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IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Highlights, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Russell and Narine turned the game as Kolkata registered a 1-run win.
- 7:42 PM IST, Apr 21Kolkata Knight Riders (222/6) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (221) by 1 run
- 7:32 PM IST, Apr 21Russell outsmarts DK - RCB 202/8 in 19 overs
- 7:22 PM IST, Apr 21Harshit removes Suyash - RCB 187/7 in 17.2 overs
- 6:53 PM IST, Apr 21Narine dismisses Green - RCB 151/5 in 12.3 overs
- 6:51 PM IST, Apr 21Russell removes Patidar - RCB 138/4 in 11.4 overs
- 6:47 PM IST, Apr 21Russell removes Jacks - RCB 137/3 in 11.1 overs
- 6:42 PM IST, Apr 21Fifty for Patidar - RCB 137/2 in 11 overs
- 6:38 PM IST, Apr 21Jacks hits fifty - RCB 100/2 in 9 overs
- 6:33 PM IST, Apr 21Jacks hits fifty - RCB 100/2 in 9 overs
- 6:18 PM IST, Apr 21Jacks hammers Starc - RCB 74/2 in 6 overs
- 6:07 PM IST, Apr 21Faf du Plessis departs - RCB 35/2 in 3.1 overs
- 6:01 PM IST, Apr 21Virat Kohli departs - RCB 27/1 in 2.1 overs
- 5:55 PM IST, Apr 21Kohli smashes Starc for six - RCB 27/0 in 2 overs
- 5:46 PM IST, Apr 21Kohli smashes Rana - RCB 12/0 in 1 over
- 5:28 PM IST, Apr 21KKR 222/6 (S Iyer 50, P Salt 48; C Green 2/35) in 20 overs
- 5:21 PM IST, Apr 21Ramandeep slams Siraj - KKR 206/6 in 19 overs
- 5:13 PM IST, Apr 21Shreyas departs - KKR 179/6 in 17.2 overs
- 5:08 PM IST, Apr 21Shreyas hits fifty - KKR 177/5 in 17 overs
- 4:48 PM IST, Apr 21Rinku departs - KKR 137/5 in 13.1 overs
- 4:37 PM IST, Apr 21Rinku smashes six - KKR 126/4 in 12 overs
- 4:23 PM IST, Apr 21Green removes Venky - KKR 97/4 in 8.2 overs
- 4:10 PM IST, Apr 21Dayal strikes again - KKR 75/3 in 6 overs
- 4:05 PM IST, Apr 21Dayal removes Narine - KKR 66/2 in 5.2 overs
- 3:57 PM IST, Apr 21Siraj removes Salt - KKR 56/1 in 4.2 overs
- 3:54 PM IST, Apr 21Salt punishes Ferguson - KKR 55/0 in 4 overs
- 3:44 PM IST, Apr 21Salt smashes Dayal - KKR 23/0 in 2 overs
- 3:12 PM IST, Apr 21Check RCB's playing XI
- 3:10 PM IST, Apr 21Check KKR's Playing XI
- 3:03 PM IST, Apr 21Siraj, Green return
- 3:02 PM IST, Apr 21RCB elect to bowl first
- 2:41 PM IST, Apr 21SUNIL NARINE - smashing as opener for KKR
- 2:23 PM IST, Apr 21IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kohli vs Narine
- 2:01 PM IST, Apr 21Shreyas Iyer under the scanners
- 1:51 PM IST, Apr 21RCB need to get Siraj back
- 1:31 PM IST, Apr 21Will RCB's Dinesh Karthik make a last-minute entry in India's T20 WC squad?
- 12:50 PM IST, Apr 21Dinesh Karthik opens up on his approach
- 12:42 PM IST, Apr 21RCB bowlers need to step up
- 12:15 PM IST, Apr 21Will Cameron Green return to RCB's Playing XI against KKR?
- 11:32 AM IST, Apr 21Dinesh Karthik - The Saviour
- 11:07 AM IST, Apr 21All eyes on Virat Kohli
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Highlights, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Andre Russell and Sunil Narine turned the game in Kolkata Knight Riders' way by claiming the crucial wickets in the middle overs as the hosts won the thriller by 1 run. Royal Challengers Bengaluru batters put up a solid fight till the last ball but it wasn't enough for them to claim their second win of the season....Read More
Skipper Shreyas Iyer hit a half-century, while Phil Salt and Ramandeep Singh produced quickfire knocks as Kolkata Knight Riders posted 222/6 in 20 overs. KKR kept losing wickets at regular intervals but they didn't lose the momentum with a long batting line-up. Cameron Green was the pick of the bowler with 2 wickets for 35.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders. RCB made three changes to their XI from the last match as Mohammed Siraj, Cameron Green and Karn Sharma returned to the side. After horrible performances in the first half of the season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be desperate to bounce back and keep their hopes alive in the playoffs race. Faf du Plessis and Co. have already lost six matches out of 7 and now every game for them is a knockout. The batting unit has failed to put up a collective effort in the middle as only Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik are the only batters who have displayed some consistency with the bat. Skipper Faf du Plessis also failed to make an impact with the bat and his captaincy also came under the scanners.
Meanwhile, the bowling unit has flopped miserably for RCB this season as they are yet to finalise their combination. In their last match, RCB faced embarrassment against Sunrisers Hyderabad as Pat Cummins and Co. hammered them and posted the highest score in IPL history - 287.
Star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has decided to take a mental health break and missed the last match against SRH. He has been in horrible form this season and managed just 32 runs in six innings with an average of 5.33. Recently, he has also revealed that he is also nursing a "hip strain" and is unlikely to return for his team's away IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders here on Sunday.
With five consecutive defeats, the bottom-ranked RCB now confront the daunting task of winning their remaining seven games to keep their playoff prospects alive.
The batting unit depends heavily on Kohli who is the leading run-getter this season thus far with 361 runs at 72.20. The lack of support from the other end has also impacted his strike rate. Du Plessis has been their next best batter with 232 runs, but it's seasoned wicketkeeper-batter Karthik, who has been phenomenal in his final IPL season.
The veteran has amassed 226 runs at a strike-rate of 205-plus and in the monstrous chase against SRH, it was his 35-ball 83 that gave them hope of scripting an improbable win before they fell short by 25 runs.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders will also look to get back to winning ways after a last-ball defeat against Rajasthan Royals in the last match. They have slipped to the third spot on the points table with 8 points in 6 matches.
The biggest threat for RCB will be Narine, not just with the ball but also with the bat at the top of the order.
Narine has been in terrific form with the bat and scored a brilliant century in the last match against RR which was also his maiden in the shortest format. The left-handed batter is KKR's leading run-getter this season with 276 runs at an incredible strike rate of over 187.
The next best KKR batter is his opening partner Phil Salt, who has struck at a rate of 151-plus. With a maiden fifty to his name, youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi has impressed with his batting.
However, the likes of Rinku Singh and Andre Russell have got limited opportunities but the duo has managed to mark an impact with small cameos at the fag end of the innings.
Meanwhile, skipper Shreyas Iyer has some crucial contributions with the bat but he hasn't looked in full control and his strike rate has also been an area of concern for the side.
“Tried to give Starc as many runs as I could”: Andre Russell after match-winning performance
Andre Russell was named Player of the Match for claiming three crucial wickets. The KKR all-rounder opened up on his bowling approach after guiding his team to a nervy 1-run win.
"Thanks to the almighty. I always back my bowling as I said earlier. Getting the ball at a crucial time, I knew that I had to come good and thankfully it happened today. Happy for the two points. When I was batting earlier, change of pace was difficult to hit. As a bowler that’s what I wanted to do. The slower balls were gripping and holding. Was happy to get the two set batters out and I think that’s what changed the game," Russell said.
He further talked about bowling the 19th over to Dinesh Karthik and what was his plan against him.
"Those two wickets from Narine were also very important and that’s what started the slide for RCB. When I look at the bowling equation, I had two left and I conditioned myself to bowl that (19th) over. Tried to give Starc as many runs as I could. DK wasn’t getting off strike so I looked at bowling 6 deliveries to him and mix it up, thankfully it worked," he added.
Sunil Narine over was game-changing: Faf du Plessis after defeat vs KKR
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis shared his views on Virat Kohli's dismissal after his team lost to KKR by 1 run.
"It was crazy, rules are rules, Virat and myself thought that the ball was higher than the waist (on Kohli's dismissal), I guess they measured from the popping crease, one team thinks it's high, the other doesn't. That's how the game goes at times," Du Plessis said.
The skipper was impressed with Will Jacks and Rajat Patidar's knocks but admitted that Sunil Narine's over with two wickets changed the game completely.
"Then the partnership, it was magnificent (on the Jacks-Patidar partnership), but when you don't win too many games, some sort of panic sets in and the Narine over was game-changing," he added.
Du Plessis further talked about the evolution of the IPL this season as 200-plus runs have been posted on a regular intervals.
"You don't feel that you have time to settle down and bat, the game doesn't allow it to do that, obviously you have an extra batter, but in chases like these, you have to keep going. The match-up against Narine, I thought that was the game changing over," he added.
However, the RCB skipper said that he was proud of the way his players performed and fought hard till the final over of the game.
"The small things, I am actually proud of the boys tonight, the way we bowled and fielded, we did give away a couple of big overs towards the end, but I thought we kept them down to a par score. We thought we'll go hard in the batting powerplay, find those boundaries at the start of the innings. We were desperate, 10/10 from an effort perspective, the way we put up the effort in the ground, the faces told the story. We've got an unbelievable fanbase, we want to make them happy, we want them to have a smile on their face. We'll have to continue putting in our efforts and try to change things around," he concluded.
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kolkata Knight Riders (222/6) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (221) by 1 run
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: What a thriller we just witnessed here. Karn Sharma smashed Mitchell Starc for three sixes in the final over but got out on the fifth ball with three runs required. Lockie Ferguson placed the ball in the gap but failed to complete the second run to level the score and got run out. A blockbuster clash and KKR managed to edge past RCB here with 1-run win. Kolkata Knight Riders (222/6) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (221) by 1 run in Kolkata
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Russell outsmarts DK - RCB 202/8 in 19 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Andre Russell has almost sealed it for Kolkata Knight Riders with the big wicket of Dinesh Karthik on the final ball of the penultimate over. Karthik went for a ramp shot on the last ball but mistimed it completely. RCB have bottled it as at one stage they were well on the top. RCB 202/8 in 19 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Harshit removes Suyash - RCB 187/7 in 17.2 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT! It was bound to happen after Varun's last over. Suyash Prabhudesai went for a big shot but Harshit Rana outsmarted him with a slower delivery as he got caught by Angkrish Raghuvanshi near the boundary line. RCB 187/7 in 17.2 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Tidy from Varun - RCB 186/6 in 17 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Sensational over from Varun Chakaravarthy as he gave away just 5 runs off his over. The match is slipping away a bit from RCB's reach as the pressure will mount on them in the next over. RCB 186/6 in 17 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Tight from Rana - RCB 181/6 in 16 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A good over from Harshit Rana as seven runs came off it. RCB need 42 runs off the last four over which is very much gettable but they have lost an extra wicket which is not allowing Karthik to play big shots at the moment. RCB 181/6 in 16 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB 174/6 in 15 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 10 runs came off Varun Chakaravarthy's over. RCB are doing fine with the required run rate but one more wicket and KKR will be all over them. The required run rate is still below 10. RCB 174/6 in 15 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: DK hits four - RCB 164/6 in 16 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Dinesh Karthik finds a boundary to finish off Andre Russell's over on a high. 9 runs came off the over as the match hangs in balance at the moment but the momentum is in KKR's favour. RCB 164/6 in 16 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Narine dismisses Lomror - RCB 156/6 in 13 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Sunil Narine strikes again and gets the better of Mahipal Lomror for just 4. RCB are in some serious trouble now after losing four wickets in the last two overs. RCB 156/6 in 13 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Narine dismisses Green - RCB 151/5 in 12.3 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT! Another one bites the dust. Sunil Narine opens his account and claimed the wicket of Cameron Green after getting hit for a maximum. The Aussie batter smashed a six and then decided to go for another one but got caught near the boundary rope. RCB 151/5 in 12.3 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Russell removes Patidar - RCB 138/4 in 11.4 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Andre Russell strikes again and this time he gets rid of Rajat Patidar for 52. Andre Russell has changed the game completely with the two wickets of players who were well set with half-centuries to their names. RCB 138/4 in 11.4 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Russell removes Jacks - RCB 137/3 in 11.1 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Andre Russell into the attack and he straightaway claimed the crucial wicket of Will Jacks. It was in the slot and Jacks smashed it at long-on but failed to find the distance and was caught near boundary rope. A good knock from the Englishman to pull RCB back in the game. RCB 137/3 in 11.1 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Fifty for Patidar - RCB 137/2 in 11 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: No stopping for Rajat Patidar as this time he smacks Sunil Narine for a couple of brilliant sixes over deep mid-wicket. Fifty for Rajat Patidar. This is RCB's match now and they need to capitalise on it. The required run rate is well below 10. 15 runs came of Sunil Narine's over. RCB 137/2 in 11 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Patidar smashes Suyash - RCB 122/2 in 10 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar takes charge and he smashed Suyash Sharma for two sixes and as many fours in the last over. Massive over for RCB as 22 runs came off it. The Impact Player selection has backfired for KKR at the moment. Rajat Patidar has a SR of 197 vs leg spin in T20s. RCB 122/2 in 10 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Jacks hits fifty - RCB 100/2 in 9 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Fifty for Will Jacks! The English batter is some serious form as he smashed Varun Chakaravarthy for a six and a four to reach the mark in 29 balls. Sensational batting but he needs to convert it into a big score now. 100 up for RCB too. RCB 100/2 in 9 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Patidar hits six - RCB 89/2 in 8 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar breaks shackles and smashes Suyash Sharma for a maximum as 11 runs came off the over. The momentum is shifting a bit in RCB's favour but they need to keep a check on required run rate. RCB 89/2 in 8 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Tidy from Narine - RCB 78/2 in 7 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A tidy over from Sunil Narine as only four runs came off it. Rajat Patidar needs to give ample support to Will Jacks in the chase. Meanwhile, Suyash Sharma has entered the middle as the Impact Player for KKR. RCB 78/2 in 7 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Jacks hammers Starc - RCB 74/2 in 6 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Mitchell Starc returned to the attack and Will Jacks welcomed him back with a couple of glorious sixes. Starc bounced back with a couple of dot balls but Jacks hammered him for another six on the fifth ball. The last ball also went for a boundary. 22 runs came off the over as RCB finished the powerplay on a high. RCB 74/2 in 6 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Jacks hits four - RCB 52/2 in 5 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Sunil Narine into the attack and Will Jacks hit him for a boundary. He is looking in decent touch and playing the spinners well thus far in the two overs. RCB need him to play a special knock. RCB 52/0 in 5 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis departs - RCB 35/2 in 3.1 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack and he strikes on the very first ball here to get rid of RCB skipper Faf du Plessis. A very good catch by Venkatesh Iyer and the KKR players are all charged up here. Sensational from KKR as they are stamping their authority now. RCB 35/2 in 3.1 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli departs - RCB 27/1 in 2.1 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT! Virat Kohli departs for 18 and he is miffed with the umpire's decision as he feels it's a waist-high no-ball. The third umpire checked it and gave him out here. Kohli had a word with the on-field umpires after the decision. The star batter is miffed but Harshit Rana is enjoying the big wicket. RCB 27/1 in 2.1 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kohli smashes Starc for six - RCB 27/0 in 2 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli is looking in some imperious form here, He smashed Mitchell Starc for a glorious six. Meanwhile, Faf du Plessis finished the over with a boundary. 15 runs came off the over The Kohli-Du Plessis partnership has a partnership aggregate of 1683 runs in 34 innings at an average of 51 with six 100-plus stands. RCB 27/0 in 2 overs
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Starc in discomfort
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: It seems like Mitchell Starc needs some medical attention as the physio is out in the middle to check on him
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kohli smashes Rana - RCB 12/0 in 1 over
IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli opens his account with a boundary on the first over itself. The batting maestro finished the over with a maximum. A good start for RCB in the tall chase. RCB 12/0 in 1 over
