Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 12, 2020, 11:24 PM
In the 28th match of the 13th season of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 82 runs. Bengaluru won the toss and batted to give a target of 195 runs. In response, KKR could only manage 112 runs for 9 wickets. The 8 batsmen of the team could not even touch the figure of ten. With this win, Bengaluru reached the top-3.
This is RCB's biggest win against KKR in terms of runs. Earlier, Bangalore beat Kolkata by 10 runs last year. KKR's Shubman Gill scored 34, Rahul Tripathi and Andre Russell scored 16 runs. Bengaluru's Sundar and Chris Morris got 2-2 wickets each.Dinesh Karthik's bat did not run; Hero of the previous match, KKR captain Dinesh Karthik could score only one run in this match. He was bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal. After this, Eoin Morgan also could not sustain much and scored 8 runs and caught Isuru Udana at the ball of Washington Sundar.Benton-Rana cheap start OutKKR did not go well. Tom Benton (8), who was included in the team in place of Sunil Narine, could not do anything special. He was bowled by Navdeep Saini. After this, Nitish Rana (9) was dismissed by Washington Sundar. Shubman Gill was run out after scoring 34 runs.
De Villiers-Kohli added 83 runs in the last 5 overs before winning the toss and RCB scored 194 for 2 wickets. De Villiers made a superb fifty off 23 balls. He was 73 not out off 33 balls. At the same time, Virat Kohli scored 33 runs off 28 balls. He hit only one four in his innings. Both scored 83 runs in the last 5 overs. KKR's Andre Russell and the famous Krishna got one wicket each.De Villiers-Kohli scored more than 3000 runs, AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli together scored more than 3000 runs in the overall IPL. In this match, an unbeaten partnership of 100 runs off 47 balls for the third wicket in this match.Kohli-de Villiers holds a record 10th century partnership. Kohli-de Villiers holds a record 100-run partnership for the 10th time in the IPL. Apart from this, there has been a century partnership between Kohli-Chris Gayle 9 times, Shikhar Dhawan-David Warner 9 times, Johnny Bairstow-Warner and Gautam Gambhir-Robin Uthappa 5-5 times.A 67-run partnership between Finch-Padikkal led RCB opener Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal to give the team a great start. There was a 67-run opening partnership between the two. André Russell was promoted to this partnership. He bowled Padikkal (32). Finch (47) was dismissed by the famous Krishna.Russell completed 300 wickets in overall T20Andre Russell has completed 300 wickets in his overall T20 career. He made Bengaluru opener Devadatta Padikkal his 300th victim. Prior to this match, the West Indies all-rounder took 299 wickets at an average of 25.84 in 336 T20s played in international, domestic and all-country leagues.
This is RCB's biggest win against KKR in terms of runs. Earlier, Bangalore beat Kolkata by 10 runs last year. KKR's Shubman Gill scored 34, Rahul Tripathi and Andre Russell scored 16 runs. Bengaluru's Sundar and Chris Morris got 2-2 wickets each.Dinesh Karthik's bat did not run; Hero of the previous match, KKR captain Dinesh Karthik could score only one run in this match. He was bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal. After this, Eoin Morgan also could not sustain much and scored 8 runs and caught Isuru Udana at the ball of Washington Sundar.Benton-Rana cheap start OutKKR did not go well. Tom Benton (8), who was included in the team in place of Sunil Narine, could not do anything special. He was bowled by Navdeep Saini. After this, Nitish Rana (9) was dismissed by Washington Sundar. Shubman Gill was run out after scoring 34 runs.
De Villiers-Kohli added 83 runs in the last 5 overs before winning the toss and RCB scored 194 for 2 wickets. De Villiers made a superb fifty off 23 balls. He was 73 not out off 33 balls. At the same time, Virat Kohli scored 33 runs off 28 balls. He hit only one four in his innings. Both scored 83 runs in the last 5 overs. KKR's Andre Russell and the famous Krishna got one wicket each.De Villiers-Kohli scored more than 3000 runs, AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli together scored more than 3000 runs in the overall IPL. In this match, an unbeaten partnership of 100 runs off 47 balls for the third wicket in this match.Kohli-de Villiers holds a record 10th century partnership. Kohli-de Villiers holds a record 100-run partnership for the 10th time in the IPL. Apart from this, there has been a century partnership between Kohli-Chris Gayle 9 times, Shikhar Dhawan-David Warner 9 times, Johnny Bairstow-Warner and Gautam Gambhir-Robin Uthappa 5-5 times.A 67-run partnership between Finch-Padikkal led RCB opener Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal to give the team a great start. There was a 67-run opening partnership between the two. André Russell was promoted to this partnership. He bowled Padikkal (32). Finch (47) was dismissed by the famous Krishna.Russell completed 300 wickets in overall T20Andre Russell has completed 300 wickets in his overall T20 career. He made Bengaluru opener Devadatta Padikkal his 300th victim. Prior to this match, the West Indies all-rounder took 299 wickets at an average of 25.84 in 336 T20s played in international, domestic and all-country leagues.