- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 And Rana has his revenge next ball! He is off and running in celebrations with his arms stretched. He bowls an offcutter on a length well outside off. Du Plessis once again goes for the scoop over short fine leg but couldn't counter the change of pace. Hits it straight to Starc in the circle. Early strike for KKR 17/18.6 Knocked him over! Six-and-out once again tonight. Russell fires it full on the pads, 131.4kph, Green looks to flick it away but misses. The ball ricochets off the back pad and the stumps light up. Russell is pumped up and so are KKR 82/214.1 Finally a KKR fielder holds on to a catch. Maxwell departs and Narine strikes. Lands one on a length outside off, gets it to bounce a bit more. Maxwell looks to go hard and gets a top edge towards deep point. Rinku runs in a fair bit and catches it, kisses the ball after that 124/316.3 Catching practice for Rinku. Back of a length around off, 112.7kph, Patidar has to manufacture the power in his heave across the line. The bat turns in his hands and he hits it straight to deep midwicket. 100th IPL wicket for Dre Russ 144/417.3 Soft dismissal. Full offcutter outside off, Rawat looks to go over the off side. Gets a thick outside edge that carries low to Salt behind. 151/519.6 Moves across, and misses! Length ball going away, he does not make contact. They look to steal a bye but Salt hits the stumps at the striker's end with DK not making it in. RCB end on 182 for 6 182/6Extras4 (b 1, w 3)TOTAL182/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Faf du Plessis, 1.6 ov), 2-82 (Cameron Green, 8.6 ov), 3-124 (Glenn Maxwell, 14.1 ov), 4-144 (Rajat Patidar, 16.3 ov), 5-151 (Anuj Rawat, 17.3 ov), 6-182 (Dinesh Karthik, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 4 0 47 0 11.75 7 4 3 1 0 Harshit Rana 4 0 39 2 9.75 6 2 2 1 0 AS Roy 2 0 6 0 3.00 7 0 0 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 40 1 10.00 6 3 2 0 0 AD Russell 4 0 29 2 7.25 12 0 3 1 0 CV Varun 2 0 20 0 10.00 3 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.5 buckethands Green grabs that! Short ball angling into him and Salt goes for a pull. But that's been drilled straight to the man who is guarding the deep square leg boundary. Big roar from Vyshak and Salt is gone for 30 92/26.3 yorker, on off stump, and this crashes into the base of off stump! Wicket soon after the time-out and Narine will not get a landmark fifty in his 500th T20. He was too slow to bring the bat down, but to be fair, he's done his job tonight 86/115.1 holes out straight after fifty and Dayal has something to celebrate. Pace-off length ball outside off. Venkatesh tries to tonk a pull over cow corner but this time he drags the shot. Kohli makes no mistake 167/3Extras15 (lb 7, w 8)TOTAL186/3 (16.5 Overs, RR: 11.04)Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Sunil Narine, 6.3 ov), 2-92 (Phil Salt, 7.5 ov), 3-167 (Venkatesh Iyer, 15.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 3 0 46 0 15.33 3 1 5 2 0 Yash Dayal 4 0 46 1 11.50 8 4 2 2 0 AS Joseph 2 0 34 0 17.00 5 2 4 0 0 MJ Dagar 2.5 0 23 1 8.11 6 0 2 0 0 V Vyshak 4 0 23 1 5.75 6 1 0 0 0 C Green 1 0 7 0 7.00 2 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
29 March 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 61/1 in 6.0 overs (V Kohli 28, C Green 24)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (V Kohli 25, C Green 26, Ex 0)
- V Kohli: 50 off 36 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 141/3 in 16.0 overs (V Kohli 67, RM Patidar 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Sub : Angkrish Raghuvanshi in for Varun Chakravarthy(Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 16.6 ov)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 4
- Over 18.5: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - R Pandit, Batter - KD Karthik (Struck down)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Sub : Vijaykumar Vyshak in for Dinesh Karthik (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 19.6 ov)
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 182/6 in 20.0 overs (V Kohli 83)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 85 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 3.3 overs (21 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (PD Salt 22, SP Narine 22, Ex 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 12
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (VR Iyer 33, SS Iyer 15, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 12
- VR Iyer: 50 off 29 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 167/3 in 15.1 overs (SS Iyer 26)
- Attendance: 34128
Match Coverage
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