Venkatesh Iyer’s merciless fifty and Sunil Narine and Phil Salt’s stunning opening partnership were the driving forces behind Kolkata Knight Riders’ seven-wicket triumph against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League encounter on Friday. The match came about as a result of the combination of these two factors. During their match at Chinnaswamy Stadium, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru set a target of 183 for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). However, the KKR managed to chase down the goal with seven wickets and 19 balls to spare.
As Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) set a target of 183 for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to pursue, Virat Kohli batted through the innings and remained undefeated on 83 off 59. After that, the openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt came in and completely overturned whatever edge that RCB had enjoyed. During the powerplay alone, the two players scored 85 runs, with Narine finally falling for 47 runs off of 22 balls. In addition, Salt was able to score 30 off of 20, and then Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer immediately took control.
In his comeback to form, Venkatesh scored fifty runs off of thirty balls, while Shreyas scored the winning runs with a six, ending undefeated on 39 runs off of twenty-four balls. Faf du Plessis, the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, was out early on, but the home team was able to get off to a solid start, partly owing to Kohli. Because of him and Cameron Green, Royal Challengers Bangalore was able to score 61 runs during the powerplay. Following that, Kohli easily surpassed a half-century for the second time in a row as this season progressed.
By the time Green was out to Andre Russell on 31 off 21, the partnership between the two had come to an end with a score of 65 off 42 balls. After two disappointing performances in RCB’s most recent two games, his Australian teammate Glenn Maxwell finally rediscovered his touch. This was in part because KKR fielders dropped two routine catches off of him. The 15th over was the one in which Maxwell’s luck ran out after he had scored 28 runs off just 19 balls.
Following that, Harshit Rana and Andre Russell took the initiative, and KKR was able to significantly limit RCB in the last overs of the match. They scored 16 runs off of the last over that Starc bowled, and Kohli remained undefeated with 83 runs off of 59 balls. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) innings came to a close with a score of 182/6. Dinesh Karthik scored 20 runs in eight balls, however, he was run out of the very last ball. Following their previous victory at the toss, the Kolkata Knight Riders decided to bowl first.
Live score for the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024: Iyer knocks the fifth ball over square leg as Dagar is delivering the seventeenth delivery. KKR has won this match with 19 balls left to play, and those are the winning runs. There has been a first victory for any side in this Indian Premier League (IPL) away from their home ground, and it has been of the most decisive kind.
RCB will most likely realize that 182 was not even close to being par today. Kohli might have scored a few more runs than 83 in the 59 balls he faced, which would have resulted in a strike rate of 140.67. To make it even more difficult, the openers for KKR stepped in and almost completely put an end to the game on the powerplay. Today, we saw a role reversal for the West Indies legends who play for KKR. The four overs that Andre Russell bowled for KKR were as significant as anything else in this game, although he accomplished nothing with the bat.
Sunil Narine’s performance was disastrous for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) since he scored 47 runs off just 22 balls. In addition, the fact that Venkatesh Iyer managed to score fifty runs off of thirty balls while having back problems is something that would make KKR extremely pleased. Additionally, they would be hoping that the aforementioned back troubles do not in any way impair his season at this point. That is all we have to say for now; we hope to see you tomorrow when LSG will be hosting PBKS.
