Match 9: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs
Hello everyone, Welcome again here. We take a look on match 9 between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Where KKR beat RCB by 81 runs.
The match was held in Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opted to bowl first. The opening batmen from KKR was Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer. Rahmanullah Gurbaz made good start for KKR. After 3 overs KKR score was 26 runs, Venkatesh Iyer lose his wicket on just 3 runs by David Willey. Mandeep Singh also lose his wicket just on next ball by Willey. Mean while Gurbaz made some good runs to KKR. After first power play, KKR Score 47 runs after losing 2 wickets. Nitish Rana lose his wicket just on first ball of seventh over on 1 run by Bracewell. The next player was Rinku Singh. But after that both player made good shots. Rahmanullah Gurbaz Made his fifty just in 38 balls by hitting six to Karn Sharma. But just in next over from Karn Sharma, Gurbaz lost his wicket on 57 runs made in 44 balls. Andre Russell also lose his wicket just on next ball. The next player was Shardul Thakur on field. After completing 12 overs KKR was on 94 runs losing 5 wickets. At this time no one was known that KKR will score 200 runs. Both player Rinku Singh & Shardul Thakur, hit throughout the field. In 17th over by hitting four to Harshal, Shardul Thakur completed his fifty just in 20 balls. Then Rinku Singh also played some good shots. They made partnership of 103 runs just in 49 balls. But on last ball of 19th over Rinku lose his wicket on 46 runs which are made in just 33 balls. In 20th over Shardul also lose his wicket on 68 runs just made in 29 balls. Finally, KKR made 204 runs losing 7 wickets and gives target of 205 runs in front of RCB.
Taking target of 205 runs, opening did from Virat Kohli & Faf du Plessis for RCB. Virat Kohli hits first ball to four from the second inning and confirms his intentions. They played good shots all over field. It was look that they made good start to RCB, but both opening batmen lose their wicket one by one. Virat Kohli was losing first wicket from RCB whereas Faf du Plessis lose second one. Virat Made 21 runs in 18 balls while Faf du Plessis made 23 runs just in 12 balls. RCB loses 2 wickets on just 46 runs. In 8th over from Varun Chakaravarthy, Maxwell & Harshal Patel lose their wickets one by one. Shahbaz Ahmed also loses his wicket on 1 run on Sunil Narine. After that RCB lose their wickets one by one. David Willey and Akash Deep made some good runs and score moves to 123 runs. At this time Akash Deep lose his wicket and RCB get all out just in 18th over. KKR got big win by 81 runs in home ground. Varun Chakaravarthy got 4 wickets just giving 15 runs. Shardul Thakur is the player of the match.