KKR has been on a losing streaking in IPL 2023. They lost 4 on trot. On contrary, RCB has won 2 games and are looking to make it three against KKR. But they could not control Jason Roy in the powerplay. Finally, KKR got a huge start of 66/0 in 6 overs and Nitish Rana played a blinder to propel them.
KKR have been asked to bat first by RCB. Jason Roy scored 48 runs off 20 balls in Powerplay. He scored 56 off 29 balls. Nitish Rana scored 48 runs off 21 balls. Rinku Singh(18) and Venkatesh Iyer(31) took the score to 200/5 in 20 overs. Narayan Jagadeesan struggled to score and scored only 27 runs off 29 balls. KKR gave away highest total against CSK and they needed to bowl well against RCB.
They got Faf du Plessis(17) early. Glenn Maxwell(5) also failed too. Mahipal Lomror scored 34 runs off 18 balls and threatened KKR. Virat Kohli did well and showed intent from the first ball. He scored handsome runs and great shots. But he ran out of partners and scored 54 runs off 37 balls. Venkatesh Iyer took a stunning catch to dismiss him. Dinesh Karthik(22) could not do much has too much is left to him. KKR spun a web with Varun Chakravarthy(3/27) and Suyash Sharma(2/30). Andre Russell did not come good with bat but bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets.
KKR after 4 back-to-back losses won against RCB. They won by 21 runs. They restricted RCB to 179/8 in 20 overs. KKR have won against RCB in Eden Gardens and at Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 2023. With 8 matches played by both teams RCB is on 8 points and KKR is with 6 points. CSK and GT continue in Top 2 positions with 10 each.
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