RCB lost to KKR for the second time in the season: 21 runs behind the target of 201; Kohli’s wicket turned the match
Kolkata Knight Riders have won the third win in the Indian Premier League-16. The team defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs at their home ground. This is Kolkata’s second win in the season over Bengaluru.
After this victory, Kolkata, captained by Nitish Rana, has kept hopes of entering the playoffs. The team is at number 7 in the points table with 6 points, while Bengaluru is in 5th position with 8 points. Viewpoints table here
Batting first after losing the toss, KKR scored 200 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. In reply, the Bangalore batsmen could only manage 179 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
turning points of the match
Roy’s innings Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a good start after losing the toss and got off to a good start. He made an opening partnership of 83 runs and scored 56 runs in just 29 balls.
Rana-Venkatesh partnership Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer took over Kolkata’s innings after the initial wicket fell. Both shared a partnership of 80 runs off 44 balls to take the team’s score to 165.
RCB caught in the spin trap, chasing the target of 201 runs, RCB lost 3 wickets in front of the spinners in the powerplay itself. The team lost 5 wickets in front of the spinners on the batting wicket and could not score runs openly in front of them.
Spinners turned the dice and didn’t let Bengaluru’s middle order survive
Kolkata spinners bowled effectively. Varun Chakraborty and Suyash Sharma took 5 wickets together. Both of them did not let the middle order of Bengaluru survive.
Kolkata’s opening pair was successful after losing the toss at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Jason Roy (56 runs) and Narayan Jagadishan (27) got the team off to a strong start with an 83-run opening partnership. In the middle, captain Nitish Rana scored 48 and Venkatesh Iyer scored 31 runs. Vanindu Hasaranga and Vijaykumar Vaishak took two wickets each.
Captain Virat Kohli (54 runs) and Mahipal Lomror (34 runs) scored runs in the reply innings, but could not win the team. In the middle, Dinesh Karthik contributed 22 runs. Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets. Suyash Sharma and Andre Russell took 2-2 wickets. Kolkata-Bengaluru match scorecard
RCB wickets fell like this…
First: On second ball of the third over, Suyash Sharma bowled a googly on a fuller length. Faf du Plessis was caught out at long-on. He scored 17 runs.
Second: The fourth ball of the fifth over was bowled by Suyash Sharma fuller length. Shahbaz Ahmed becomes LBW. He scored 2 runs.
Third: Fifth ball of the sixth over, Varun Chakraborty bowled a fuller length on the off stump. Glenn Maxwell is caught out at long off. He scored 5 runs.
Fourth: On the third ball of the 12th over, Mahipal caught Russell on the ball of Varun Chakraborty.
Fifth: On the first ball of the 13th over, Virat Kohli caught Venkatesh Iyer on Russell’s ball.
Sixth: Suyash Prabhudesai was run out on the 5th ball of the 15th over.
Seventh: On the 5th ball of the 17th over, Hasaranga caught Anukul Roy on Russell’s ball.
Eighth: On the third ball of the 18th over, Dinesh Karthik caught Singh off the ball of Varun Chakraborty.
Kolkata wickets fell like this
First: On the second ball of the 10th over, Vijaykumar Vaishak got Jagadishan caught by Villi.
Second: Jason Roy was bowled by Vijaykumar Vaishak on the last ball of the 10th over.
Third: On the second ball of the 18th over, Hasaranga got captain Nitish Rana caught by Vaishak.
Fourth: On the fourth ball of the 18th over, Hasaranga got Venkatesh caught by Maxwell.
Fifth: Siraj bowled Russell on the last ball of the 19th over.
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Bengaluru innings first…
Kohli scored their 49th half-century
Captain Virat Kohli scored the 49th half-century of his career. He played an inning of 57 runs off 37 balls. This is Virat Kohli’s 5th half-century in the current season.
Bengaluru lost 3 wickets in Powerplay
Chasing the target of 201 runs, RCB got off to a brisk start by Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. Both scored 33 runs in 14 balls. Du Plessis was caught out by Suyash Sharma. Virat Kohli handled the innings, but at the other end, Shahbaz Ahmed was dismissed for 2 and Glenn Maxwell for 5 runs. Although the team scored 58 runs for 3 wickets.
Roy’s Fifty, Kolkata scored 200 runs
Batting first after losing the toss, KKR scored 200 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Jason Roy scored 56 off 29 balls, Captain Nitish Rana scored 48 off 21 balls, Venkatesh Iyer 31 off 26 balls and Narayan Jagadishan scored 27 off 29 balls. In the slog over, Rinku Singh scored 18 runs in 10 balls and David VJ scored 12 runs in 3 balls.
Vijaykumar Vaishak and Vanindu Hasaranga got 2-2 wickets from Bangalore.
80-run partnership in Nitish-Iyer
Vijay Kumar Vaishakh pushed Kolkata to the backfoot by taking 2 wickets, but from here captain Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer partnered to take the team past 150. Both shared an 80-run partnership off 44 balls. This partnership broke when Rana got out after scoring 48 runs in 21 balls.
The 83-run partnership between Jagdishan-Roy
The openers shared a half-century partnership for Kolkata. The pair of Narayan Jagadishan and Jason Roy added 83 runs off 56 balls. This partnership was broken by Vijaykumar Vaishak by dismissing Jagdishan.
KKR’s fast start in Powerplay
Electing to bat first after losing the toss, Jason Roy got off to a brisk start for Kolkata Knight Riders. Narayan Jagdishan also supported him very well. The