2024-03-30 23:08:00
Bengaluru: The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium is considered the easiest for batting. Batsmen hit long sixes on this ground. A lot of sixes and fours were seen in the first match of IPL 2024 held here. Now the same happened in the second match also. In the second match of the season on this ground, Royal Challengers Bangalore faced Kolkata Knight Riders. The dominance of the batsmen was seen in this match also.
Venkatesh hit the longest six
Venkatesh Iyer of Kolkata Knight Riders hit the longest six of this season against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ishan Kishan had hit a 103 meter long six against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Left-handed batsman Venkatesh Iyer hit a 106 meter long six off Mayank Dagar. Iyer sent the fourth ball of the 9th over out of the stadium over midwicket.
half century innings with the bat
Venkatesh Iyer came to bat at number three for Kolkata Knight Riders in this match. On this pitch which was considered slow, he played the shots as per his wish. He completed his half-century in 29 balls. However, he was out on the very next ball. Along with 3 fours, 4 sixes also came from Iyer’s bat. He hit two sixes and two fours in the same over of Alzarri Joseph.
KKR won by 7 wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in this match. Batting first, RCB scored 182 runs for 6 wickets. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten inning of 83 runs. KKR won the match with 19 balls remaining. Apart from Venkatesh Iyer, opener Sunil Narine played a stormy innings of 47 runs in just 22 balls.