Kolkata (*81*) Riders thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs of their second match of the IPL 2023 on Thursday. KKR who have been enjoying at their homeground Eden Gardens, made a formidable comeback after dealing with a loss of their opening video games towards Punjab Kings. Faf du Plessis-led RCB received the toss and opted to bowl. Coming to bat first KKR registered 204/7 in 20 overs. Chasing the large whole, RCB have been bundled out at 123 in 17.4 overs. While Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh stabilized the batting for KKR, their thriller spinners choked RCB batters within the second innings.
RCB’s batting within the match to chase 205 runs was underwhelming. While Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring simply 21 runs, Faf du Plessis additionally went again to the hut by scoring simply 23 runs behind him. Wickets saved falling thereafter as Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Michael Bracewell have been all dismissed. In the tip, David Willey returned unbeaten after scoring 22 runs whereas 17 runs got here off the bat of Akash Deep. RCB managed to achieve simply 123 runs. KKR’s star spinner Varun Chakaravarthy took 4 wickets within the match. On the opposite hand, Suyash Sharma registered a three-wicket haul.
Coming to bat first, KKR have been KKR have been 89/5 in 11.3 overs and 115/2 within the subsequent 8.3 overs. RCB conceded 115 runs within the final 51 balls and it shifted the momentum fully towards Kolkata. Shardul Thakur performed a superb innings of 68 runs whereas batting brilliantly. Rinku Singh supported him with 46 runs. And opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz performed an innings of 57 runs.
Talking in regards to the head-to-head file between KKR and RCB, Kolkata (*81*) Riders has the higher hand. There have been a complete of 31 IPL matches between these two groups. Out of which 17 have been received by KKR, whereas 14 have been received by the RCB.
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