RCB vs KKR IPL 2022 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowled Kolkata Knight Riders out for 128 in their Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday. Andre Russell top-scored for KKR with a 25 off 18 balls. For RCB, Wanindu Hasaranga took four wickets for 20 runs, while Akash Deep and Harshal Patel got three and two wickets respectively.

KKR 83/7 in 12 overs Maiden Over and a wicket! Harshal Patel gets the important wicket of Sam Billings. It is another short ball that got the wicket. Virat Kohli takes a simple catch at long-on. Tim Southee joins Russell in the middle. Last recognized batting pair for KKR

KKR 83/6 in 11 overs Russell is slowly coming to his own as he hit Hasaranga for a huge six. We must not forget Sam is also on the other side who has scored 14 runs in 12 balls. Seven runs from the over. 

KKR 76/6 in 10 overs It’s Siraj vs Russell! Siraj start with a bouncer, poor keeping by Dinesh Karthik fails to collect a good bouncer. Russell makes comeback with a boundary towards covers. Nine runs from the over. Can Russell take KKR to a big total? 

KKR 67/6 in 9 overs Two wickets in an over. Wanindu Hasaranga is turing everything in gold. First, he removes Sunil Narine then gets Sheldon Jackson for a golden duck with a googly. He will be on a hat-trick in the next over’s first ball.  

KKR 58/4 in 8 overs Narine is here and he has started the fireworks. A boundary to start with followed by a six. Akash Deep has two wickets to his name but he is leaking runs at the rate of 13 per over. 

KKR 46/4 in 7 Overs Superb over to start with for Wanindu Hasaranga, he removed KKR captain Shreyas Iyer cheaply. Iyer went for a big hit but Hasaranga pulled back the length, the batter was no way near the pitch of the ball. Iyer failed to connect and gave a simple catch to RCB skipper. Just two runs from the over. Sunil Narine has joined Sam Billings in the middle. 

KKR 44/3 in 6 Overs Akash Deep removes dangerous-looking Nitish Rana. Another wicket for him on the short ball. His pace is surprising the batters. Nitish Rana was looking to make most of the last powerplay over as the southpaw hit a six on the very first ball he faced. He then smashed a boundary on a free hit. Akash Deep made comeback with the wicket. Can the right-arm pacer be RCB’s find of the season?

KKR 32/2 in 5 Overs Siraj gets his first wicket of the match as he removes in-form Rahane for nine. Seven runs from the over with a boundary from the bat of Shreyas. 

KKR 25/1 in 4 Overs 11 runs from the over with two boundaries and a wicket in it. Iyer kick starts his innings with a beautiful cover drive while Rahane ends it with a boundary towards the third man. 

KKR 14/1 in 3.1 Overs And KKR lose first wicket as Venkatesh Iyer departs for 10. Akash Deep struck on his first ball of the match. Back of a length delivery and Iyer gets cramped. Deep decides to run and take the catch himself. Iyer replaces Iyer as the KKR captain takes the crease. 

KKR 14/0 in 3 Overs Impressive bowling by Willey. Just four runs from the over. The wicket is just around the corner. 

KKR 10/0 in 2 Overs Mohammed Siraj was welcomed with a cracking drive by Iyer. Siraj makes a good comeback, the right-arm bowler is bowling just around fourth stumps about the back of a length. Six runs from the over with a boundary in it. 

KKR 4/0 in 1 Over  David Willey was searching for swing in the first over. Just four runs from the over with a double from it. 

Let’s get started, KKR’s opening batsman Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer are out in the middle while David Willey will start the preceding for the home side RCB. 

New Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders here at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai on Wednesday. RCB are unchanged from their last game while KKR brought in Tim Southee in place of Shivam Mavi for their second game of the season. 

Playing XI

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer(c), Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

RCB vs KKR, 6th Match of IPL 2022

Wednesday, March 30

7:30 PM IST

Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai 

Seeking to consolidate their position after a winning start, Kolkata Knight Riders will have their task cut out as they take on a determined Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. The two outfits head into the game on the back of contrasting results.

While the Shreyas Iyer-led KKR humbled defending champions Chennai Super Kings by six wickets, Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a five-wicket loss to Punjab Kings, despite posting a 200-plus score.

For RCB, skipper Faf Du Plessis is in prime form after he made a scintillating 57-ball 88 and would like to continue in the same vein. Opener Anuj Rawat was unable to capitalise on a good start and would be aiming for consistency.

Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis (vc), Virat Kohli, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel

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