RCB vs KKR IPL 2024, Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders beats Royal Challengers Bengaluru by seven wickets

Mayank Dagar to bowl his third over. Mayank to Shreyas, SIX! Finishes off in style! Full length ball and pulled away by Shreyas over deep mid-wicket and KKR becomes the first visitng team to win a match in IPL 2024.

Yash Dayal comes into the attack. Dayal to Venkatesh, OUT! Slow off-cutter from Dayal and Venkatesh could only manage to find Virat Kohli at midwicket. Rinku Singh comes in at no. five. He gets off the mark with a single. Dayal to Iyer, FOUR! Length ball outside off and Shreyas glances it towards short third. 

Mohammed Siraj comes back into the attack. Siraj to Venkatesh, SIX! Slower one into the slot and pulled away harshly by Venkatesh over deep mid-wicket. Venkatesh gets to fifty with a single. SIX! This time by Shreyas Iyer. 17 off the over. 

Six singles from Vijaykumar Vyshak’s over. 150 up for KKR.

Cameron Green comes into the attack. FOUR! Full toss outside off and Venkatesh comes down the ground and clears the extra cover field. Seve off the over. 

Vijaykumar Vyshak comes back into the attack. Just five singles from this over. 

Joseph is back. Short ball and Venkatesh pulls it over midwicket for a SIX! Now he cuts past point and Dayal once again misfields it and the ball goes for four. SIX! Pulls one again and over backward leg. And just as he hits that shot, Venkatesh sits on the ground holding his back. Looks bad. And another four to end the over. Short ball, top edge for four. 

Iyer struggling against bouncers off Vyshak. Boundary! Iyer is not control of that pull but Dayal isn’t able to catch it and he eventually gets a boundary. 

Dagar continues. SHOTT! Iyer comes down the track and hits the ball right on the roof! Super shot. 11 runs from the over. 

Vijaykumar Vyshak is introduced. Two singles in two balls. Three runs in first four balls. OUT! Vyshak strikes in his first over. Salt pulls the ball straight to backward leg. Both openers fall in two overs. Shreyas Iyer is the new man in. 

Mayank Dagar into the attack. Single on the first ball. OUT! Narine is yorked and the bails fall off. But the damage has been done by Narine. 47 off 22 balls.

Venkatesh Iyer at the crease. He charges, isn’t able to time the ball, but is safe as the ball lands safely in no-mans land. Four runs and a wicket in that over. 

Narine slashes and gets the ball over short third for four. Bouncer on the next ball and Narine hooks it for a SIX! Another SIX! Slow ball, full and Narine smacks it straight. Dayal drifts on the pads and the ball goes for four - leg byes. 

Highest PowerPlay score this season so far - 85/0. 

Siraj is back. Two singles in first two balls. Three runs in first four balls. SIX! Narine gets in the slot and hits him towards square leg. 11 runs from the over. 

Dayal continues. Two dot balls to begin with. This time Salt cuts it past short third and gets a boundary. Now he hits it just over mid-on and gets a double. Seven runs from the over. 

Alzarri Joseph into the attack. Narine hits him over mid-off and gets a double. Joseph attacking Narine with short stuff. This time Narine times the ball well, full and he hits it straight for a SIX. Pulls his length back again on the next ball. And another SIX! Short ball and Narine smacks him over long on. 

Yash Dayal from the other end. Two singles on first two balls. Now Narine takes a double on the third. Too high and it goes for four. Five runs on that ball. Now Narine smacks a boundary past mid-off. 14 runs off the over. 

Mohammed Siraj to Salt, a dot ball to start. SIX! Salt hits the ball long back into the midwicket stands. Follows it up with a boundary past cover. A single on the fourth ball. Narine is off the mark with a quick single. And another SIX! Over long on to end the over. 

Phil Salt and Sunil Narine open the innings for KKR. Vijaykumar Vyshak comes in as impact sub for Dinesh Karthik. 

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RCB vs KKR, IPL 2024: Who is Angkrish Raghuvanshi, impact sub for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Angkrish Raghuvanshi came in as impact subsitute for Varun Chakaravarthy for Kolkata Knight Riders in the match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday.

Mitchell Starc to bowl the final over. Starc to Kohli, SIX! Full and onto the legs for Kohli who flicks it over deep mid-wicket for a gigantic maximum. SIX! Karthik joins the party. He flicks it fine for a second maximum. RUN OUT! Kohli tries to get a single off the last delivery but a direct hit from keeper Phil Salt ends a brilliant knock from Kohli. 

Andre Russell to bowl the penultimate over. SIX! Just a single in the first three deliveries before Karthik smoked the full toss ball over long off. SIX! Another maximum as Karthik makes sure RCB gets 13 from this over. 

Harshit Rana to bowl the 18th over. Rana to Rawat, OUT! Outside off, a slower one from Rana and Rawat edged it to keeper Salt. Last game hero Dinesh Karthik comes into the middle. A brilliant over as Rana gives just five from it. 

Anuj Rawat c Salt b Harshit Rana 3 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Andre Russell after Starc. Russell to Patidar, OUT! Urgg, it seems no one apart from Kohli is able to read the slower ones today. Another off-cutter, this time from Russell and Patidar holes out to Rinku Singh. In comes the new batter Anuj Rawat at no. six. Russell to Rawat, DROPPED! Third dropped catch and KKR continues its miserable fielding. This time it was Chakaravarthy. 

Rajat Patidar c Singh b Russell 3 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Mitchell Starc comes into the attack. He starts brilliantly, giving just two singles and a wide from the first five deliveries. FOUR! Kohli finishes the over with a boundary. A slower one from Starc, who was looking to finish the over cheaply but Kohli lofts it over long-off. 

Sunil Narine to finish his quota this over. Narine to Maxwell, OUT! Third time lucky for KKR as Rinku Singh finally picks the catch at cover. Rajat Patidar comes into the middle. He gets off the mark with a single. FOUR! Kohli is in his element. He slogsweeps the full-length ball over deep mid-wicket for a boundary as 10 come from this over. 

Glenn Maxwell c Singh b Narine 28 (19b 3x4 1x6)

Harshit Rana comes into the attack. Rana to Maxwell, SIX! Short ball from Rana and Maxwell pulls away to just clear the long-on fence. Rana to Maxwell, DROPPED! Another catch put down by KKR, their sixth dropped catch this season. A thick outside edge went to Narine who put down the regulation catch and short third. FOUR! Maxwell adds insult to injury, he carves a shot between point and short third for a boundary. 15 off this over. 

Sunil Narine comes back into the attack. Narine to Maxwell, DROPPED! It was a big opportunity for Ramandeep to dismiss Maxwell but he puts down a fairly easy catch. Five singles from the over. 

Varun Chakaravarthy continues. Maxwell gives Kohli the strike with a single. Chakaravarthy to Kohli, SIX! He smokes over deep mid-wicket for a maximum and is just a single away from his fifty. Kohli reaches the half-century mark with a single. A 36-ball fifty for him. FOUR! Maxwell joins the party. Full and onto the middle and Maxwell clears the extra cover field. FOUR! Another boundary, this time down the ground. 100 up for RCB.

Kohli charges Russell, who bowls a bouncer and beats him. Another miss by Kohli. Slower bouncer this time. Single on the third ball. Russell now beats Maxwell. Russell is mixing his speeds brilliantly and RCB batters are struggling to time the ball. Just a two runs from the over. 

Varun Chakaravarthy now into the attack. Glenn Maxwell is off the mark with a single. Just two runs off the first four balls. Single on the fifth ball by Kohli. Just three off the over. 

Andre Russell into the attack. Green takes a single on the first ball. Kohli tries to pull but misses the slower one by Russell. Two runs in first four balls. Full on pads and Green smacks it over deep square leg for a SIX! OUT! Green is castled. Angled at the pads, Green goes for flick but the ball hits his pads and ends up crashing onto the stumps. 

Narine for his second over. Two singles to begin the over. Kohli tries to go over cover and gets a double. This time Kohli goes for a slog sweep and gets a SIX! Superbly timed. 

Anukul continues. Single on the first ball. Three dot balls on the trot. Two singles to end the over. 

Sunil Narine into the attack. Kohli takes a quick single on the first ball. These are having some problems while communicating for run. Two more dot balls for Green. He now goes for a wild sweep and gets a boundary. This time much better cut shot for four. Green ends the over with SIX over long on. Good way to end the PowerPlay. 

Anukul Roy into the attack. A single on the second ball. Green then pushes the ball for a double on the third. Followed by two dot balls. And another dot to end the over. 

Rana to Kohli, double on the first ball towards extra covers. This time Kohli punches over cover and gets another double. Bouncer and Kohli misses the pull. This time he times the pull but only gets a single. Miscommunication between the batters and Green survives a close run out. Green upper cuts on the last ball and gets a boundary. 

Cameron Green is the new man in. 

Starc to Kohli, a dot to start the over. Full on the pads and Kohli flicks it away for a SIX towards midwicket. Wonderful wristwork there by Kohli. Starc pulls his length back, Kohli gets an inside edge and it goes for four. Kohli guides the ball once again past short third but good effort in the deep cuts it to two. Single on the fifth ball. Green gets an edge and it goes from past short third for four!

Harshit Rana from the other end. A dot to begin with. A single on the second ball. Bouncer against Du Plessis but it’s a wide. Single on the third ball. Kohli guides the ball towards backward square leg but good fielding in the deep cuts it to just one. Weird shot but gets Du Plessis a SIX! Goes for a ramp, then changes the direction and it goes over short third. Du Plessis goes for a ramp again, doesn’t time it and ends up getting caught at short fine leg. 

First ball four! Kohli guides it past short third for four. Kohli slices towards backward point for a single. Du Plessis off the mark with a quick single on first ball. Kohli again guides it towards backward point for a single. Seven runs from the over. 

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis are out in the middle to open. Mitchell Starc with the new ball. Kohli vs Starc. 

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat(w), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

Subs: Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh

KKR: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c) Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Subs: Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

KKR won the toss and chose to bowl first. 

Matches Played: 94

Won: 45

Lost: 44

Tied - 1 

NR - 4

Highest Score: 263/5 (20) vs Pune Warriors India (2013)

Lowest Score: 82/10 (15.1) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (2008)

RCB vs KKR Head-to-Head Record in IPL

Matches Played: 33

Kolkata Knight Riders: 19

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 14

Last Result: KKR won by 21 runs (2023)

Bat 1st: Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora

Bowl 1st: Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora

Impact Player Options: Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Bat 1st: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma.

Bowl 1st: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Anuj Rawat (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma.

Impact Player Options: Dinesh Karthik/Yash Dayal, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror.

WICKET KEEPERS

Phil Salt, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat

BATTERS

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Rinku Singh, 

ALL-ROUNDERS

Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell

BOWLERS

Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakravarthy

Team Composition: RCB 6-5 KKR | Credits Left: 11

Royal Challengers Bengaluru:

Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan. 

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Shreyas Iyer (c), Srikar Bharat, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sakib Hussain, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Philip Salt

At the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) practice session at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Thursday, Andre Russell tore into the bowlers. With murderous expansive swings of the willow, he repeatedly smacked balls onto the stadium roof.

Come match day on Friday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will have to find a way to stop the Jamaican from recreating this magic. Russell, who stunned Sunrisers Hyderabad with a 25-ball 64 in the previous outing, will be doubly encouraged by his impressive record at this venue.

Apart from Russell, the KKR batting relies on Shreyas Iyer, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana. Salt found runs on Saturday, but the others fell flat.

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