- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 Belting catch from Tripathi. He runs back from extra-cover and pulls off a terrific catch. He gets into a side-on position at the end, but completes that tumbling take. This seems like a legcutter from Varun, swerves away outside off on an in-between length. Kohli aims to pump it over mid-off, but gets it off the outer half of the bat, slicing it in the air. Kohli isn't close to the pitch of the ball and then Tripathi then springs into action 6/111.1 Krishna takes down his Karnataka team-mate. Hip-high short delivery outside off, Padikkal hauls a pull in the air. Dragged into the lap of Tripathi for a more straightforward catch. He didn't really get going. Falls for 25 off 28 balls 95/31.6 CV Varun is on fire at his home ground! He hits a heavy length and gets it to dart back in sharply into a crease-bound Patidar. The batter wafts it and the ball may have grazed the pad before disturbing the top of off. "Va va va," is the cry from DK behind the stumps. He sure loved it 9/216.6 Cummins bounces Maxwell out with three overs left in RCB's innings. Lifter from over the wicket. Cummins chases Maxwell who was moving outside leg. Chest-high delivery, gets big on Maxwell. Top-edges a pull to short fine leg, where Harbhajan settles under this skier. Maxwell raises his bat and walks off to rousing applause from the RCB dug-out. Exceptional innings. Will it turn out to be a match-winning one? 148/4Extras8 (nb 3, w 5)TOTAL204/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.2)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Virat Kohli, 1.2 ov), 2-9 (Rajat Patidar, 1.6 ov), 3-95 (Devdutt Padikkal, 11.1 ov), 4-148 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Harbhajan Singh 4 0 38 0 9.50 10 4 2 1 1 CV Varun 4 0 39 2 9.75 6 3 2 0 1 Shakib Al Hasan 2 0 24 0 12.00 2 3 1 0 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 34 1 8.50 6 3 0 2 0 M Prasidh Krishna 4 0 31 1 7.75 10 4 0 0 1 AD Russell 2 0 38 0 19.00 3 5 2 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.5 Hauled straight to Padikkal at deep midwicket! Nice and full, drops on off, right in the slot for Rana. It spins in slightly at off, slog-swept to the outfielder. More relief than joy for Chahal. His first wicket this season 66/31.5 Jamieson comes back with the slower ball and has Gill chipping it to mid-on. Offcutter from Jamieson, fuller on middle, Gill clears his front leg, but the lack of pace messes with his timing. He can only drag it to the right of mid-on. Excellent catch from Christian (subbing for Maxwell). Jamieson celebrates the early strike with a big roar 23/15.6 Washi closes out the powerplay with the wicket of Tripathi. The last ball was 100ks, he cuts it down to 83ks outside off. Tripathi goes across the line but does so early. He splices a slog-sweep. Siraj runs back from midwicket and tracks down this top-edged hit 57/213.4 Kohli makes no mistake this time. He runs across to his right from extra-cover and snaffles this. Harshal goes for the slower dipper outside off. Morgan slices it to the RCB captain 114/58.3 Chahal pins Karthik. This is plumb, he knows it, and walks off. Nice and full from Chahal, wrong'un, zipping in to thump the pad. Karthik plays for the legbreak and misses it altogether, struck in front of middle 74/417.4 Jamieson knocks over Shakib! The left-hander jumps across, exposing all three stumps. Shakib swishes and misses. Jamieson pings leg stump with a mighty full ball 155/619.1 Russell plays on. Good length and angling in towards off from over the wicket, swerves in to Russell. He swings lustily and ends up dragging it back onto his own stumps 162/817.6 edged and taken by AB. On-pace back of a length ball, Jamieson shifts his line wide of off. He asks Cummins to reach out for the ball. Cummins gets to it but can only slice it behind to the keeper 161/7Extras4 (w 4)TOTAL166/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.3)Did not bat: M Prasidh KrishnaFall of wickets: 1-23 (Shubman Gill, 1.5 ov), 2-57 (Rahul Tripathi, 5.6 ov), 3-66 (Nitish Rana, 6.5 ov), 4-74 (Dinesh Karthik, 8.3 ov), 5-114 (Eoin Morgan, 13.4 ov), 6-155 (Shakib Al Hasan, 17.4 ov), 7-161 (Pat Cummins, 17.6 ov), 8-162 (Andre Russell, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 3 0 17 0 5.66 11 3 0 1 0 KA Jamieson 3 0 41 3 13.66 7 3 4 1 0 YS Chahal 4 0 34 2 8.50 10 5 1 0 0 Washington Sundar 4 0 33 1 8.25 7 3 1 1 0 GJ Maxwell 2 0 24 0 12.00 3 0 3 0 0 HV Patel 4 0 17 2 4.25 7 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
18 April 2021 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 2 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (41 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 53/2 in 7.0 overs (D Padikkal 14, GJ Maxwell 30)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (D Padikkal 12, GJ Maxwell 36, Ex 3)
- GJ Maxwell: 50 off 28 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (75 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 106/3 in 13.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 63, AB de Villiers 8)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (GJ Maxwell 17, AB de Villiers 31, Ex 2)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (107 balls), Extras 7
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 27 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (121 balls), Extras 8
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 16 balls (AB de Villiers 39, KA Jamieson 11, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 204/4 in 20.0 overs (AB de Villiers 76, KA Jamieson 11)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 57/2 in 6.0 overs (N Rana 10)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 121/5 in 15.0 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 22, AD Russell 1)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 3
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