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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 36th Match at Bengaluru, Apr 26, 2023,
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Revealed on: Apr 26, 2023
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 21 runs in match quantity 36 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday, April 26. Batting first after dropping the toss, KKR put up 200/5 of their 20 overs. RCB had been restricted to 179/8 in response.
For KKR, Jason Roy was excellent once more, hammering 56 off 29 balls. He struck 4 fours and 5 sixes, that includes in a gap stand of 83 with N Jagadeesan (27 off 29). The partnership was damaged when Vijaykumar Vyshak had Jagadeesan caught on the pull. He then cleaned up Roy in the identical over because the KKR opener uncovered his stumps.
Venkatesh Iyer (31 off 26) and skipper Nitish Rana (48 off 21) added 80 runs for the third wicket to proceed the great work. Rana was dropped twice by RCB and made the opposition pay. He smashed three fours and 4 sixes in his swashbuckling knock. Rinku Singh (18 not out off 10) and David Wiese (12 not out off 3) performed good cameos to elevate KKR to 200. For RCB, Wanindu Hasaranga stood out with figures of two/24.
Chasing 201, Virat Kohli scored 54 off 37 balls, however the knock went in useless as he didn’t get a lot help from others. Faf du Plessis (17 off 7) mistimed a lofted hit off Suyash Sharma, who additionally trapped Shahbaz Ahmed (2) lbw. Varun Chakravarthy (3/27) then dismissed Glenn Maxwell for five contained in the powerplay.
Kohli and Mahipal Lomror (34 off 18) added a brisk 55 for the fourth wicket. The stand ended when Lomror toe-ended an enormous hit off Chakravarthy’s bowling. Kohli then fell to Andre Russell, pulling the pacer just for Venkatesh Iyer to take a superb catch within the deep. Dinesh Karthik scored 22 off 18, however the chase fizzled out as KKR ended their dropping streak.
Talking after profitable the Participant of the Match, leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy mentioned, “Final match I went for 49 and this match I did nicely. That is how loopy life is. [I am] extra centered on accuracy moderately than extra variations. I did not need to add extra variations. I’ve been working lots and I might wish to credit score AC Pratheepan – he is been working for me and even Abhishek Nayar. I might wish to thank them.”
On bowling the troublesome overs, he added, I like that problem and Nitish is giving the ball each time he needs me to do the job, I’m liking it. I might wish to credit score this to my new child son, nonetheless not capable of see him, I might wish to dedicate it to him and my spouse.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent
