Kolkata Knight Riders (RCB) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by nine wickets in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League. In the match played in Abu Dhabi, RCB’s team was reduced to just 92 runs while playing first. In reply, KKR easily chased down the target. This is only the third win for KKR in IPL 2021. Let’s look at the match.
KKR won easily
RCB had a poor start and captain Virat Kohli (5) was dismissed on the team score of 10 in the second over itself. RCB scored 41 runs in the first six overs for the loss of two wickets. At the same time, Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell took three wickets each to bundle RCB for 92. In response to the target, Shubman Gill (48) and Venkatesh Iyer (41 *) played a fine innings to win the team. Powerplay
KKR got off to a great start
Chasing a small target, KKR got off to a great start. Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer, playing their first IPL match, got the team off to a great start by reaching the team’s score of 50 in the powerplay. Together, the duo added 56 runs in six overs. Meanwhile, Shubman scored 30 runs in 21 balls with the help of fours. Iyer scored 22 off 16 from the other end. Batting
Gill missed a half-century
Opener Shubman Gill batted aggressively against the RCB bowlers. He missed his fifty. He scored 48 runs in 34 balls with the help of six fours and a six. Gill was dismissed by Yuzvendra Chahal on the team score of 82. Venkatesh Iyer also impressed from the other end. He played an unbeaten 41 off 27 balls. Bowling
Chakraborty and Russell took three wickets each
KKR mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty bowled brilliantly and took three wickets for 13 runs in his quota of four overs. He dismissed Glenn Maxwell, Hasranga and Sachin Baby. Andre Russell took three wickets for nine runs in three overs. He bowled AB de Villiers for zero. Sunil Narine also bowled economical and conceded 20 runs in four overs. However, Narine could not take any wicket.
Kohli played his 200th match
Virat Kohli played 200th match of his IPL career. Kohli, who has played all his matches for RCB, has become the first player to play 200 matches from a franchise.
