KKR beat RCB by 21 runs© BCCI
Kolkata Knight Riders returned to successful methods with an encouraging win over Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday. Kolkata Knight Riders snapped their four-match dropping streak with a 21-win win over Royal Challengers Bangalore after Jason Roy produced an excellent half-century of spin. The English opener led the present with a 29-ball 56 as Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen fired in unison to battle 200/5 after RCB skipper Virat Kohli opted to bowl in his house den .
However the spin duo of Varun Chakravarthy (3/24) and rookie Suyash Sharma (2/30) struck a high earlier than Andre Russell (2/29) broke Kohli’s resistance to limit RCB to 179 for eight. Order created havoc.
The win propelled KKR (six factors; eight matches) from the lower-half of the desk to seventh, forward of Mumbai Indians on internet run-rate. MI have a match in hand. RCB are fifth with eight factors from eight matches.
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RCB’s common skipper Faf du Plessis continues to high the record of highest run-getters with 422 runs from eight matches. Kohli has scored 333 runs in eight matches after him. Mohammed Siraj of RCB is at the moment the joint-highest wicket-taker with 14 scalps together with Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans. Varun Chakravarthy of KKR has 13 wickets.
Main the aspect within the absence of Faf du Plessis, Kohli scored 54 off 34 balls to maintain their hopes alive within the chase of 201 after Du Plessis (17) was dismissed cheaply by Glenn Maxwell (5) .
However everybody misplaced their sleep when Venkatesh Iyer took a game-changing catch off Russell to dismiss Kohli on the deep mid-wicket boundary.
He dived to his left and rolled however held on to the ball tightly as Kohli walked again in disbelief.
With 86 wanted from 48 balls, Dinesh Karthik (22) was left to spearhead his chase however Chakravarthy had the final snicker when he took the skilled RCB keeper-batsman for his three wickets, and that was all. It is over RCB.
with PTI inputs
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