IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders Dominate Royal Challengers Bangalore in a Thrilling Match at Bengaluru Chinnaswamy Stadium

2024-03-30 03:18:32

Bengaluru:Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 10 of the 17th IPL League Series. Kolkata team captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bowl in this match which was held at Bengaluru Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday (Friday).

Accordingly, the Bengaluru team, who fielded first, added 182 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of 20 overs. Virat Kohli, who stayed on the field until the end, scored 83 runs in 59 balls including 4 fours and 4 sixes. Dinesh Karthik, who came in at the end, hit 3 sixes for himself. Later, he was out for 20 runs.

After this, the players of the Kolkata team, who entered the field with the goal of winning if they score 183 runs, showed an action-packed performance. Sunil Narine, who entered the field as the opening batsman of the team, whitewashed the bowling of the Bengaluru team. This resulted in 85 runs without losing a wicket at the end of the Powerplay.

Narine, who was playing aggressively, was run out by Mayank Thagar’s ball. Facing 22 balls, he scored 47 runs including 5 sixes and 2 fours. Following this, another opening batsman Philip Salt was dismissed for 30 runs.

After this, Venkatesh Iyer, paired with captain Shreyas Iyer, took the team to victory with a half-century. As a result, the Kolkata team scored 186 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 16.5 overs and won by 7 wickets. Shreyas was in the field with 30 runs and Ringu Singh with 5 runs.

Here are some of the interesting events that took place in this tournament!

• Batting second, KKR scored 85 runs in the powerplay. This is the most runs scored in the power play this season.
• Since 2016, Bengaluru have not beaten Kolkata at home. This time too it continues.
• The match will be the 500th T20I for KKR spinner Sunil Narine. It is noteworthy that he won the man of the match award in this match.
• Mitchell Starc, who was bought at the highest price in IPL history (24.75 crores), has bowled 8 overs and scored 100 runs in 2 matches played so far.
• RCB have become the first team to lose at home in the ongoing IPL series so far.

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