Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 9 06 April 2023

9th T20 • Eden Gardens • Kolkata

Kolkata Knight Riders

204/7 (20)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

123 (17.4)

KKR won by 81 runs

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Scorecard

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Playing XI

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Date & Time

06 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

9th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Vinod Seshan (India), Virender Sharma (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Shakti Singh (India)

Weather

Clear sky with no chance of rain

Pitch Report

Good for batting with some help for spinners ; Avg. 1st Inning score: 203 (in last 5 matches)

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru elected to bowl

Pitch Report

1st Innings

150Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

137Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

KKR

5- 5

RCB

Venue Stats T20

Pitch Type Batting Friendly Helps Spinners

Highest Score 232/2 (KKR) VS MI (2019)

Lowest Score 49 (RCB) VS KKR (2017)

Highest Chase 204/2 (PBKS) VS KKR (2010)

Best Batting R Patidar (RCB) - 112(54) VS LSG (2022)

Best Bowling S Narine (KKR) - 5/19 VS KXIP (2012)

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Virat Kohli

RCB . BAT

82 Runs

1 Match

Faf du Plessis

RCB . BAT

73 Runs

1 Match

Andre Russell

KKR . ALL

35 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Tim Southee

KKR . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Karn Sharma

RCB . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Varun Chakravarthy

KKR . BOWL

1 Wkt

1 Match

Fantasy Analysis

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

V Kohli

A Russell

Expert Team 2

F du Plessis

N Rana

Venue Details

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

1st Innings

150Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

137Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Virat Kohli is back with his class hitting and amazing performance. He is the highest run scorer of IPL as he has scored 6411 runs in 216 matches. He scored 82 runs off 49 deliveries in the last match.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is a fiery batter who can score excellent runs in the powerplay. His performance in the last match was amazing as he scored 22 runs off 16 deliveries only.

Faf du Plessis is an excellent opening batter for RCB. He has the ability to score runs and stay on the pitch for longer time. He scored 73 runs off just 43 deliveries. He is a must pick in the fantasy team.

Tim Southee is an amazing bowler who has the ability to take early wickets in the powerplay as well as bowl well in the death overs. He picked 2 wickets in the last match.

Hot Picks: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis

Safe Picks: Nitish Rana, Reece Topley

Stay Aways: Mandeep Singh

Grand League Picks: Virat Kohli, Andre Russel

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

KKR

5- 5

RCB

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

171

Average Score

165

217/5

Highest Score

209/9

113/10

Lowest Score

72/1

Player of the Match Shardul Thakur

1/15

KKR

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Info

Kolkata Knight Riders

204/7 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

129.55

c A Deep b K Sharma

Venkatesh Iyer

42.86

b D Willey

Mandeep Singh

0.00

b D Willey

Nitish Rana

(C)

20.00

c D Karthik b MG Bracewell

Rinku Singh

139.39

c D Karthik b H Patel

Andre Russell

0.00

c V Kohli b K Sharma

Shardul Thakur

234.48

c G Maxwell b M Siraj

Sunil Narine

0.00

Not out

Umesh Yadav

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 6, NB: 3, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.2)

204/7

Did not Bat

Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma

Bowlers

EXT

11.00

4.00

15.00

11.33

6.00

8.67

12.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Venkatesh Iyer

b D Willey

1-26

3.2

Mandeep Singh

b D Willey

2-26

3.3

Nitish Rana

c D Karthik b MG Bracewell

3-47

6.1

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c A Deep b K Sharma

4-89

11.2

Andre Russell

c V Kohli b K Sharma

5-89

11.3

Rinku Singh

c D Karthik b H Patel

6-192

18.6

Shardul Thakur

c G Maxwell b M Siraj

7-198

19.4

Royal Challengers Bangalore

123/10 (17.4)

Batters

Virat Kohli

116.67

b S Narine

Faf du Plessis

(C)

191.67

b V Chakravarthy

Michael Bracewell

105.56

c N Rana b S Thakur

Glenn Maxwell

71.43

b V Chakravarthy

Harshal Patel

0.00

b V Chakravarthy

Shahbaz Ahmed

20.00

c S Thakur b S Narine

Dinesh Karthik

112.50

c V Chakravarthy b S Sharma

Anuj Rawat

20.00

c S Narine b S Sharma

David Willey

100.00

Not out

Karn Sharma

33.33

c N Rana b S Sharma

Akash Deep *

212.50

c & b V Chakravarthy

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(17.4 Ov, RR: 6.96)

123/10

Bowlers

EXT

8.50

12.50

4.00

3.4

4.09

Suyash Sharma

7.50

Shardul Thakur

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Virat Kohli

b S Narine

1-44

4.5

Faf du Plessis

b V Chakravarthy

2-46

5.2

Glenn Maxwell

b V Chakravarthy

3-54

7.2

Harshal Patel

b V Chakravarthy

4-54

7.4

Shahbaz Ahmed

c S Thakur b S Narine

5-61

8.5

Michael Bracewell

c N Rana b S Thakur

6-83

11.3

Anuj Rawat

c S Narine b S Sharma

7-84

12.2

Dinesh Karthik

c V Chakravarthy b S Sharma

8-86

12.5

Karn Sharma

c N Rana b S Sharma

9-96

14.3

Akash Deep

c & b V Chakravarthy

10-123

17.4

Match Info

Date & Time

06 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

9th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Vinod Seshan (India), Virender Sharma (India), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Shakti Singh (India)

Weather

Clear sky with no chance of rain

Pitch Report

Good for batting with some help for spinners ; Avg. 1st Inning score: 203 (in last 5 matches)

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru elected to bowl

0 1 W 1 1 4

Over 15

Runs: 7

2 0 0 0 1 4

Over 16

Runs: 7

0 4 1 6 1 0

Over 17

Runs: 12

1 1 0 W

Over 18

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Shardul Thakur

1/15

Commentary

Right then, quite a one-sided game as the Knight Riders will revel in what has been a clinical performance from them. Back to the drawing board for RCB, who just showed the other teams their struggle against quality spin. It has been a game filled with ups and downs, and it was a pleasure bringing it to you! We hope you enjoyed the coverage! Join us back tomorrow as the Lucknow Super Giants will be back at the Ekana Stadium, taking on the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for the latest news and live coverage of matches from across the globe. Until next time then, this is the duo of Maanas Upadhyay and Pratyush Rohra, bidding you adieu! Goodnight!

Shardul Thakur (Player of the Match): Even I don't know where it came from (his innings) but looking at the scorecard anyone would have thought that we were struggling. You have to pre-empt what the bowlers are going to do and back yourself to hit. You also have to have skills to do that here at the higher level. We work hard in the nets and there is a period where you can slog it out in the nets. The coaches nowadays help you by giving you throw-downs and give you range-hitting sessions. The pitches also suit batters, don't they? We spoke about having the depth in our bowling as well as batting department. Suyash bowled exceptionally well and we know the quality that Sunil and Varun have. It was a perfect day - with three spinners and a variety in our bowling, we did great.

Nitish Rana (KKR captain): Obviously, there were a lot of positives in the last game. Top order collapsed a little, just like the last game. Credit to Gurbaz. What can I say about Shardul - it was an unbelievable innings. No doubt Shardul batted well. The role of Rinku to hold one end while Shardul attacks the bowlers is what our plan was. We had it in our minds that we won't give pace to RCB in the middle overs as they like pace in the middle overs. Umesh and Southee bowled well and then we implemented our spinners. He's as very different character - he backs himself a lot. We had it in our plans initially that we would play Suyash whenever there was a little turn in the track.

Chandrakanth Pandit (KKR coach): It's a good win and the way boys have shown character. Looking at the initial stage of the game, having lost too many wickets and then coming back. It's a good sign to bounce back and score 200+ runs. (Pitch) We expected it will help the spinners a bit. Obviously, you need enough runs on the board for that. I must congratulate Shardul and Rinku for the way they batted, and for the way they counter-attacked in that situation. The spinners too. Varun bowled very well, as did Sunny (Narine). And the new comer too, with Suyash. We have seen him in trial matches. We were happy with the way he was bowling, especially through the air. It's tough to pick him because he spins it both ways. He's shown very good attitude and fighting spirit from what I have observed.

Faf du Plessis (RCB captain): We had it pretty well set up there with 100-5 in 12 overs. To concede 200 from there, we lost it there. Shardul played unbelievably and it was difficult to stop him. He scored on both sides of the ground, so credit to him. It's obvious that their leg spinners got on top of us today. It was a good wicket. When Virat and myself played upfront, there didn't seem to be much in it. It's the nature of legspinner/mystery spinners. Once they get their tail up, they can put on the squeeze. Narine and Chakravarthy are excellent spinners and they put the squeeze on us. In games like these, you have to make sure you close the gap and score as many as you can to keep an eye on the net run rate. You have to make sure you keep improving on the things you have to work on. It's fair to say that. The game got away from us there today. (Death bowling) Tactically, we could have been better. It's an area we want to work on. Siraj is bowling well at the moment and Harshal is our death bowler. It's never the easiest job in the world but we have to make sure we get our plans together and work on that.

Kolkata Knight Riders 204/7 (20) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 123/10 (17.4) by 81 runs

Shardul Thakur 68(29) | David Willey 4-1-16-2
Faf du Plessis 23 (12) | Varun Chakravarthy 3.4-0-15-4

Dominance! Sheer dominance by the Knight Riders as they race away to their first win of the season. And in grand style too! They've entertained their home crowd and have snapped up a couple of points from the encounter, not to mention the massive boost that they will receive. After being in a spot of bother at 89/5 Shardul's heroics saved the game for KKR as they put 204 runs on the board.

Chasing this total was not going to be a mean task but RCB were expected to do well, considering how they had made a sheer mockery of the total set for them in the last game. They made a positive start to the chase, but wickets fell in clusters for them once their downfall started in the fifth over.

The batters were found to be completely clueless against the spinners, with the trio of Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and debutant Suyash Sharma wreaking havoc with the ball. A spectacular middle order collapse put them in a position of no return and from there on, only formalities remained.

Akash Deep and David Willey got in a few good hits at the end but all it would do was lower the impact on their net run rate. RCB have been found to be completely clueless against some quality mystery spin and will blame the lack of application by their batters. Their death bowling woes were on display too. Plenty for them to think about before their next game. As for KKR, this win will do their confidence a world of good and they will just look to make some minor adjustments ahead of their next fixture.

17.4 Varun Chakravarthy to Akash Deep, "CATCH IT..." TAKEN! That seals the deal for KKR. On the good length at the middle stump line as Akash threw the kitchen sink at it. This time he's only skied it high in the night sky and Chakravarthy called for it right away, he simply had to because it was too far for Gurbaz. The bowler does superbly to make some ground and hold onto the catch. KKR win by 81 runs!

Akash Deep c & b Varun Chakravarthy 17 (8b, 2x4, 1x6)

17.3 Varun Chakravarthy to Akash Deep, darts it in full on the leg-stump line. Akash defends it back to the bowler, no run

17.2 Varun Chakravarthy to David Willey, floats it up on the good length. Willey hangs back to punch this to deep mid-wicket for a single

17.1 Varun Chakravarthy to Akash Deep, into the pitch outside the off-stump. Flat-batted down to long-off to pick up a run

Varun Chakravarthy (3-0-13-3) is back into the attack

Twelve off the over and Suyash Sharma finishes with figures of 3-30 from his four overs on debut. Quite a fantastic one to be honest. Meanwhile, Deep is showing his prowess with the bat in hand as he has whacked it around the ground! Three overs remaining - can this pair survive?

overs

121 /9 score

runs

David Willey *

19 (19)

Akash Deep

16 (5)

Suyash Sharma

3 /30

16.6 Suyash Sharma to David Willey, quicker one on the good length at the middle stump. Willey works it towards mid-wicket, norun

16.5 Suyash Sharma to Akash Deep, low full toss on the middle stump line. Akash slices his drive towards long-off for a single

That's an application to bat higher in the order by Akash Deep! He can surely thwack the ball a long way!

16.4 Suyash Sharma to Akash Deep, SIX! Flighted googly on the off-stump line, not like it mattered to Akash. He danced down the track and swung for the fences, clobbering this high and handsomely to clear the long-on boundary

16.3 Suyash Sharma to David Willey, another wrong one on the off-stump line. Pressed into the covers to pick up a single

16.2 Suyash Sharma to David Willey, FOUR! Flighted in the slot this time and Willey didn't miss out. Clubs it back over the bowler's head and picks up a boundary

16.1 Suyash Sharma to David Willey, OH! Pushes the googly across the left-hander outside off. Willey wafts and misses, no run

Here comes Suyash, with an opportunity to pick up his fourth.

Well, quite an uneventful over as the batters are flummoxed on a few occasions, while they are content with knocking the ball around into the gaps for singles and doubles. Deep showed some intent at the end and got away with a lucky boundary. Nonetheless, they are staring at a huge loss here.