Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Highlights, IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders emerged victorious by 21 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 36th match of IPL 2023 held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Despite Virat Kohli’s impressive half-century score of 54, RCB could only manage to reach 179/8 in 20 overs while chasing 201 runs. Varun Chakravarthy played a crucial role in KKR’s bowling department, taking three wickets, while Andre Russell and Suyash Sharma took two each.
KKR’s Jason Roy contributed a quick fifty, scoring 56 runs off 29 balls, including four fours and five sixes, to help the team reach 200/5 in 20 overs. Captain Nitish Rana (48), Rinku Singh (18), and David Wiese (12) also played crucial knocks for the team.
IPL 2023 RCB vs KKR Highlights: What Kohli and Rana Said After The Toss
After winning the toss, stand-in captain Virat Kohli said that RCB would bowl first. Calling it a ‘no brainer’, Kohli said that the Challengers have chased well during evening games at Chinnaswamy. As for regular captain Faf du Plessis, Kohli said that he would be an impact sub today and hopefully return to playing XI in next game as the skipper.
KKR skipper Nitish Rana said that it’s an important game as the second half of the tournament has started. “We’ve played some good cricket, some not so good. It’s time to step up. If we play well collectively, the result will be in our favour. In previous games, we’ve had unforced changes.”
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Indian Premier League, 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore
179/8 (20.0)
Kolkata Knight Riders
200/5 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 36 )
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore on their home ground by 21-runs. Ace spinners of Kolkata - Varan Chakravarthy and Suyash Sharma - bagged three and two wickets respectively.
Varun Chakravarthy takes down Dinesh Karthik as RCB seems to be in a lot of problem in the chase. Bangalore need 44 runs off 12 balls.
As the finish line comes closer, the match is expected to get intense. DK hits a maximum. Hasanranga departs for 5. Russell bowls a good over, giving 8 runs. RCB need 48 runs off 18 balls.
Bangalore batters Dinesh Karthik and Wanindu Hasaranga goes for back-to-back 2s in the final deliveries of the 16th over. RCB need 56 runs off 24 balls.
Suyash Prabhudessai has to walk back to pavilion following some confusion while running the second. Suyash Sharma bowls an economical over. RCB need 62 runs off 29 balls.
Andre Russell takes down skipper Virat Kohli after a good 54-run inning. An amazing show of fielding was witnessed by the crowd when Venkatesh Iyer took a very difficult catch to end the Kohli inning. RCB 121/5 (13)
Half-century comes for Virat Kohli off 33 balls. RCB need 95 runs off 54 balls.
Lomror covers the distance to the stands with a huge maximum as the crowd erupts at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Kohli inches near to half-century. Lomror ends the oer with another maximum as RCB need 105 runs off 60 balls.
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost three wickets in the Powerplay for the first time in this season so far. After the departure of Faf du Plessis and Glen Maxwell, the onus of the chase has now fallen on skipper Kohli. RCB 64/3 (7)
Varun Chakravarthy bags a huge wicket for Kolkata in the form of Glex Maxwell (5). RCB 58/3 (6)
Another over starts with a boundary by Kohli. Hits another in the next ball, bringing the team total to 50. Suyash does it again by dismissing Ahamad for 2. Glen Maxwell enters. RCB 53/2 (5)
Virat starts the over again with a boundary. Varun Chakravarthy gives 9 runs in his first over. KKR 42/1 (4)
Ace spinner Suyash takes down hitter Faf du Plessis bringing cheer in Kolkata camp. Credit also goes to Rinku Singh for taking the wonderful catch on the boundary. KKR 31/1 (2.2)
Skipper Virat Kohli starts the second over by a beautiful boundary on the extra cover. Faf du Plessis takes strike and hits two consecutive maximums taking RCB to 30/0 (2)
Kohli starts the chase with a boundary. Faf du Plessis hits for another boundary after Suyash misses the ball. RCB 11/0 (1)
David Wiese hits a 93-metre-long sixer. Hits another sixer to take team to 200 runs.
Rinku Singh starts the 19th over with huge sixer, followed by two consecutive boundaries. Siraj takes down Russell with a perfect yorker. KKR 185/5 (19)
After ending the 17th over with a blast, skipper Nitish Rana departs for 48. Hasaranga takes out Iyer as well in the fourth delivery. Shifts the pace of the game as KKR reach 170/4 (18)
Full toss goes for a straight boundary from Iyer's bat. Two consecutive huge sixers come from Rana. 62-run partnership off 38 balls for Nitish Rana and Iyer. KKR 150/2 (16)
Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer bat with intent. Harshal Patel drops Venkatesh Iyer's catch on Siraj's delivery. KKR 131/2 (15)
Mohammed Siraj drops an easy catch in Vyshak's over giving a lifeline to Nitish Rana. The KKR skipper returns the favour by hitting a massive -- 83 metres -- sixer on the last delivery. KKR 117/2 (13)
Venkatesh finds good gaps for hitting boundaries adding 13 runs to the Kolkata scoreboard. KKR 106/2 (12)
Vijaykumar Vyshak breaks the opening partnership between Jason Roy and Narayan Jagadeesan by dismissing the latter for 27 runs. Vyshak takes down Roy (56) in the last delivery bringing much relief for Bangalore. KKR 88/2 (10)
KKR's Jason Roy completed his half-century in just 22 balls in the 8th over as Royal Challengers are still looking for a breakthrough wicket. KKR 75/0 (8)
Jason Roy hits it hard for maximums in the 6th over. Roy has scored 48 runs so far off just 20 balls. KKR 66/0 (6)
The livestreaming data from Jio Cinema shows that 1 core people are watching the RCB vs KKR match. The craze for Challengers and Kohli remains undefeated.
Jason Roy's boundaries are keeping the Knights ticking in powerplay. Md Siraj, the highest wickettaker in the powerplay in this season, can change the game for RCB. Half the powerplay is gone, well almost. KKR batters would need to smash some big shots to form a good foundation for a good score.
Jason Roy and N Jagadeesan will open for KKR. Md Siraj will bowl the first over.
This is a batter-friendly pitch with spectators getting entertained by those huge shots. Chinnaswamy Stadium has seen 10 RCB vs KKR matches so far. Out of these, home team RCB won 4 times whereas the visitors KKR emerged as winners in 6 matches.
RCB maybe the favourites tonight but the past records show that the Knights have performed better. The two teams have faced each other 31 times in the history of the Indian Premier League. Out of these, the Knights have won 17 times whereas the Challengers have 14 out of 31 matches.