RCB vs KKR Ball by Ball Commentary

SIX! THAT'S IT! Shreyas Iyer finishes it off and Kolkata become the first team to win away from home in the 2024 Indian T20 League. Mayank Dagar stays around the wicket and drops it short, at the stumps, Shreyas Iyer is quick to pick up the length and rocks on the back foot. Picks it up nicely and pulls it over the deep square leg fence for a maximum. Kolkata have done it in a canter here as they win by 7 wickets with 19 balls to spare.

This is full and on off, Rinku Singh clears his front leg and hits it back past the bowler for a single. 3 more needed now.

Slanting across the right-hander, short and on off, Rinku Singh stays back and guides it towards backward point.

Fires it in, full and on the pads, Rinku Singh clips it to the left of wide long on and collects a couple of runs.

Lands it short and on off, Shreyas Iyer punches it with a straight bat to long off for one.

Takes pace off and serves it on a short of a length, on middle, Shreyas Iyer nudges it wide of mid-wicket and keeps the strike with a single.

FOUR! Skillfully done! On a hard length, on off, Shreyas Iyer waits for the ball to arrive and angles the bat face to glide it between short third and backward point. Virat Kohli and ​​​​Mohammed Siraj give the chase but the ball wins the race. Just 8 runs needed now.

Slanting in, on a shortish length, on middle and leg, Rinku Singh tries to take on the short ball but mistimes the pull to the left of deep backward square leg for a run.

WIDE! Tries to go into the wicket and it is slower as well. It bounces over the batter's head for a wide.

Length delivery, angling away, outside off, Shreyas Iyer drives it through covers for a single.

Goes short and directs it at the batter, Rinku Singh swivels and pulls it on the bounce to fine leg for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Venkatesh Iyer cannot quite see his side through! Dayal comes back into the attack and begins from over the wicket. Takes pace off and bowls it on a good length, outside off, Venkatesh Iyer goes for a swipe across the line and has to drag it from outside off. Gets this one off the toe-end of the bat and it goes straight to deep mid-wicket where Virat Kohli makes no mistake. End of a fine knock from the southpaw and he gets patted on the back by a couple of Bengaluru players on his way to the dugout.

SIX! Picked up beautifully! Siraj lands it full and slanting into the pads, Shreyas Iyer gets this one in his arc and whips it flat and over wide long on fence for a maximum.

A single and that brings up FIFTY for Venkatesh Iyer. 8th Indian T20 League fifty for Iyer and this intent-laden knock will put him in good stead for the rest of the competition. Siraj delivers it on a shortish length, on off, Venkatesh Iyer shapes up to drag the pull. Gets it off the bottom half of the bat and it rolls on the leg side for one.

Angling away, on a back of a length, outside off, Venkatesh Iyer cuts it late but can't get it past Virat Kohli at backward point.

WIDE! Bangs it into the deck, outside off, Venkatesh Iyer reaches out to upper-cut it but misses. It goes over the batter's head and the umpire calls it a wide.

Delivers it on a back of a length, on off, Shreyas Iyer employs the short-arm jab and hits it to the right of long on for a single.

Pitches it right up to the batter, on off, Venkatesh Iyer drills it to the left of long off where Cameron Green cuts it off. They cross.

WIDE! Goes full and down leg, Venkatesh Iyer misses out on the tickle. Wided.

SIX! Dispatched into the stands! Siraj bangs it into the deck, around middle and leg, Venkatesh Iyer stands tall and hammers the pull flat and over deep square leg for a maximum.

Length ball on middle and leg, Venkatesh Iyer mistimes the pull to deep midwicket. Settles for a single.

Slower dipping yorker on off, Shreyas Iyer squeezes it to point for a quick single.

Very full on off, Venkatesh Iyer drills it to long-on.

Short and slanting down the leg. Shreyas Iyer controls the pull to fine leg for one.

Pitched full, outside off. Drilled to long off for a single.

Short and wide outside off. Iyer cuts it to deep point for one.

Hard-length on the leg peg. Shreyas Iyer tucks it to deep mid-wicket for one and keeps the strike.

Slower back of a length delivery, angling into the batter. Venkatesh Iyer advances and miscues the hack to left of long on for a run.

Back of a length, on off. Venkatesh Iyer hangs back and bunts it to mid off.

FOUR! THUMPED! Pitched full, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer dances down the pitch and lifts it to the sweeper cover region for four runs.

On a good length, just outside off. Venkatesh Iyer plays and misses.

Back of a length, angled into the batter. Tucked to wide long-on for a run.

Slower bumper, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer flays and misses. Checks with the umpire for the Wide but the umpire is unmoved.

Full-length on middle. Knocked to long on for a single.

Pitches it fraction full than a good length, around off. Venkatesh Iyer skips down the pitch and drills it through extra cover for a run.

Short and angling into the batter. Shreyas Iyer pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one.

On a length, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer bunts it to extra cover for one.

Short of a length, angling down the leg. Shreyas Iyer helps it to fine leg for a single.

FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer takes it on and gets rewarded! Short again from Joseph! Venkatesh Iyer pulls and gets a top edge that flies over the keeper and races to the fence for another boundary. Runs are flowing from all ends.

SIX! Up and Away! Short and down the leg. Venkatesh Iyer gets into the position and helps it over the fine leg region for a maximum. This lands in the Kolkata dugout. Venkatesh Iyer holds his back after hitting that shot and looks in some pain. The physio comes in to have a look.

Sharp short ball, around the middle stump line. Venkatesh Iyer ducks under it and lets it go.

FOUR! Nicely done by Venkatesh Iyer and sloppy again from Yash Dayal. Short of a good length into the pitch. Venkatesh Iyer waits and steers it past the backward point fielder, races toward deep third. Dayal runs in from third-man, puts in the slide but fails to stop it.

SIX! Kolkata are racing away with the game here! Short of a length, around off. Venkatesh Iyer skips down the track and pulls it flat over the cow corner for a 79-meter hit.

Hard-length, just outside off. Venkatesh Iyer slaps it hard but goes straight to the man at mid off.

Lands it fuller and slower, on off, Shreyas Iyer looks to clear the in-field on the off side. Gets enough bat on it to clear extra cover and collects a couple of runs.

This is on a shortish length, on off, Shreyas Iyer ducks and lets it go through to the keeper.

DROPPED! Yash Dayal shells it and to rub salt into the wounds, it goes for a FOUR! Vyshak goes short and cramps the batter for any sort of room, Shreyas Iyer goes for the pull and gets a good chunk of the bat on it. It goes flat and down towards fine leg. Yash Dayal runs in and the ball is dipping on him. He gets there by sliding in front but puts it down as the ball bursts through his hands. Cameron Green runs around to back him up but cannot prevent the ball from trickling into the fence.

Width on offer on off, Shreyas Iyer holds his shape and slices it up and over cover. Alzarri Joseph runs around to his right in the deep and fumbles slightly but it does not cost them much. Two runs taken.

On a shortish length, on off and middle, Shreyas Iyer gets on his toes and stabs it down the deck.

Bends his back and digs it in short, at the right shoulder of the batter, Shreyas Iyer swivels in his crease and tries to take on the short ball. The ball stops in the surface a bit and it results in Iyer going through his shot early. Gets it off the toe-end of the bat and it deflects back onto his right elbow.

Slower through the air and around off, Shreyas Iyer lunges and works it square with the turn towards point for a single.

Full and on middle, Venkatesh Iyer nudges it off his pads to deep square leg for one.

SIX! Excellent use of the feet and that has gone many a mile! GIves the ball air and slows it up, full and on middle, Venkatesh Iyer shimmies down the track and tonks it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Two leg byes! Fires it in, full and on leg, Venkatesh Iyer gets inside the line to have a swipe across the line. He fails to connect as the ball rolls off his pads to the left of short fine leg for a couple of runs.

Full and slanting away, outside off, Venkatesh Iyer throws to force it through the off side but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Floats it up, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer presses forward and pushes it to long off for a run.

Digs it in short but this is slower, on off, Shreyas Iyer waits on it and runs it down to deep third for one. End of a successful over by Vijaykumar Vyshak.

OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE MAN! Instant impact by the Impact Player! Vijaykumar Vyshak roars in delight and the Bengaluru crowd have found their voices again! Goes into the deck and bowls it with pace, on middle, Phil Salt tries to take it on and nails the pull. The ball comes right off the screws but does not get the desired elevation. Hits it flat and straight down the throat of Cameron Green at deep square leg who takes it with ease.

Slower and shorter, outside off, Phil Salt does not read the change of pace and goes for the pull but misses out and connects with thin air.

On a hard length, on the pads, Venkatesh Iyer glances it away down to fine leg for one.

Takes pace off again, on a short of a length, outside off, Phil Salt cuts it to the right of backward point where Virat Kohli fails to gather it cleanly and it allows Salt to complete an easy single.

Starts off with an off-pace delivery, on a back of a length, on off, Venkatesh Iyer gets on his toes and punches it to the right of the bowler for a single.

Full on the leg peg. Eased to long-on for a single.

Bowls it full, just outside off. Iyer comes down the pitch and miscues the loft over the extra cover fielder for a couple.

Flat and turning into the batter. Iyer nudges into the leg side.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! A much-needed wicket for Dagar and Bengaluru! The crowd erupts and Dagar is delighted. Bowls it full and quick at the stumps. Narine is in two minds on how to play at this. Ends up yorking himself as the ball sneaks under his bat and crashes into the stumps. Narine departs for a breezy 47 as Kolkata lose their first.

Flatter arm ball, going across the batter. Narine plays and misses.

Shortish, on middle. Salt pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Full-length delivery, angling in on middle. Narine mistimes the whip to the man at mid-wicket.

FOUR LEG BYES! The night gets worse for Yash Dayal! Bowls it on a length and angles it down the leg. Narine helps it between the keeper and the short fine leg fielder for a bonus boundary.

SIX MORE! He is in no mood to stop tonight! Pace off delivery, just outside off. Narine picks the slower ball and powers it back over the bowler for a thumping blow.

SIX! TAKE THAT! Short and just outside off. Narine climbs into it and hacks it over the deep mid-wicket boundary for a 76-meter hit. He is reminding everyone of the Narine from 2017.

FOUR! Narine is throwing the kitchen sink at everything! Slower length ball, outside off. Narine swings hard and it flies off the thick outside edge, goes just over the short third fielder and trickles away into the fence.

Full-length ball outside off, angling across. Salt smokes it along the ground to deep cover for a run.

Hard-length, outside off. Narine flays it through extra cover and a misfield allows the batters to take a couple.

SIX! HAMMERED! Slower length ball, at the stumps. Narine waits and picks up the slower ball to smash it over the deep square leg boundary for half a dozen. The runs are flowing with ease for Kolkata.

Bangs it short, angling across the batter. Narine pulls and misses.

Hard-length, outside off. Salt mistimes the cut toward mid-off for one more.

Short, around middle stump line. Narine hangs back and pulls off the cue end, to the backward square leg region. A single taken.

Short of a length, angling into the batter. Salt pulls it into the body as the ball rolls to the square leg region for one.

Slower and fuller, angling across. Salt lifts it off the toe-end, to deep point for a single.

Back of a length, around off. Salt mistimes the pull to the man at mid-wicket.

Short of a length, just outside off. Salt pulls it toward cow corner for a couple.

FOUR! Nicely done! Good length delivery on off. Salt waits and cuts it between the short third and the backward point fielder for four runs.

Slower and fuller outside off. Salt sets himself for the big one by clearing the front leg but gets deceived by the lack of pace and can only bunt it toward the bowler.

Good length, around off. Salt hits it off the toe end, back at Dayal.

SIX MORE! Just over the ropes! Narine rubs salt in the wounds! Joseph bowls it short of a length, around off. Narine goes hard for the pull and smacks it just over wide long on boundary for a maximum.

Short of a length on off. Narine backs away and bunts it to Joseph.

SIX! BANG! WHAT A SHOT FROM NARINE! Pitched full and in the slot. Narine clears the front leg and smacks it over the long on boundary for a biggie.

Bowls it at 150.4 kmph! Short of a good length, around the middle-stump line. Narine makes room and flay it away but fails to connect.

Bangs it short, across the batter. Narine sways out of the line and lets it go.

Hard-length, just outside off. Narine clears the front leg and lofts it off the toe end to the long-off region for a couple.

More like it! Angling across the right-hander, on a back of a length from over the wicket, Phil Salt stays leg side of the ball and tries to run it down towards deep third but misses out.

Delivers it on a hard length, on off, Sunil Narine gives himself room to go through the off side. It comes off the upper half of the bat and it rolls in front of cover for one.

FOUR! Hit with authority! Shaping away, on a good length, outside off, Sunil Narine clears his front leg and slaps it to the left of mid off for four more runs.

FIVE WIDES! That has taken off! Dayal digs it in short, at the batter. Sunil Narine ducks and lets it go. It sails way over the head of the leaping Anuj Rawat and it races into the fence.

Full and a bit of away shape, on off, Sunil Narine strokes it to the right of mid off and collects a couple of runs.

Angling across, full and around off, Phil Salt strokes it to the right of mid off where Glenn Maxwell dives to that side and cuts it off.

Leg bye! On a back of a length, on middle, Sunil Narine shapes up to flick it away but misses as the ball rolls off his pads towards deep third for a leg bye.

SIX! SHOT! Siraj takes pace off and bowls it on a length, Phil Salt picks up the change of pace and just checks his shot. Gets more than enough bat on it and clears the long off fence for six more runs. 18 off the first over.

A direct hit and Sunil Narine was gone!  Siraj slants it back in, on a fullish length, on middle, Sunil Narine clears his front leg and drives it wide of mid off. He has to run around to avoid clashing with Siraj. Faf du Plessis has a shy at the bowling end but his throw is a bit wayward and Siraj cannot gather it, allowing Narine to make his ground.

Drags his length back and bowls it much straighter, on off, Phil Salt waits on the back foot and runs it down to deep backward point to rotate the strike.

FOUR! Flayed away! Width on offer on off, swinging away, on a good length, Phil Salt takes full toll of the width and carves it over cover for a boundary.

SIX! BANG! Phil Salt and Kolkata are away! This is on a good length, on off, this sits up nicely for the batter, Phil Salt picks it up cleanly and lifts it over deep square leg for a maximum.

Starts off on a back of a length, around off, Phil Salt stays leg side of the ball and dabs it square towards backward point.