Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs (Sportzpics)
Shardul Thakur’s all-round show, Varun Chakravarthy’s three-wicket spell and debutant Suyash Sharma’s inspirational spell helped KKR defeat RCB in IPL 2023
Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy and younger spinner Suyash Sharma impressed Kolkata Knight Riders to a victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore as KKR choose up their first win of IPL 2023 after defeating RCB by 81 runs.
After Faf du Plessis received the toss and elected to bowl first, RCB bowlers surprised KKR batters as the house facet have been diminished to 89/5 however a sensational batting show from Shardul and Rinku Singh guided the two-time champs to a fight-worthy complete of 204/7.
Royal Challengers Bangalore started their chase of 205 runs very well as Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis stitched collectively a 44-run opening stand nonetheless, Sunil Narine drew first blood to get the wickets of Kohli which opened the floodgates and marked the beginning of RCB’s collapse.
RCB vs KKR IPL 2023 Match Highlights
From 44/0, the Bengaluru-based franchise slumped to 61/5 and so they have been dismissed for 123 runs with spinners taking 9 wickets for the primary time in IPL historical past.
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