Royal Challengers Bengaluru VS Kolkata Knight Riders, KKR won the match by 7 wickets against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl first. Virat Kohli scored 83* runs, Cameron Green scored 33 runs and Glenn Maxwell scored 28 runs. Andre Russell and Harshit Rana took 2 wickets each. RCB scored 182/6 in 20 overs.
Sunil Narine scored 47 runs, Venkatesh Iyer scored 50 runs, and Shreyas Iyer scored 39 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders scored 186/5 in 16.5 overs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kholi, Faf Du Plessis(Captain), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat(WK), Dinesh Karthik, Yash Dayal, Alzaari Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammad Siraj.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing Eleven
Phil Salt(WK), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(Captain), Ankul Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Royal Challengers Bengaluru VS Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR won the match by 7 wickets
KKR won the toss and elected to bowl first. Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli came to bat for RCB and Mitchell Starc had a first over. In the 2nd over, Harshit Rana bowled in good length in on-off to Faf Du Plessis played a scoop and Mitchell Starc took a catch at short fine Leg. Faf Du Plessis scored 8 runs off 6 balls. Cameron Green and Virat Kohli had a 65-run partnership for the 2nd wicket.
In the 9th over, Cameron Green was bowled out in the bowl of Andre Russell. Cameron Green scored 33 runs off 21 balls. Glenn Maxwell and Virat Kohli had a 42-run partnership for the third wicket. In the 15th over, Sunil Narine bowled a shorter-length delivery after seeing Glenn Maxwell making room for himself he played his shot and Rinku Singh covered the ground and took the catch at a deep backward point. Glenn Maxwell scored 28 runs off 19 balls.
In the 17th over, Andre Russell bowled slower in the middle to Rajat Patidar who played a pull but did not connect and Rinku Singh took an easy catch at deep mid-wicket. Rajat Patidar scored 3 runs off 4 balls. In the 18th over, Anuj Rawat was caught behind by Phil Salt in the ball of Harshit Rana. Anuj Rawat scored 3 runs off 3 balls.
Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kholi had a 31-run partnership for the sixth wicket. In the last ball of the match, Dinesh Karthik was run out by Phil Salt. Dinesh Karthik scored 20 runs off 8 balls. Virat Kohli scored 83* runs off 59 balls. RCB scored 182/6 in 20 overs.
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Phil Salt and Sunil Narine came to open for KKR and Mohammad Siraj had a first over for RCB. Vyshak Vijay Kumar played as an impact player in place of Dinesh Karthik. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine had an 86-run partnership for the first wicket. In the 7th over, Sunil Narine was bowled out in the bowl of Mayank Dagar. Sunil Narine scored 47 runs off 22 balls.
In the 8th over, Vyshak Vijay Kumar bowled with pace in the middle to Phil Salt who played a pull shot but caught by Cameron Green at Deep Square leg. Phil Salt scored 30 runs off 20 balls. Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer had a 75-run partnership. In the 16th over, Yash Dayal Bowled a good length in outside off to Venkatesh Iyer and played a shot but the ball made contact with the toe end of the bat, and Virat Kohli took a catch at deep mid-wicket. Venkatesh Iyer scored 50 runs off 30 balls.
Shreyas Iyer scored 39* runs off 24 balls and Rinku Singh scored 5* runs off 5 balls. KKR scored 186/3 in 16.5 overs. KKR won the match by 7 wickets.