RCB celebrate the wicket of KKR batsman in IPL 2022
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets in a thrilling encounter at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, here on Wednesday. . , With this win, RCB also secured their first points of the season while KKR suffered their first defeat.
Defending a modest target of 129, Kolkata Knight Riders needed some early wickets Umesh Yadav Did exactly that as RCB opener Anuj Rawat was dismissed for a duck by wicketkeeper Sheldon Jackson in the very first over.
Virat Kohli Came out to bat and hit Umesh Yadav for two consecutive fours. in the next over Tim Southee got the wicket of RCB captain Faf du Plessis caught by Ajinkya Rahane Umesh, who hit two consecutive fours by Kohli in the last over, made a brilliant comeback as the former RCB captain was dismissed for 12 by keeper Jackson to bowl Bangalore out for 3 for 17.
RCB desperately needed a partnership and David Willey and Sherfane Rutherford did exactly that, taking the team’s total to 50 in the eighth over. mystery spinner Sunil Narine Breaking the 45-run partnership, Willie was dismissed for 18 by Nitish Rana as RCB lost their fourth wicket at 62.
Shahbaz Ahmed was joined by Rutherford and the duo batted sensibly to take the team’s total across the triple-figure mark in the 16th over. The moment it looked like the Rutherford-Ahmed duo would take RCB’s team to victory, Varun Chakravarthy struck as keeper Jackson stumped Shahbaz Ahmed for 27 off 20 balls as Bangalore posted their fifth wicket for 101 runs have lost.
Southee was brought back into the attack and the Kiwi pacer dealt a double blow to RCB with well-set Rutherford for 28 and Wanindu Hasaranga for 4 as Bangalore lost seven for 111 with 18 more to win. Runs were needed. At a stage when the match could have gone either way, Harshal Patel came to bat and hit two boundaries in the 19th over as RCB needed 7 runs to win in the last over.
Experienced Wicketkeeper Batsman Dinesh Karthik A six and a four turned the match in favor of RCB as they beat KKR by three wickets. Earlier in the day, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and called Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. Two-time champions Kolkata got off to a good start with 14 runs from openers Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer in the first three overs.
RCB captain du Plessis changed the bowling in the fourth over as Akash Deep replaced Mohammad Siraj and the medium pacer was caught for 10 runs off his very first ball as KKR lost their first wicket for 14 runs. Siraj was brought in from the other end. In the fifth over and the pacer got Rahane’s wicket for 9 runs at the hands of Shahbaz Ahmed, Kolkata were dismissed for 32 for 2.
Akash Deep struck once again and this time he got the wicket of the dreaded Nitish Rana as David Willey took a brilliant diving catch to dismiss him for 10 to leave KKR on the powerplay at the end of 44/3. After the powerplay, the RCB skipper opened the spin by bringing in Wanindu Hasaranga into the attack and the Sri Lankan brought up the prized scalp of KKR captain Shreyas Iyer for 13 runs at 46 for 4.
A few strikes from Sunil Narine helped Kolkata cross the 50-run mark, but any revival hopes were dealt a serious blow as Hasaranga replaced Sunil Narine and Sheldon Jackson at 67/6 to leave Kolkata in deep trouble. Took two more wickets for consecutive balls. Harshal Patel also joined the bandwagon with Sam Billings getting caught at the hands of Virat Kohli for 14 as KKR lost their seventh wicket for 83 runs. Andre Russell pushed the scoreboard forward with the help of three sixes and a four.
The moment West Indies looked dangerous, Harshal Patel got his wicket caught by wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik for 25 as Kolkata lost their eighth wicket for 99 runs. The Shreyas Iyer-led side made their way to the triple-figures. Hasranga got his fourth wicket of the match to get Tim Southee caught by Faf du Plessis for 1 as Kolkata lost their ninth wicket for 101 runs.
Just when it looked like RCB would clear the tail, KKR’s tail-enders hungered for a 27-run partnership for the 10th wicket to battle Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakraborty to battle some boundaries as Akash Deep Dodges Umesh’s stump. Yadav scored 18 runs in 12 balls with the help of two fours and a six. KKR’s team got out for 125 runs in 18.5 overs.
Brief Scores: KKR 125/10 in 18.5 overs (Andre Russell 25, Umesh Yadav 18; Vanindu Hasaranga 4/20, Akash Deep 3/45) vs RCB 132/7 in 19.2 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 28, Shahbaz Ahmed 27; Tim Southee 3/20, Umesh Yadav 2/16).