RCB vs KKR Highlights IPL 2023: RCB lost by 81 runs against KKR

Highlights:

• The sixteenth season of the T20 cricket tournament for the Indian Premier League.
• RCB lost by 81 runs against KKR
• All eyes are on star batsman Virat Kohli who is in great form.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Highlights: In the 9th league match of the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League tournament, the visiting Royal Challengers Bangalore team lost by 81 runs against the host Kolkata Knight Riders. RCB, who completely failed to capitalize on the opportunities they got, gave a poor performance in both batting and bowling and suffered a crushing defeat. Account opened in KKR Scoreboard.

Kolkata: The Royal Challengers Bangalore team has continued its old streak. RCB, who recorded a huge win in the first match, now suffered a crushing defeat by 81 runs against the host Kolkata Knight Riders in their second match. Initially, the Challengers were put under pressure due to a blunder in the bowling, and then failed to play boldly in the batting and suffered a crushing defeat.

Virat Kohli 21 runs 18 balls 3 fours.

Faf du Plessis 23 runs 12 balls 2 fours and 2 sixes.

Openers Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli got off to a good start for RCB, who were chasing a giant target of 205 runs to win at Eden Gardens. KKR captain Nitish Rana, who saw the RCB batsmen struggling against the fast bowlers, changed tactics and attacked his magical spinners in the power-play overs.

Varun Chakraborty (4 for 15) and Sunil Narine (2 for 16) hunted the key batsmen and shocked RCB. Off-spinner Suyash Sharma, who played his debut match, attracted attention by taking 3 wickets for 30. Shardul Thakur, who was brilliant in the batting, also performed well in the bowling and took the wicket of the dangerous batsman Michael Bracewell (19). RCB were all out for 123 runs in 17.4 overs and their net run rate also took a huge hit.

Big target piled up by KKR

After losing the toss and batting first, the KKR team lost 5 wickets in 12 overs and scored only 89 runs. At this stage, it was difficult for KKR to cross the 150-run mark. However, Shardul Thakur (68) and Rinku Singh (46) counter-attacked by taking advantage of the foundation laid by Rehmanullah Gurbaz (27) and hammered the RCB bowlers in the slog overs. As a result, KKR recorded a huge total of 204 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Due to this, the RCB team faced the pressure of making a record-run chase.

Good performance by David Willey

Captain du Plessis won the toss and elected to field, replacing pacer Reece Topley with David Willey. While Willie defended his selection with two wickets, leg-spinner Karan Sharma also picked up two wickets. Willie gave RCB early success as he clean bowled Venkatesh Iyer (3) and Mandeep Singh (0) in the 2nd and 3rd balls of the 4th over of the innings. But, slog over trouble befell RCB.

RCB bowled well at the start

Earlier in the innings, RCB, who dominated early innings due to the disciplined attack of the bowlers, continued their old style in the middle and death overs. Shardul Thakur was shocked by his quick half-century. Shardul (68 runs, 29 balls, 9 fours, 3 sixes) scored the first half-century of his IPL career, Rehmanullah Gurbaz (57 runs, 44 balls) who opened the innings gave a good start, thanks to the contribution of Rinku Singh (46) in the slog overs KKR 204/7 runs. A huge amount was recorded.

RCB vs KKR: We should have lost because of this one-player Duplessis!

Faf Du Plessis On Rcb's loss against KKR: Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a crushing defeat by 81 runs against Kolkata Knight in the match held at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata on Thursday. Speaking after the loss of the match, RCB captain Faf du Plessis said that we had a good start in bowling, but Shardul Thakur took the match away from us with his explosive batting. Apart from this, KKR leg spinners have performed well.

Shardul wrote a special record

Shardul Thakur's team-mate and giant all-rounder Andre Russell tops the list of batsmen with individual maximum totals at number 7. Andre Russell scored 88 runs in the 2018 IPL tournament against Chennai Super Kings.

Former Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo batted at number 7 against Mumbai Indians on 7 April 2018 and scored 68 runs off just 30 balls. Now Shardul Thakur has equaled Dwayne Bravo's record.

Shardul equaled Jos Buttler's record

Shardul Thakur completed his half-century in just 20 balls. By doing so, Shardul Thakur equaled the record of Rajasthan Royals' Jos Buttler by blasting the fastest half-century in the 2023 IPL tournament. In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jos Buttler blasted his half-century in the same number of balls.

After finally scoring 68 runs, Shardul Thakur handed over the wicket to Mohammad Siraj. Along with the fastest fifty in the current edition, Shardul Thakur holds another special record. Shardul Thakur on Thursday became the second-highest individual score in IPL history at number seven.

RCB vs KKR: Who was Suyash Sharma who took 3 wickets against RCB? Here is surprising information.

Who is Suyash Sharma?: Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Suyash Sharma grabbed everyone's attention by taking three wickets in his IPL debut against Royal Challengers Bangalore. By that, he helped the KKR team win by 81 runs. Suyash, who came as an impact player in the second innings, took the wickets of Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, and Karan Sharma. Thus Suyash attracted attention with his unique style of bowling in the debut match itself.

All the batsmen have found it difficult to deal with the different deliveries of the KKR spinner. Speaking in an interview with RevSports, Suyash Sharma said that he started cricket as a batsman. However, I converted to a leg spinner of late. I want to be a bit different as a leg-spinner too.

Enjoys the challenge of bowling against bigger players. He is not overwhelmed by playing in a big tournament like IPL. He claims he is an aggressive leg-spin bowler and doesn't like being defensive after hitting a six.

Playing XI Details

KKR XI

Mandeep Singh, Rehmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (captain), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.

RCB XI

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Karan Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, David Willey, Mohammad Siraj.

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KKR vs RCB Match Summary Score:

KKR: 204 for 7 in 20 overs (Rehmanullah Gurbaz 57, Shardul Thakur 68, Rinku Singh 46; David Willey 2 for 16, Karan Sharma 2 for 26).

RCB: All out for 123 in 17.4 overs (Virat Kohli 21, Faf du Plessis 23, Michael Bracewell 19, David Willey 20*: Varun Chakraborty 4 for 15, Sunil Narine 2 for 16, Suyash Sharma 2 for 30).

Man of the Match: Shardul Thakur