lewis for 56 and Ahmed striking twice in his first over.</p>.<p>Chahal also struck twice to return impressive figures of 2-18 from his four overs of leg spin and was named man of the match.</p>.<p>Patel, who got a hat-trick in his team's previous win, rattled the middle and lower order and struck on successive deliveries.</p>.<p>Royals, winners of the inaugural edition in 2008, are seventh in the table.</p>.<p>"We don't have anything to lose. That kind of mindset brings a lot of freedom, have seen some funny things happen," said Rajasthan skipper Sanju Samson.</p>
<p>Glenn Maxwell hit his second successive half-century to fire Royal Challengers Bangalore to a convincing seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League in Dubai on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Australian batting all-rounder made an unbeaten 50 off 30 deliveries as Bangalore chased down their victory target of 150 in 17.1 overs in the Twenty20 tournament.</p>.<p>Bowlers set up the team's second straight win with paceman Harshal Patel taking three wickets and spinners Shahbaz Ahmed and Yuzvendra Chahal claiming two each to restrict Rajasthan to 149-9.</p>.<p>Virat Kohli's Bangalore stay third in the eight-team table, led by Chennai Super Kings, and eye a strong league finish in their bid for a maiden title.</p>.<p>"We have come back strongly in two games back-to-back with the ball which is great," said Kohli, who will step down as captain of the side at the end of this season.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/cricket/ipl/ipl-2021-all-round-rcb-thrash-rr-by-7-wickets-1035556.html" target="_blank">Read | IPL 2021: All-round RCB thrash RR by 7 wickets</a></strong></p>.<p>"It means we are heading in the right direction."</p>.<p>Kohli, who hit 25, and Devdutt Padikkal, who scored 22, started briskly for the opening wicket to lay the foundation for the chase.</p>.<p>Srikar Bharat (44) and Maxwell put on a third-wicket stand of 69 to take the attack to the opposition bowlers despite Bangladesh left-arm quick Mustafizur Rahman striking twice.</p>.<p>Bharat fell short of his fifty but Maxwell, who made a match-winning 56 in the previous game, completed his 50 with two straight boundaries.</p>.<p>Earlier, Royals collapsed from a comfortable 100-1 in 11 overs to 117-5 with debutant left-arm quick George Garton sending back Evin Lewis for 56 and Ahmed striking twice in his first over.</p>.<p>Chahal also struck twice to return impressive figures of 2-18 from his four overs of leg spin and was named man of the match.</p>.<p>Patel, who got a hat-trick in his team's previous win, rattled the middle and lower order and struck on successive deliveries.</p>.<p>Royals, winners of the inaugural edition in 2008, are seventh in the table.</p>.<p>"We don't have anything to lose. That kind of mindset brings a lot of freedom, have seen some funny things happen," said Rajasthan skipper Sanju Samson.</p>