Kolkata Knight Riders lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore tonight at the Eden Gardens
The 9th match of Indian Premier League 2023 is underway. Kolkata Knight Riders lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore tonight at the Eden Gardens.
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Final nail in the coffin! Varun Chakaravarthy finishes off things. Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost 8th wicket. RCB need 119 runs in 42 balls with 2 wickets.
RCB 86/8 in 13 overs.
KKR spinners, Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine have spun a web around RCB. With 4 down RCB 151 runs in 74 balls
Glen Maxwell goes for 5 runs. Sunil Narine strikes again. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 151 runs in 76 balls.
RCB 54/3 (7.2)
Quick back to back wickets have put KKR right on top in this match. Chakaravarthy has bowled Faf Du Plessis. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 159 runs in 88 balls.
RCB 46/2 (5.2)
Eden Gardens erupts in joy as Sunil Narine cleans up Virat Kohli. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 161 runs in 91 balls
4-3-6-4-6-0 is how Faf-Kohli scored in Tim Southee over. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 163 runs more.
RCB 42/0 (4)
Royal Challengers Bangalore have started the proceedings at a brilliant note, Faf-Kohli on a strong wicket.
RCB 19/0 (3)
Virat Kohli smashes Umesh Yadav for 2 boundaries in the opening over. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 195 runs more to win.
RCB 10/0 (1.1)
KKR fightback after RCB bowlers looked threatening at the start of play. Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh lead the charge for KKR. RCB now need 204 runs to win.
RCB stop the run flow at Eden Gardens. Shardul Thakur departs after scoring 68 in 29 balls.
KKR 198/7 (19.4)
Rinku Singh departs after a well made 46 runs in 33 balls.
KKR 192/6 (19)
Rinku Singh and Shardul Thakur have taken the charge. Smash Harshal Patel for 15 in the 19th over.
KKR 192/5 (18.5)
Shardul Thakur completely turns the fortune in the favour of Kolkata Knight Riders.
KKR 160/5 (17)
Karn Sharma removes Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Andre Russell back-to-back as Kolkata Knight Riders lose five wickets.
KKR 113/5 (13)
KKR build innings as Gurbaz and Rinku steady the KKR batting
KKR 87/3 (11)
The lone warrior of KKR, Gurbaz is leading the charge against mighty RCB bowlers. Gets to fifty with a six.
KKR 77/3 (9.2)
Gurbaz smashes Bracewell for 14 runs in the last over before Strategic time -out.
KKR 71/3 (9)
M Bracewell picks up the captain of KKR. Nitish Rana departs after scoring 1 run in 5 balls.
KKR 47/3 (6.1)
KKR score 47 runs in the powerplay. KKR are slowing getting back in the game after David Willey's heroics disrupt their momentum.
KKR 47/2 (6)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz steadies KKR ship after David Willey completely changes the momentum of the game with two quick wickets.
KKR 41/2 (5.1)
Mandeep Singh departs for a golden duck. Willey on a Hattrick!
KKR 26/2 (3.3)
Venkatesh Iyer departs!
KKR 26/1 (3.2)
Kolkata Knight Riders off to a good start as Venkatesh Iyer and Rahmanullah Gurbaz look solid against RCB bowling attack.
KKR 12/0 (2.1)
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis wins toss and opts to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023 match.