Kolkata Knight Riders showed their strength in the match held in front of their own audience. The team which lost in the first match, flourished in the second match. They won by 81 runs in the match against Bengaluru at Eden Gardens. The Bengaluru team had a full hand in chasing the target of 205 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders showed their strength in the match held in front of their own audience. The team which lost in the first match, flourished in the second match. They won by 81 runs in the match against Bengaluru at Eden Gardens. The Bengaluru team had a full hand in chasing the target of 205 runs. Varun Chakraborty (15/4), Suyash Sharma (30/3) and Sunil Narine (16/2) led the RCB batters to the pavilion. Virat Kohli (21), Duplessis (23), David Willey (20) and Bracewell (19) scored double figures only. All the other batsmen were limited to single digit scores. At one stage, the team lost 9 wickets for 96 runs. However, David Willey and Akash Deep added 27 runs to the last wicket and were finally bowled out for 123 runs. An all-rounder who played a key role in Kolkata’s victory with Kirrak’s innings Shardul ThakurWas awarded Player of the Match.
Batting earlier, Kolkata scored 204 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Kolkata batsmen Shardul Thakur and Rahmanullah Gurbaz burst with half-centuries. Shardul Thakur scored 68 runs in just 29 balls. His innings had 9 fours and 3 sixes. And Rahmanullah scored 57 runs in 44 balls. His score has 6 fours and 3 sixes. Rinku Singh (46 off 33 balls, . 2 fours, 3 sixes) also played hard and Kolkata made a big score. Among the RCB bowlers, David Wille and Karn Sharma took two wickets each. Siraj, Brace Well and Harshal Patel took a wicket each.
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