Sunil Narine becomes the hero of the Kolkata Knight Riders once again as he had a tremendous night and he took his side to the next level of the tournament and knocked out the Royal Challengers Bangalore. That means Virat Kohli is going back without the trophy of the Indian Premier League once again and it is worth mentioning that this is the last season for him as captain of the Bangalore side.
It was a low scoring match but Kolkata Knight Riders were capable to achieve the target and they will play in the Eliminator against Delhi Capitals tomorrow. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Virat Kohli won the toss for Royal Challengers Bangalore and elected to bat first in the match but the luck which he had in the toss time was not with him in the game.
The opening pair of the Royal Challengers Bangalore – Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli provided a good start as they scored 21 and 39 runs respectively. But after that, we witnessed a batting collapse and Sunil Narine was the most dangerous bowler in the game as he removed 4 wickets and that includes the wicket of Virat Kohli as well.
The hero of the Royal Challengers Bangalore of the last match, Srikar Bharat was dismissed for just 9 runs while Maxwell went back to the pavilion for 15 runs. AB de Villiers was disappointed once again and he added only 11 runs. Finally, Royal Challengers Bangalore finished their innings at 138 runs with the loss of 7 wickets on the board after 20 overs.
In the reply, Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer provided a solid start as both the players scored 29 and 26 runs respectively. But Rahul Tripathi went back to the pavilion for just 6 runs while Nitish Rana scored 23 runs and Sunil Narine showcased an amazing performance in the middle as he scored 26 runs from just 15 deliveries and that includes 3 back to back sixes as well. That particular inning helped Kolkata Knight Riders to reach the target without any problem.
After the dismissal of Sunil Narine, it was believed that the game is tight and Royal Challengers Bangalore could get a narrow victory over Kolkata Knight Riders but Shakib Al Hasan scored 9 runs including a boundary and that guided his team to the victory with two balls in hand and 4 wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders to win the match against Delhi to qualify for the final of the 14th edition of IPL. The Eliminator will be played tomorrow.
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