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Kolkata Knight Riders came out with a clinical all- round display to beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in a Tata IPL 2024 encounter at Bengaluru.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and Skipper Shreyas Iyer opted to bowl first . KKR got the breakthrough early as RCB Skipper Faf du Plessis fell for mere 8 runs. Imperious Virat Kohli scored his second consecutive fifty and anchored the RCB innings and remained not out with a superb knock of 83 ( 59 balls , 4 Fours, 4 sixes). Big- hitting Aussie Cameron Green threatened to score big but fell for 33. Glenn Maxwell did not take the chances after he was dropped twice and fell for 28. Rajat Patidar ( 3) , Anuj Rawat ( 3). Dinesh Karthik played another cameo 20 ( 8 balls , 3 sixes). RCB finishing at 182/ 6 in their 20 overs. KKR bowlers did well to restrict the powerful RCB batting line- up.
KKR bowling figures read : Mitchell Starc 0/ 47 ( 4 overs), Harshit Rana 2/ 39 ( 4 overs), Andre Russell 2/ 29 ( 4 overs), Sunil Narine 1/ 40 ( 4 overs), Anukul Roy 0/ 6 ( 2 overs), Varun Chakaravarthy 0/ 20 ( 2 overs)
In reply , KKR were never really were troubled . And they were off to a flier. Openers Philip Salt and Sunil Narine set the platform for the chase . Salt 30 ( 20 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes), Sunil Narine scored a blazing 47 ( 22 balls , 2 fours , 5 sixes) , Venkatesh Iyer continued the momentum with a fine 50 ( 30 balls , 3 fours, 3 sixes).
The formalities were completed by Skipper Shreyas Iyer 39 ( 24 balls 2 fours, 2 sixes) and Rinku Singh not out 5 as they saw the KKR home without losing any further wickets. KKR reaching 186/ 3 in 16. 5 overs . It was an emphatic win . Their second win in a row.
RCB Bowling figures : Mohammed Siraj 0/ 43 ( 3 overs), Yash Dayal 1/ 46 ( 4 overs), Alzarri Joseph 0/34 ( 2 overs), Mayank Dagar 1/ 23 ( 2.5 overs), Vijaykumar Vyshak 1/ 23 ( 4 overs) , Cameron Green 0/ 7 ( 1 over)
Match: IPL 2024, 10th Match
Venue: Bengaluru | Date: March 29, 2024
