IPL Live 2020 / Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets

Zoom News : Oct 21, 2020, 10:39 PM
In the 39th match of the 13th season of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 8 wickets. Kolkata won the toss and gave the target the shortest 85 runs of the season. In response, RCB won the match scoring 85 runs after losing 2 wickets in 13.3 overs. Earlier in the season, Sunrisers Hyderabad gave KKR a target of 143 runs.

For RCB, Devdutt Padikkal scored 25, Aaron Finch 16, Gurkeerat Singh 21 and Virat Kohli scored 18 runs. Loki Ferguson took one wicket for KKR. Finch was caught by Ferguson at the hands of wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik, while Padikkal was runout by Pat Cummins.

Kolkata scored the shortest score of the season, KKR scored 84 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. This is the smallest score this season. Earlier in the sixth match of the season, RCB scored 109 runs in 17 overs against Kings XI Punjab. The smallest score in IPL history is 49, which RCB scored against KKR in 2017.

KKR lost 4 wickets for 14 runs Kolkata started badly. He lost 4 wickets for 14 runs. Shubman Gill (1), Rahul Tripathi (1), Nitish Rana (0) and Tom Benton (10) returned to the pavilion early. Mohammad Siraj took wickets for two consecutive balls in the second over of the innings. He got Rahul caught out by wicketkeeper de Villiers. Then Nitish was bowled clean.

Siraj took 3 and Chahal took 2 wickets. Kolkata's 5 batsmen could not touch the figure of ten. Captain Eoin Morgan scored the highest 30 runs for the team. Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets for RCB. Chahal lbw Dinesh Karthik (4) and Pat Cummins (4) caught by Devdutt Padikkal. Opener Shubman Gill scored 1 run on 6 balls and was dismissed by Navdeep Saini. Chris Morris took his catch.

The smallest score after batting 20 overs: For the first time in the IPL, KKR has scored the smallest score of 84 runs after batting 20 overs. Earlier in 2009, Kings XI Punjab in Durban, South Africa, scored 92 for 8 wickets, playing 20 overs against Chennai Super Kings.

In the IPL, Siraj became the only bowler who overcame two maidens in a match, Mohammad Siraj of Bengaluru became the first bowler to throw two maidens in a match. In this match, he took 3 wickets for 8 runs in 4 overs. During this time Siraj also scored 2 maidens. Bengaluru bowlers bowled a total of 4 maiden overs in the match. In addition to Siraj, Chris Morris and Washington Sundar overcame 1-1.

Two changes in the KKR team

KKR has undergone two changes. Tom Benton and the famous Krishna return to the team. Andre Russell and Shivam Mavi out. At the same time, there was a change in RCB. Muhammad Siraj replaced Shahbaz Ahmed.

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