Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Live Cricket Score - Match 35 - Summary

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Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 10 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 35

So that is all from here, folks! We have had an excellent game of cricket here in Kolkata. Bangalore have managed to hold on to a win by the skin of their teeth and have gone to 4 points but remain last on the table. Kolkata, on the other hand, have lost 4 on the bounce. They will look to come hard the next game which they play on Sunday but before that there is a double-header coming your way on Saturday. Rajasthan host Mumbai in the day game which will begin at 1600 local (1030 GMT) while Delhi await Punjab at the Kotla in the night game that begins at 2000 local (1430 GMT). See you for the coverage of the same. Till then, take care and cheers. Goodnight!
Man of the Match and Bangalore skipper, Virat Kohli says that it felt good after winning the game here in Kolkata. Laughs while saying it feels good to not give an interview right after the match as the losing skipper. He credits the way Stoinis bowled the 19th over feels the 3 dot balls the Aussie bowled in that over were very crucial. Virat admits at one time that they were looking for 170 and never felt they could get close to 200 while batting but says that the way Moeen batted and Stoinis playing a cameo took them to the total. States that Mo communicated to him and told him that he was going after it and that changed the game completely. Mentions that being a senior player, he wanted to play deep as AB de Villiers was not there but once again showers praise on Moeen for taking the pressure of him. Reckons that death overs are always crucial in places like Eden Gardens where the outfield is very quick especially with the way Russell is hitting the ball this season. He signs off by saying that it was always going to be very crucial how they bowl in the end but getting wickets in the start was also important as it sets the way they want to play the game.
Marcus Stoinis in an interview agrees that Andre Russell is a brilliant player and can win games single-handedly. He mentions that the season has not been great but these kind of games have to be won and they gives confidence and momentum going ahead in the tournament. He mentions that he enjoys the contest and tries to bowl to his plans, while trying not to get too predictable and to bowl the best ball one can.
Kolkata skipper, Dinesh Karthik says that Moeen took the game away from them a little bit with the way he batted. Feels they could have bowled well at that stage but credits the way the Englishman batted. Informs us that at the halfway stage he he felt that it was 15-20 more than they should have conceded. Dinesh reckons the new ball had a bit in it as it was sticking on to the pitch and it was not easy to play strokes for the batsmen. Admits that it was hard for the spinners to bowl in this pitch and feels their spinner got taken away for too many. Also states they had a plan to attack the opposition spinners. He thinks that it is a matter of playing one or two good games and finding the winning momentum.
Coming to the bowling, it was a decent show from the Bangalore men till the partnership between Rana and Russell. Stoinis especially bowled a terrific first three balls in the 19th over which put a huge load of pressure on the batsmen. Thus, in the end the blitzkrieg from Russell was not enough. Earlier on in the evening, a brilliant hundred from Virat Kohli and a smashing 66 from Ali and a cameo from Stoinis meant that Bangalore got a total which would be really difficult to chase even on this ground where it has become really hard to defend. Thus, the visitors also got their second win of the season. Incredible exhibition of cricket with the emotions flying high!
Chasing a target of 214, Kolkata did not get off to the best of starts and lost Lynn cheaply. Narine played his shots while he was out there in the middle but he too departed along with Gill inside the Powerplay. Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana then joined hands but even as the latter kept the scoreboard ticking, Uthappa struggled and eventually fell for a very slow innings of 9 off 20 balls. In walked Russell and the game turned on its head. The ropes were being cleared at will and once again it looked like Virat Kohli's men would mess up a defense but somehow in the end, they held their nerve and the target was too much for the hosts to achieve.
What a humdinger we have had here in Kolkata! Bangalore won it in the end by 10 runs but the game was not over till the 4th ball of the final over when Russell missed one finally and that ensured that the score cannot be chased down. Rana and Russell had almost got their team over the line with 76 runs needed in the last 4 overs but Moeen Ali kept his calm and defended the 23 runs which were in the bag in the final over.
End of over 20 ( 13 Runs )KKR 203/5 200 runs for KKR 19.6Moeen Ali to Nitish Rana. SIX, SIX! But that won't be enough! BANGALORE WIN BY 10 RUNS! A flighted ball landing full outside off, Rana gives it the full whack of his bat and sends it flying over long off. Smiles in the Bangalore camp. They have survived the Russell onslaught this time. Spare a thought for Nitish Rana, what a knock he played! Absolutely amazing game of cricket.
5 wickets down for KKR. Out batsman is Andre Russell 19.5Moeen Ali to Andre Russell. out, OUT! Run out! Russell departs. The game was already over but there was no way that Bangalore could breathe easy when this man was out there. A low full toss on middle, Russell slaps it to deep mid-wicket and finds the fielder at long on. Russell runs slowly and Virat takes advantage of that by throwing it to Ali at the bowler's end who removes the bails. Russell knows that he is out and runs off and the replays too show the same.
Appeal for a run out! Andre Russell is seen walking but the umpire still wants to get it checked upstairs...
19.4Moeen Ali to Andre Russell. no run, Misses! And that is the game! Well, it should be! A flighted ball outside off, Russell goes for the huge slog but misses the ball and Parthiv collects it well under pressure. Kohli is jumping up and down in excitement. Moeen needs to make sure that he does not bowl a no ball now.
19.3Moeen Ali to Andre Russell. SIX, SIX! Here comes the first one... He needs to hit the remaining ones over the fence too. Moeen drops it short and on off, Russell latches onto it and hoists it over the bowler's head for a maximum.
19.2Moeen Ali to Nitish Rana. 1 run, Too full and on middle, hit across the line to deep mid-wicket for a run. 23 needed off 4 balls. If anyone can, it's the man on strike...
19.1Moeen Ali to Nitish Rana. no run, Excellent ball to start off! Rana gets inside the line and looks to hit it over fine leg but misses the ball. The ball just whizzes past leg stump. Not given a wide as the batsman moved out of his position.
24 needed off 6 balls. This is going right down to the wire. You can cut the tension here with a knife. Yuzvendra Chahal has one over left. But Virat Kohli has taken a punt on Moeen Ali. Big call, this.
End of over 19 ( 19 Runs )KKR 190/4 18.6Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell. SIX, SIX! Three in a row! How has this one gone for a maximum? Almost in the blockhole, Russell looks to smash this over long on but the bat turns in his hand and the ball still travels over long off. It clears the rope and Kolkata still believe due to the power of this man! The 100-run partnership comes up!
50 runs for Andre Russell 18.5Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell. SIX, SIX! Huge! Two in two! Stoinis misses his mark once more. Russell smashes it over long off. The ball goes way back into the crowd. 30 needed off 7 balls now. That six also brought up the fifty for Russell.
18.4Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell. SIX, SIX! Russell has murdered this delivery! It's hit with brute force! Stoinis delivers it short and on off, Russell is waiting for that, as soon as the ball reaches in his zone, he has pulverized it over mid-wicket.
18.3Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell. no run, What a brilliant over this has been so far. Another dot ball! Stoinis bowls the bouncer and Russell ducks under it to evade the ball at the last moment. 42 needed off 9 balls now.
18.2Marcus Stoinis to Andre Russell. no run, Low full toss on middle, Russell hammers it but straight to extra cover. Ali under pressure makes an excellent stop. Dot ball again! 42 off 10 needed.

Updated at: 2019-04-20 00:19:24

Match details

Toss: Toss won by Kolkata Knight Riders

Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Nitin Menon (IND)

TV umpire: Anil Dandekar (IND)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

PLAYING XI

Kolkata Knight Riders

Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik (C) (W), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Parthiv Patel (W), Virat Kohli (C), Heinrich Klaasen, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Dale Steyn, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini

Andre Russell clobbered a whirlwind 65 off 25 balls, but this time it was not enough as Royal Challengers Bangalore trumped Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens to claim their second win of the season, defending a total of 213/4.

It was Moeen Ali’s blistering 27-ball 66 that had set base for what turned out to be a stunning assault by Virat Kohli (100) in the death overs to help RCB to a massive total, but Kohli and RCB would have been vary of the Russell threat, and they managed to stave off the West Indian. Nitish Rana also played a magnificent hand of 85 off 46 balls, but failed to arrest his team’s slide that now stands at four consecutive losses.

Chasing the big total, KKR lost Chris Lynn early to Dale Steyn in the very first over, with a slower one that Lynn chipped to mid-off fielder Virat Kohli. Sunil Narine was kept quiet by some terrific bowling from Steyn and Navdeep Saini up front and Naine departed to Saini, caught behind for 18 off 16 ball.

No.3 Shubman Gill succumb to Steyn, again caught by Kohli at mid-off for nine. Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa then struged in the middle to time ball and even while running between the wickets KKR allowed the asking rate to creep up.

Mohammad Siraj and Marcus Stoinis were tidy in the middle overs and by the time Uthappa got out for a sloe nine off 20 balls, KKR had managed just 79 in 11.5 overs. With 133 required off 48 balls, Andre Russell joined Rana in the middle who got his eye in and started to open up, reaching 33 off 23 balls.

Russell began with a six off Yuzvendra Chahal and then tonked the wrist spinner for three straight maximums in the 15th over to bring the equation down to 93 off 30 balls. Rana joined in the act with a four and two sixes odd saini’s final over. Siraj’s final was taken for a six and four by Russell before Rana took on Dale Steyn two sixes and four. Yet the equation was a stiff 43 off 12 balls.

Stoinis was entrusted with the 19th over of the chase even though he started well with three dots first up – apart from a wide – Russell managed to muscle his way to three sixes, to take 19 off the over and also score the fastest fifty of IPL 2019.

Kohli then called on the experince of Moeen Ali in the final over and after giving away just one run in the first two balls to Nitish Rana, he got crucial dot against Russell off the fourth delivery, to take a KKR win out of the equation.

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