An wonderful show by Royal Challengers Bangalore noticed them complete a hat-trick of wins within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League as Virat Kohli and co. defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 38 runs in Chennai on Sunday.
This was RCB’s third win from the identical quantity of matches and so they now stand on the pole place of the eight-team factors desk with six factors from three matches.Â
That’s that from Match No.10.@RCBTweets win by 38 runs to register their third win of the season to this point. This is the primary time in IPL that the #RCB have gained their first 3 video games.#VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/Ei90mgn2iD
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 18, 2021
Getting off to a dreadful begin after electing to bat first, RCB recovered properly, courtesy to some high-quality hitting by Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers because the crew piled an unlimited 204/4 of their 20 overs. In response, Kolkata Knight Riders might solely muster 166/8 in 20 overs.
After opting to bat first, it felt the choice backfired for Kohli and co as RCB had been decreased to 9/2 within the first two overs. Kohli, who opened the innings with Devdutt Padikkal failed to depart an impression within the recreation, after the RCB skipper was shocked by a blinder from Rahul Tripathi whereas he was batting on 5.Â
However, a strong 86-run stand between Padikkal and Glenn Maxwell paved the right platform for RCB’s restoration. Maxwell went on to complete his particular person half-century and located comparable help from De Villiers after Padikkal was eliminated by Prasidh Krishna on 25 (28) balls. Â
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Maxwell was dismissed by Pat Cummins on 78 (49), which included 9 fours and three sixes. De Villiers, however, remained unbeaten on 76 from 34 balls, guiding his aspect to an unlimited 204 in a tough Chepauk monitor. Â
This was additionally the primary time within the historical past of the match that the quantity 4 (Maxwell) and quantity 5 (De Villiers) batsmen of a franchise scored 75-plus particular person scores in the identical match.Â
In response, Shubman Gill began on a blistering notice as he welcomed Kyle Jamieson with cracking pictures throughout the park, earlier than the Kiwi dismissed the opener on 21 (9).Â
Andre Russell, who’s but to fireplace large, did revitalise the KKR run-chase however a wonderful penultimate over by Mohammed Siraj, during which he conceded only one run put an finish to the competition.Â
Russell was dismissed by Harshal Patel on 31 of 20 balls, which included three fours and two sixes.Â
