Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs (Sportzpix)
Shardul Thakur’s all-round performance, Varun Chakravarthy’s three wickets and debutant Suyyash Sharma’s inspirational spell helped KKR beat RCB in IPL 2023
Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy and young spinner Suyash Sharma powered Kolkata Knight Riders to victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore as KKR secured their first win. IPL 2023 Beat RCB by 81 runs.
After Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl first, the RCB bowlers rattled the KKR batsmen as the home side were reduced to 89/5 but sensational batting performances from Shardul and Rinku Singh helped the two-time champions fight back. Directed in a total worthy of. of 204/7.
Chasing the target of 205 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a good start. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis stitched together a 44-run opening partnership, however, Sunil Narine drew the first blood to take Kohli’s wicket, which opened the floodgates and marked the beginning of RCB’s downfall.
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From 44/0, the Bengaluru-based franchise slipped to 61/5 and were bowled out for 123, with spinners taking 9 wickets for the first time in IPL history.
David Willey got the Royal Challengers off to a flying start as he dismissed Venkatesh Iyer and Mandeep Singh in successive deliveries. Singh registered the unwanted feat of getting out for a staggering 15 ducks in the IPL.
With everyone around him struggling to score, Rahmanullah Gurbaz came flying off the blocks. Afghanistan The opener brought up his half-century, his innings of 57 runs studded with 6 fours and 3 sixes.
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Kolkata Knight Riders appeared to be staring the barrel but Thakur came to his rescue as the Indian all-rounder scored a 29-ball 68. Rinku contributed 46 runs in 33 balls.
Their partnership took KKR past the 200-run mark and turned the tide in favor of the home side.
Virat and Faf started RCB’s chase really well, but once Kohli was sent back to the dugout there was no way left for the visitors.
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Du Plessis followed up with Chakraborty’s spell three balls to spare, and the Indian spinner got four wickets. He rocked the RCB top-order, dismissing Glenn Maxwell and Harshal Patel and also got the last wicket of Akash Deep to seal an 81-run victory.
Debutant Suyash also joined hands with Narine and Chakraborty, with the 19-year-old taking three wickets to make it a night to remember.
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