RCB vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2023: Roy, Varun power Kolkata Knight Riders to 21-run victory vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

A legbreak delivery by Suyash and Kohli taps it to long on for a double and gets his fifty!

A legbreak delivery by Suyash and Kohli gets an edge fine of short third for a four!

A full delivery by Narine and Lomror slog sweeps it over deep square leg for a six!

RCB: 96/3 (10), Target: 201

A short delivery by Narine, and Lomror pulls it over deep midwicket for a six!

A full delivery by Rana and Lomror slog sweeps it between deep midwicket and long on for a six!

A yorker by Russell and Kohli taps it to wide long on for a double.

RCB: 64/3 (7), Target: 201

RCB need 137 from 78 balls.

An offbreak delivery by Varun and Maxwell is cramped for space and ends up guiding it to mid off for a catch!

Maxwell c Wiese b Varun 5 (4)

Outside the line by Varun and Maxwell clips it square and behind square past deep midwicket for a four!

A full delivery by Suyash and Shahbaz is caught and dead lumb and it lobs for a catch too! LBW!

Shahbaz lbw b Suyash 2 (5)

A wrong'un by Suyash and Du Plessis can only guide it to long on for a catch!

Du Plessis c Singh b Suyash 17 (7)

A slow delivery by Umesh and Du Plessis launches it over mid-on for a six, then follows it with a pull over wide mid-on for another six!

RCB: 30/0 (2), Target: 201

A wide length Arora, and Kohli gets an edge over short third for a four to begin with!

Kohli and Du Plessis open RCB's chase as Arora opens the bowling for KKR.

Target: 201

In the second delivery, Harshal sent a slow delivery which Wiese smartly slammed over wide long for a big six!

In the final delivery, Wiese cut a short delivery over short third for another six!

KKR: 200/5 (20), Target for RCB: 201

A yorker by Siraj, into the leg stump. Russell puts his frint leg to smack, but fails to connect and is bowled out!

Russell b Siraj 1 (2)

KKR: 185/5 (19)

A wrong'un by Hasaranga and Venkateshh tries to slog sweep, but can only get it to Maxwell at long-on for a catch!

Venkatesh c Maxwell b Hasaranga 31 (26)

A good legbreak delivery by Hasaranga and Rana reverse sweeps, but top edges it to shirt third for a diving catach!

Rana c Vyshak b Hasaranga 48 (21)

First, it is a slow delivery by Harshal and Rana pulls this short delivery over long leg for a six, followed by another six in the same area!

KKR: 150/2 (16)

Vyshak sends it in the slot for Rana, and it is slow. Rana slams it on the backfoot ober the bowler's head for a six!

KKR: 117/2 (13)

A wrong'un by Hasaranga and Rana plays a sweep-pull shot to deep midwicket for a single and KKR reach 100!

A leg stump yorker by Vyshak and Roy fails to connect and is also shuffling at the same time. It hits the stumps!

Roy b Vyshak 56 (29)

THE BIG WICKET!

KKR: 88/2 (10)

A bouncer by Vyshak, and it has good height. Jagadeesan tries to pull, but can hole it to deep midwicket for a catch!

Jagadeesan c Willey b Vyshak 27 (29)

A short delivery by Harshal, wide. Jagadeesan cuts it above pont for a four!

Roy guides this delivery by Vyshak wide of mid-off for a single and gets his fifty!

First it is a short of a length delivery by Shahbaz, and Jagadeesan guides it wide of mid-on for a single. Then, the RCB man sends a poor delivery and tries to get Roy cramped. The opener guides it over mid-on for a six, followed by another six square of deep midciwt! Then, he pulls him to deep midwicket for a clever six!

Shahbaz tries to regain momentum with a dot ball in fifth ball. But in the final delivery, Roy sweeps him over midwicket for a six!

25 off this over!

KKR: 66/0 (6)

ROY IS IN GOOD FORM AND HASARANGA SHOULD KNOW THAT!

The KKR opener reverse sweeps this delivery through point for a four! WHAT A DOMINATING SHOT!

KKR: 41/0 (5)

A half-volley by Willey, goes onto Roy's pads. The Englishman flicks it for a flat six over square midwicket! WHAT A SHOT! CAN HE GET ANOTHER FIFTY TONIGHT?

A wide outswinger by Siraj, and Roy goes on the front foot to drive it to the left of cover for a four!

KKR: 18/0 (2.5)

A back of a length delivery by Willey and Jagadeesan tries to cut but edges it wide of slip and it goes past third man for a four!

A short delivery by Siraj, and Roy manages to manufacture past the fielder at silly mid-off for a four!

An outswinger by Siraj, off. Roy goes on the front foot to defend it. No run!

Roy and Jagadeesan to open for KKR. Siraj to bowl the first over for RCB.

RCB: Virat Kohli(c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

KKR: N Jagadeesan(w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

After winning the toss, RCB captain Kohli said, "Decided to bowl first. No brainer. Evening game at Chinnaswamy, we've chased well here. It was unexpected but nothing I'm not used to (stand-in captaincy). It's been fun so far because of the way the team has been playing. Faf will be playing the impact role again. Hopefully he'll be back leading from the next game. Looks like a great pitch, the usual Chinnaswamy pitch that we expect."

Meanwhile, KKR skipper Rana said, "Second half of the tournament has started, it's an important game. 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. Shardul had a niggle, Gurbaz had a niggle. We were going to bat. One change from the last match - Vaibhav Arora comes in for Kulwant."

RCB captain Kohli wins toss, opts to bowl vs KKR.

Toss is upcoming and is scheduled for 7:00 PM IST.

Du Plessis is currently recovering from a rib injury, so Kohli could lead the side. Du Plessis is expected to be used as an Impact Player.

GT's Rashid leads the Purple Cap race with 14 wickets, followed by RCB's Siraj (13) in second, PBKS' Arshdeep (13) in third position. RR's Chahal is fourth with 12 wickets and CSK's Deshpande (12) is fifth.

RCB have managed only to score at 8.30 per over at the death (16-20), in their last four fixtures. Their overall scoring rate in the death in IPL 2023 is only 9.86 which is also the fourht lowest among all franchises.

RCB: W-W-L-W-L

KKR: L-L-L-L-W