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KKR 189/5 in Overs 19.1 | Live Cricket Score, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), IPL 2016, Match 30 at Bengaluru: KKR win

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates’ post of the Match No. 30 in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016.

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates’ post of the Match No. 30 in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016, between the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The match will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, and it will be a home game for the troubled RCB side, which is desperately in need of wickets. While the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are at the fourth spot in the IPL 9 Points Table, the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are at the second last spot. RCB are in desperate need of win and they will be facing an uphill task against a formidable KKR. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2016, Match 30 at Bengaluru

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 189/5 in Overs 19.1: Suryakumar hits a FOUR off the first ball, and RCB break into shaking hands in utter disbelief. BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 60 (29), Suryakumar Yadav 10 (5)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 185/5 in Overs 19: A SIX over long off and a FOUR with a late cut gets KKR in touching distance. Pathan brings up his half-century in style. The third ball is hit to deep midwicket for a single. FOUR, a sweep shot by Suryakumar. RCB have no one else to blame but themselves. KKR is winning, handsomely, but Gautam Gambhir being his nasty, bratty best. Gets up and kicks the chair in anger. Why? I do not know. Maybe this is why… Of course he is all charged up. They were losing the game. Anyway. A single off the final ball. KKR need 1 off the final over to win. BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 60 (29), Suryakumar Yadav 6 (4)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 169/5 in Overs 18: KKR need 17 from 12 balls:  SINGLE to start the over. OUT!! Andre Russell departs for 39 from 24 balls. Russell plays his part, Chahal gets his second wicket. Suryakumar Yadav comes into the middle with KKR needing 21 of 15 balls. SINGLE as Yadav gets off the mark. Well run by Pathan and Yadav as Pathan moves on to 46. SINGLE to finish the over.  KKR need 17 from 12 balls.

OUT! Andre Russell c Stuart Binny b Yuzvendra Chahal 39 (24)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 139/4 in Overs 16: Mayhem! Watson is hit for three boundaries, and then a SIX on the fourth bll by Pathan. The fifth ball gets them 2 runs, and a boundary off the last ball has sealed the game for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).  BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 45 (23), Andre Russell 38 (22)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 139/4 in Overs 16: FOUR! In the gap between long on and deep midwicket, runs continue to flow for KKR with Pathan hitting Watson on the first ball. FOUR! Smashed to deep cover, sheer power, the ball drops just short of the ropes. FOUR again! Kohli is in tatters, yes he is in. A short ball, Pathan hits well on deep backward square leg. SIX! Over Kohli at long on. This is rubbing salt on the wounds. The wounds being having a poor bowling attack. A mishit, but KKR still manage 2 off the fifth ball of the over.  BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 21 (17), Andre Russell 38 (22)

RCB might actually lose this game. Their poor bowling depth being the reason… Watson to bowl after the break.

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 139/4 in Overs 16: Aaron begins with a wide ball outside off. A full toss, a leading edge races down to the third man as Russell looked to work it on the leg. A wide again, this time for height. Kohli makes an excellent dive running to his left from long on, and saves some precious runs for his team which Aaron may give away for free with extras. FOUR! Pathan flicks powerfully on the leg, beats the man at deep midwicket. KKR are rising back again, these 2 have added 63 runs in no time. HUGE SIX! Over cover, Russell flexes his power again, the ball goes high and still clears the ropes. YORKER! Russell kills it with the flattest of bats, even falls down in the process. Time out. KKR need 47 off 24 balls. Doable. Yep! BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 21 (17), Andre Russell 38 (22)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 123/4 in Overs 15: Single off Shamsi’s first ball, a miss on the second and a massive SIX down the ground by Russell on the third ball! Russell connects again, this time even better, over midwicket, second SIX of the over! FOUR! Russell smashes to wide long on, no man can get there. Kohli has a worried look on his face. Rightly so. A wide ball outside off, Russell gets a single to deep cover. 18 runs off the over. KKR need 63 off 30. BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 14 (14), Andre Russell 31 (19)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 105/4 in Overs 14: Swing and a miss to Pathan on the first ball, and he is nearly trapped in front of the wickets on the second ball with Chahal bowling a straight one. A chance missed! Russell dances down, gets beaten by the line and Rahul cannot grab it as the ball races away for extra runs. MASSIVE turn, another swing and a miss for Russell. A wide ball on the leg, it does not turn and the ball beats Rahul to race away for boundary again! Free runs for KKR. A single on the second last ball. 12 off the over.  BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 13 (13), Andre Russell 14 (14)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 93/4 in Overs 13: SIX again! Pathan gets a short ball and he puts it over long on for a maximum off the first ball. A yorker, but Pathan got bat on it and it goes to deep fine leg for a single. Russell ducks on one thinking it was a bouncer but it was not. A swing and a miss, Aaron in disbelief how it did not hit the off stump. A swing and a miss again, on a short ball over the wickets. A misfield by extra cover gets 2 runs on the last ball. KKR need 93 off 42. BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 11 (10), Andre Russell 13 (11)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 84/4 in Overs 12: MASSIVE SIX! Chahal bowls a short one to Russell, who has all his might in putting that ball into the stands over deep midwicket. The next one turns away from him, Russell can get only a single. A wide delivery, but Pathan chases it and gets a single to long off. Russell defends the next ball that pitches close to him. A wide finally, Chahal has been getting good turn. The next ball is on pads, Russell takes 2.  BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 4 (8), Andre Russell 11 (7)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 73/4 in Overs 11: Watson into the attack, and starts off with a WICKET, as Manish Pandey departs for eight after being caught by Sachin Baby at long on. Andre Russel is the new man in, as the next delivery is a single, followed by a single again.  The fourth ball is another single towards covers, and the fifth is a full toss outside off which Russell hits very hard to deep point. KKR need a blinder from one of these men, they need 113 off 54 balls. BATTING: Yusuf Pathan 3 (7), Andre Russell 2 (2)

OUT! Manish Pandey c Sachin Baby b Shane Watson 8 (12)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 69/3 in Overs 10: Pandey gets a single on the first ball from Shamsi, and RCB appeal for Pathan’s wicket on a delivery that turned sharply away from him. The backfoot came in on time, there was no edge. Crucial phase for KKR. A short ball, Pathan had all the time in the world but he hit it straight back to the bowler. And another dot. A single on a full toss off the second last ball.  BATTING: Manish Pandey 8  (11), Yusuf Pathan 1 (4)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 66/3 in Overs 9: Aravind starts with a short ball to Gambhir, who is being tested by the left-arm RCB pacer with short stuff. A wide, this time Aravind bowls way outside off. SMASHED! FOUR! Gambhir picks a short ball well and rams it to deep midwicket. OUT! PLUMB! A brilliant yorker hits Gambhir’s foot right in front of the front of the wickets! Gambhir beaten by the slowness of it. BIG BLOW! BATTING: Manish Pandey 7 (9)

OUT! Gautam Gambhir lbw Sreenath Aravind 37 (29)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 59/2 in Overs 8: Aaron comes on. Gambhir opens the face of the bat to take a single to third man. An overthrow by Kohli at extra cover, trying to run Gambhir out, gives KKR a run. Aaron strays outside off, a WIDE. Loud appeal for caught behind against Gambhir, the short ball was directed over his shoulders but did not touch anything on the way. Another loud appeal by Aaron as he raps Gambhir on the pads, the ball pitched outside leg and had an inside edge as well. Single to Pandey on the second last ball. A wide down the leg again, Aaron is losing control. Single to end the over. KKR need 127 off 72. BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 32 (24), Manish Pandey 6 (8)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 52/2 in Overs 7: Shamsi begins with a full toss to Gambhir, and the batsman gets only a single. KKR need to step up the scoring rate, the asking rate is close to 11 now. Pandey hits straight, takes a single on the third ball. SIX! Gambhir clears front foot, and hits over wide long on. A short ball, Gambhir hits well and Aaron’s poor fielding at deep fine leg gives him a FOUR! A single on the second last ball. A hit in the air, a misfield by the man at long on and KKR get 2 off the final ball. BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 29 (20), Manish Pandey 4 (6)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 37/2 in Overs 6: ABD! Nearly a run out for Pandey who charged for a run with the RCB stalwart diving and taking a direct hit. Would have been close had he broken the stumps. Inside edge onto the pads off Aaron for Gambhir on the fourth ball. A single to end the over, via leg byes. KKR take only 3 off the over.  BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 17 (16), Manish Pandey 1 (4)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 34/2 in Overs 5: Yuzvendra Chahal begins with a googly, raps Lynn on the pads and looks like it might have been OUT. Umpire had disagreed. The right-hander hits on the leg side gently to take a single on the next ball. A single to Gambhir, cuts to short third man. BOWLED HIM! Yuzvendra has his revenge, his final laugh. He has knocked down Lynn’s off stump with a peach of a delivery that pitched on middle but turned sharply to clean him up. What a ball! Pandey begins with 2 dots.  BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 16 (12), Manish Pandey 0 (2)

OUT! Chris Lynn b Yuzvendra Chahal 15 (12)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 32/1 in Overs 4: Watson comes in. Single to Gambhir on the first ball. A risky shot by Lynn, who  hits in the air just wide of mid off for 2 runs. MISSED! Lynn hits in the air, Tabraiz Shamsi and ABD have a confusion coming in from short midwicket and long on, and the ball drops right between them. Another single to Gambhir. Watson bowls one on pads, Lynn plays it gently on leg side for a single. FOUR! Gambhir hits to deep midwicket on the final ball.  BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 15 (11), Chris Lynn 14 (9)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 22/1 in Overs 3: Binny continues, bowls a fuller ball to Gambhir looking for swing. The batsman plays it cautiously towards mid off for a single. SHOT! SIX! Lynn gets one in the zone outside off, and he displays sheer power to smash it over cover for a maximum. Lynn flicks the next ball well to fine leg, collects 2 runs. A mishit, only a single to Lynn on the fourth ball. Another in-swinging one to Gambhir, who hits to Gayle at midwicket. A single to end the over. BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 9 (8), Chris Lynn 10 (6)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 11/1 in Overs 2: Sreenath Aravind struggles for line, bowls a WIDE outside off to right-hander Chris Lynn after Gambhir takes a single. BEATEN! Just outside off, rising up well. An excellent ball as Lynn had no answer to it. The next ball is wide, but Lynn offers no stroke to it. He is off the mark with a quick single to mid off. Width to Gambhir, who hits well but the man at point saves a few runs. WIDE. Swing for Aravind, this time it moves away from the batsman. A single to end the over. BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 7 (5), Chris Lynn 1 (3)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES KKR 6/1 in Overs 1: Robin Uthappa takes a quick single to mid off on the second ball from Stuart Binny. FOUR! Poor ball on the leg, short one, and Gambhir pulls it well for a boundary. A sharp single on the fourth ball. BEATEN! A good ball outside off, some seam movement and Uthappa has been beaten on the second last ball. WOW! What a ball, it is fuller, and swings away from Uthappa, who gets a leading edge flying straight to Kohli at point! What a ball!  BATTING:  Gautam Gambhir 5 (2)

OUT! Robin Uthappa c Virat Kohli b Stuart Binny 1 (4)

Stuart Binny will bowl the first over for RCB…

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 185/7 in Overs 20: Umesh again! The first ball is a full toss, Watson hits to long on only for a single. SIX! Binny smashes the first ball down the ground, clearing the ropes easily! What a strike! FOUR! Binny brings out an upper cut over short third man, excellent batting this. MASSIVE! Brutal hitting this, Binny rams it on the leg side for a SIX, Umesh is in utter despair! OUT! Another full toss, Binny is caught at long on. Run out off the final ball? Yes, Watson is RUN OUT.  BATTING: Varun Aaron 0 (0)

OUT! Stuart Binny c Manish Pandey b Umesh Yadav 16 (4)

OUT! Shane Watson run out 33 (20)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 167/5 in Overs 19: Russell comes on to stem the flow of runs. Watson gets a bottom edge on a slow first ball, which went to the ‘keeper very close to the wickets. FOUR! Over short third man, the thick edge of Watson’s bat coming into play. FOUR again, similar shot, the ball was outside off and Watson went full monty. Another thick edge! FOUR again! Watson once again picks a low full toss, sends it to deep midwicket playing it with the bottom of his bat. A single on the second last ball to Watto. Caught as well as run out? Baby makes room to lift it over the ‘keeper. It instead went to Russell as a simple catch, and the Caribbean player threw it back on the middle stump in sheer anger. BATTING: Shane Watson 32 (19),

OUT! Sachin Baby c&b Andre Russell 16 (8)

Maybe the umpires did not think Umesh’s beamers were dangerous to the batsmen, hence he was allowed to continue bowling.

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 154/4 in Overs 18: Baby is hit on the body on a slow, short ball from Umesh. A beamer, outside off, a FREE HIT coming up. Again a beamer! Both the umpires have their arms stretched out.  This is poor from Umesh, two above the waist. He cannot bowl now. But Umesh is being allowed to bowl! FOUR! Another full toss outside off, Watson gets a boundary. A single off the third ball. Umesh is struggling here, he strays down the leg this time. WIDE. FOUR! Umesh bowls a fuller ball, Baby hits it handsomely down the ground. FOUR! The second last ball is hit very well on the leg side by Baby. SIX! A massive hit on leg side ends a pathetic over from Umesh, 23 runs came off it! BATTING: Shane Watson 19 (14), Sachin Baby 16 (7)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 131/4 in Overs 17: Kohli brings up his fifth 50+ score in this IPL, he had already taken the Orange Cap earlier in the innings. DROPPED! Morne fires a bouncer, Kohli hits it with a vertical bat and the ball goes very high in the air. Gambhir keeps his eye on the ball, but it pops out of his hands after all. WICKET! Kohli has fallen, caught by Russell at deep cover. Sachin Baby comes in. The onus is on Watson to take RCB to a challenging score here. A full toss outside off, Watson hits well but can get only a single to deep cover. BATTING: Shane Watson 14 (12), Sachin Baby 1(1)

OUT! Virat Kohli c Andre Russell b Morne Morkel 52 (44)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 125/3 in Overs 16: Narine comes on for his final over. Single to Kohli on the first ball. And Watson connects well to clear Russell at deep midwicket to hit a much-needed SIX. A single on the third ball brings Kohli back on strike. Narine has been giving too much width, no threat to the batsmen with the remodelled action. Watson fails to connect on the second last ball, despite making some room. FOUR! Watson picks a low full toss and rams it hard on the leg side. End of a forgettable spell for Narine. BATTING:  Virat Kohli 49 (41), Shane Watson 12 (10)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 112/3 in Overs 15: Morne Morkel is back. Kohli hits to long on for a single on the first ball. Watson takes a single on the second, and it’s Kohli’s turn to take a single too on the third. The fourth ball is a dot. Another dot, Watson beaten as he moves across and tries to hit it over short fine leg. A dot to end the over, Watson hits to point. Good over for KKR. BATTING:  Virat Kohli 47 (39), Shane Watson 1 (6)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 109/3 in Overs 14: Kohli rams the first ball from Chawla very hard, but finds Russell manned at deep midwicket. Close shave for ABD, who picks one outside off to sweep but it lands one bounce to the man at deep square leg. Kohli takes a single on the third ball, towards long off. WICKET! A flat ball, a flipper, and ABD pays the price of playing it atrociously across the line. He tried to swat it on the leg side, but was beaten by the pace of it. Good bowling by Chawla. Time for the second break. Two balls to be bowled after the break. Watson plays the first to short third man, and the second ball is played straight to short midwicket. BATTING:  Virat Kohli 45 (37), Shane Watson 0 (2)

OUT! AB de Villiers lbw Piyush Chawla 4 (6)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 106/2 in Overs 13: Narine gives width to Kohli outside off and the batsman hits a FOUR on the first ball. RCB have upped the scoring rate, Kohli is only looking for boundaries or at least 2 runs off a ball. Another boundary, on the third ball, exquisite timing on the leg side. BATTING:  Virat Kohli 43 (35), AB de Villiers 3 (4)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 97/2 in Overs 12: WICKET! Rahul caught by Pathan  off Chawla, RCB lose their in-form batsman after he struck a fine half-century! AB de Villiers is away with a push towards long on for two runs. ABD misses a sweep, and Piyush Chawla appealed hard for an impact being outside the off stump. Kohli hits a reverse sweep to short fine leg, ends the over with a sharp single. BATTING:  Virat Kohli 34 (30), AB de Villiers 3 (3)

OUT! KL Rahul c Yusuf Pathan b Piyush Chawla 52 (32)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 92/1 in Overs 11: SIX! Rahul sweeps to hit it over deep fine leg, and then plays a reverse-sweep to get a FOUR and raise his half-century! A misfield on the fourth ball at mid off gives a single to Rahul, and Kohli plays the final ball straight to extra cover for a dot.BATTING: KL Rahul 52 (31), Virat Kohli 32 (28)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES  RCB 79/1 in Overs 10: Pathan once again puts in a big dive at deep cover to save a few runs, Kohli had cracked that hard off Chawla. RCB batsmen are gunning for a boundary each over, but KKR have done well to keep them in control. SIX! Rahul breaks the shackles, dances down the wicket to hit over long off! Rahul hits another four, and RCB add 12 runs off the right-arm spinner. BATTING: KL Rahul 40 (27), Virat Kohli 31 (26)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 64/1 in Overs 9: Umesh continues. RCB batsmen deal in singles, the bowler does not give them enough room to free up their arms. Umesh sends down a few slower balls as well. An excellent over, four off it and they take the first break. BATTING: KL Rahul 28 (23), Virat Kohli 28 (24)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 60/1 in Overs 8: Piyush Chawla comes on to bowl. RCB take a couple of singles early on. After defending the third ball on front foot, Kohli rocks back a little to smash a FOUR towards deep midwicket. Kohli hits well again past extra cover, and Yusuf Pathan in the deep puts in a good dive to save a few runs. Kohli ends the over with a single. BATTING: KL Rahul 26 (19), Virat Kohli 26 (22)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES  RCB 50/1 in Overs 7: Umesh Yadav comes on, and is hit for a FOUR by Kohli who gets the first ball on the pads. Kohli hits well to backward square leg. A single on the next ball to the RCB captain. FOUR, a short ball smacked to backward square leg powerfully by Rahul. Kohli plays a dot, and ends the over with a single to long on. BATTING: KL Rahul 25 (18), Virat Kohli 19 (18)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES  RCB 40/1 in Overs 6: Finally, a FOUR! Rahul cracks through cover off Sunil Narine on his first ball, and sweeps well to beat the man at square leg to get the second consecutive FOUR. The third ball is a dot, Rahul plays it back to Narine. Same result on the fourth ball of the over. A quick single on the off side off the fifth ball. Kohli takes a single to end the over. BATTING: KL Rahul 20 (16), Virat Kohli 12 (13)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES  RCB 30/1 in Overs 5: Russell comes back again, for his third over. Rahul takes a single past widish slip off the first ball. Single again to Kohli, who had played with soft hands again on the leg side, thinking for 2. Another easy single, to the third man for Rahul. Another good over for Russell. Only 5 runs came off it.  BATTING: KL Rahul 11 (11), Virat Kohli 11 (12)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES  RCB 25/1 in Overs 4: Morne is getting good bounce off this track. The first ball is a dot, and Kohli takes a sharp single on the next dabbing it on the off side. FOUR! Rahul makes room by moving across a bit, and hits a bouncer on the leg stump past the short fine leg. Good execution. A single to the third man, dabbed again with short hands. Kohli ends the over with 2 runs on the final ball, played again with soft hands on the leg side. Good over for RCB, they get 10 off it.  BATTING: KL Rahul 7 (8), Virat Kohli 10 (9)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 15/1 in Overs 3: Russell continues. Kohli is watchful as always, he is dealing in singles. Loud appeal for a caught behind against Rahul, who tried to whip a bouncer outside leg. Umpire says it was a WIDE. Swing and a miss by Rahul, end of another good over. with a fine yorker. BATTING: KL Rahul 2 (6), Virat Kohli 5 (5)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES RCB 11/1 in Overs 2: Morne Morkel into the attack he starts off with a dot to Gayle, followed by a SIX down the ground, while the third ball results in a WICKET, as Gayle launches it high in the air off a short delivery, only to be taken easily by Robin Uthappa. Skipper Kohli is the new man in, as the next ball is played by him for a couple towards square leg, followed by a single toward square leg, as the over ends with a dot as well. BATTING: KL Rahul 1 (2), Virat Kohli 3 (2)

OUT! Chris Gayle c Robin Uthappa b Morne Morkel 7 (7)

LIVE CRICKET SCORE & UPDATES  RCB 2/0 in Overs 1: Andre Russell starts off the proceedings with a dot to Rahul, followed by a boundary towards square leg, as the third ball is a dot to Gayle. The fourth ball is a dot again, followed by another dot, as the over ends with a single. BATTING: KL Rahul 1 (2), Chris Gayle 1 (4)

RCB XI: Chris Gayle ,Virat Kohli (wk), KL Rahul (wk), ABD, Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Staurt Binny, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varon Aaron, S Aravind, Tabrez Shamsi

KKR XI: Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel

TOSS: Gautam Gambhir wins the toss and elects to bowl first.

After 7 matches in the IPL 2016 so far, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are at the fourth spot in the IPL 9 Points Table. They have won 4 matches and have lost 3, and their Net Run Rate is +0.322 with 8 points in their kitty.

On the other hand, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have been misfiring so far in the IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have played 6 games so far, and they have lost 4 of them and have won only two. No game in the IPL 2016 tournament has either ended without any result or has been washed out. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have 4 points in 6 matches, with a Net Run Rate of +0.065.

Chris Gayle, who had left the IPL 9 tournament to be there at home for the birth of his first child has returned to India and has joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) camp. He was not included in their side in the last match, but keeping in mind that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) need a win desperately, it will not be surprising to see Gayle being included for the game tonight.

Squads:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Adam Milne, Mitchell Starc, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Kane Richardson, Samuel Badree, Travis Head, Praveen Dubey, Vikramjeet Malik, Akshay Karnewar, Iqbal Abdullah, Sachin Baby, Vikas Tokas, KL Rahul (wk).

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa (wk), Sheldon Jackson, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Brad Hogg, Chris Lynn, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan. Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, John Hastings, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, Rajgopal Sathish, Manan Ajay Sharma.

 

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