New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 81 runs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday, April 6. Varun Chakravarty scalped 4 wickets and Suyash Sharma bagged 3 wickets and demolished RCB in the chase of 205.
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Match recap
Meanwhile, Sunil Narine scalped two dismissals of Virat Kohli and Shahbaz Ahmed. Initially, KKR reached 204/7 in 20 overs, courtesy of some good batting from Rahmanullah Gurbaz (57), Shardul Thakur (68) and Rinku Singh (46). Thakur was in particularly stunning form and slammed nine fours and three sixes. Meanwhile, David Willey and Karn Sharma bagged two wickets each for RCB.
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Shardul Thakur’s fifty
Knight Riders was in deep trouble when Thakur came to bat in, Gurbaz and Russel were departed in consecutive deliveries by David Willey. It seemed that KKR will collapse soon, but Shardul have some other plans today, to fight back till the end. With blistering fifty he became the joint fastest fifty scorer in the 16th edition of IPL.
Gurbaz’s innings
Rahmanullah Gurbaz played fighting innings as KRR fought back in the game. In his whole innings Gurbaz smashed six boundaries and three sixes at the strike rate of 129.55. But in 11.2 overs Karn Sharma gave RCB much needed breakthrough as he removed Gurbaz.
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Playing XIs
KKR: Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
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