RCB vs KKR second innings summary:
- RCB never looked in trouble at any point in the chase
- The RCB openers smashed 80 for no loss in the powerplay! Phil Salt and Virat Kohli started things off very well in their first ever partnership.
- Rajat Patidar, the captain and the RCB spin-destroyer took no prisoners. His quickfire 34 from just 16 balls turned the game into a one-sided contest
- The KKR bowling with the exception of Narine all went for double digit economy.
- RCB showed incredible character after a sloppy start in the first 10 overs. They fought back incredibly to win the game.
16.2 overs: RCB score 177 and win over KKR with 7 wickets remaining
16th Over: Score 167/3
- Rajat Patidar is dismissed. The captain smoked a 16 ball 34 run knock.
15th Over: Score 157/2
- Patidar continues the onslaught, scoring 18 runs in that over. RCB are racing away towards the target.
14th Over: Score 138/2
- Rajat Patidar hits a massive 91 meter six. Narine is the bowler as that hardly matters for the spin-destroyer.
13th Over: Score 127/2
- Virat Kohli scores a half-century! It takes just 30 balls to get to 53 for the chasemaster.
12th Over: Score 119/2
- Narine gets Devdutt Padikkal. Its a run a ball 10 by the Bengaluru boy.
11th Over: Score 115/1
- RCB deal with the final over of Chakravarthy perfectly. One six and five singles.
10th Over: Score 104/1
- RCB complete the first half the innings. They need to watch out for the tricky spinner duo of Chakravarthy and Narine.
9th Over: Score 96/1
- Varun Chakravarthy gets his revenge. After being smashed by Phil Salt in his first over, the spinner takes his wicket.
8th Over: Score 91/0
7th Over: Score 86/0
- Phil Salt blitzes 50 off just 25 balls. A great start to his journey with RCB
6th Over: Score 80/0
- Virat Kohli and Phil Salt rip apart the KKR bowling in the powerplay. A strong advantage to RCB.
5th Over: 75/0
- The thunderstorm of runs doesn’t stop, 27 overs given in the 5th over.
4th Over: Score 58/0
- Salt’s bat breathes fire as Varun Chakravarthy is taken to the cleaners.
3rd Over: Score 37/0
- Salt and Kohli the charge against the KKR bowling attack
2nd Over: Score 17/0
1st Over: Score 12/0
- Virat Kohli and Phil Salt open the chase for RCB
TARGET for RCB: 175 from 20 overs
RCB vs KKR first Innings summary:
- KKR’s top order blitzed RCB in the first half.
- RCB bowlers sloppy performance was followed by a strong comeback in the second half
- Krunal Pandya took big wickets at crucial moments and lead the bowling comeback
- Yash Dayal and Josh Hazlewood had crucial death overs that could be game changing.
20th Over: Score 174/8
- Josh Hazlewood started the final over with 3 dot balls. Madness!
- Harshit Rana is dismissed adding another wicket to the RCB bowling department
19th Over: Score 169/7
- Yash Dayal does beautifully in the 19th over. Only 4 runs given away and a wicket taken.
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi is dismissed. He is caught behind by Jitesh Sharma.
18th Over: Score 165/6
17th Over: Score 155/6
- Patidar brings back the double spin of Livingstone for the 16th over. Only 4 runs given away. A crucial over from the Brit.
16th Over: Score 151/6
- The big West Indian Andre Russell is bowled by Suyash Sharma. The leg spinner’s first spell for RCB is an expensive one, going for47 runs
15th Over: Score 145/5
- Krunal Pandya took another wicket. This time it is the dangerous Rinku Singh
- His final over was a tidy one. The southpaw finishes his 4 overs giving away just 29 runs and taking 3 wickets.
14th Over: Score 141/4
- Liam Livingstone is brought for some off-spin and leg-spin. The Brit can bowl both ways and is useful against left-right partnerships.
13th Over: Score 131/4
- Krunal Pandya’s 3rd over turns out to be crucial for RCB. The important wicket of Venkatesh Iyer is down. Krunal goes through the defence of Iyer to bowl him out.
12th Over: Score 124/3
- Suyash Sharma goes for another expensive over. Youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi smacks two boundaries.
11th Over: Score 110/3
- Krunal pandya comes back to take Ajinkya Rahane down. The KKR captain departs after a strong knock of 56(31).
10th Over: Score 107/2
- Rasikh Dar mixed it up with some slow balls. Sunil Narine finally dismissed bringing an end to the partnership
9th Over: Score 96/1
- Ajinkya Rahane races to his fifty. 26 runs given away in two overs by Suyash Sharma
8th Over: Score 74/1
- Rasikh Dar is brought back for his 2nd over. Another expensive over with 9 runs given away
7th Over: Score 65/1
- Spinner Suyash Sharma is brought on to control the runrate.
6th Over: Score 60/1
- KKR continue the blitz. They bring up the 50 in just 34 balls. Yash Dayal’s second over lacked the accuracy of his first.
5th Over: Score 40/1
- Sunil Narine joins the party and takes the attack to Krunal Pandya
4th Over: Score 25/1
- Ajinkya Rahane smashes Rasikh Dar for 16 runs in his first over
3rd Over: Score 9/1
2nd Over: Score 5/1
- Yash Dayal breathed fire with his first over. The first ball seemed to knick the batter but the umpire turned down the appeal.
1st Over: 4/1
- Josh Hazlewood dismisses Quinton de Kock with a beautiful opening over.
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Match Details:
Teams: KKR vs RCB
Toss: 7:00pm
Match start time: 7:30pm
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss Update:
RCB won the toss and chose to bowl first. Rajat Patidar wins his first toss as captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru
