Virat Kohli bowls, Varun Chakravarthy shakes RCB top-order (IPL Twitter)
Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy made lethal impact as Kolkata Knight Riders’ spin duo rattled Royal Challengers Bangalore’s top-order
Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy made a lethal impact as the spin duo of Kolkata Knight Riders chased down Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, April 6. Narine got the all-important wicket of Virat Kohli for KKR, Varun got the wicket of RCB skipper Faf du Plessis, and a few overs later, the Bengaluru-based franchise lost half their batsmen as they were bundled out for 61. they were finished. 5.
Needing 205 runs to win, RCB started with a bang as Kohli and du Plessis stitched together a 44-run opening partnership, but when it seemed the Royal Challengers were running out of contest, KKR spin-wizard Narine hit the target. But took Beginning of RCB’s downfall.
Narine completely cheated Kohli who was batting on 21 and was looking good but his innings came to an abrupt halt.
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Du Plessis was dismissed after just three balls, Chakraborty joined hands with Narine as the Indian youngster got past the veteran Proteas batsman.
With RCB reeling at 46/2, Glenn Maxwell tried to rebuild, however, he could only muster five runs as Chakravarthy worked his magic to remove Maxwell.
Varun also got the wicket of Harshal Patel shortly afterwards, and Narine removed Shahbaz Ahmed in quick succession to rattle the Royal Challengers Bangalore top-order.
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Kolkata Knight Riders made an impressive player change as they brought in Suyash Sharma who will take over from Narine and Chakraborty. The motto remained the same – ‘Swing it to win it!’
The Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen had no answer to the KKR spin trio which reduced Du Plessis’s men to 86/8 after 13 overs. Suyash surprised the already ailing visiting team by getting rid of Dinesh Karthik and RCB’s impact sub Anuj Rawat.
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