Last night, Kolkata Knight Rider won the match by seven wickets against Royal Challenger Banglore in their Indian Premier League(IPL) match. The match was played on the home ground of RCB M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Chennai.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) choose to bowl first as its skipper Shreyas Iyer analyzed the pitch conditions well and decided that chasing would be better on the pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis began Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)’s innings.
Team Player of RCB
Viral Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Daya.
Team Player of KKR
Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Ankul Rou, Varun Chakravarthy.
Performance of Both the teams:
RCB Batting 182-6(20)
- Kohli* 83(59)
- Du Plessis© 8(6)
- Green 33(21)
- Maxwell 28(29)
- Rajat Patidar 3(4)
- Anuj Rawat 3(3)
- Karthik 20(8)
- Starc 47(4)
- Harshit Rana 2/39(4)
- Ankul Roy 0/6(2)
- Narine 1/40(4)
- Russel 2/29(4)
- Chakravarthy 0/20(2)
KKR Batting 186-3(16.5)
- PhilSalt 30
- Sunil Narine 47
- Venkatesh Iyer 50
- Shreyas Iyer* 46
- Rinku Singh* 2
- Mohammed Siraj 0/46(3)
- Yash Dayal 1/46(4)
- Alzarri Joseph 0/34(2)
- Mayank Dagar 1/13(2)
- Vijaykumar Vyshak 1/23(4)
- Cameron Green 0/7(1)
Chasing a target of 183 runs, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Naraine, and Shreyas Iyer led the Kolkata Knight Riders to defeat Royal Challengers by 7 wickets.
After a Match, a heartwarming moment unfolded as Kohli and KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir, known for their past differences, were seen embracing each other.
