IPL 2020 Highlights, RCB vs KKR Match, Full Cricket Score: Bangalore hammer Kolkata by 82 runs, collect fifth win

Largest defeats for KKR in IPL – by runs:

102 – MI, Kolkata, 2018
92 – MI, Port Elizabeth, 2009
82 – RCB, Sharjah, 2020*

After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 112/9 ( Varun Chakravarthy 7 , Prasidh Krishna 2)

Udana is bowling the final over of the innings. Bowls back to back yorkers off the second and third. Good fielding effort in the deep on the off-side by Siraj, who saved a couple of runs there.

DONE AND DUSTED! RCB have not put a foot wrong here. They have beaten KKR by a huge margin of 82 runs. Comprehensive win this!

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 108/9 ( Varun Chakravarthy 5 , Prasidh Krishna 0)

Morris into the penultimate over of the innings. Gotta feel for KKR’s lower order, they have to face the pacers now. Morris removes Nagarkoti on the last ball. RCB have not put a foot wrong so far! Four runs off the over.

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 104/8 ( Kamlesh Nagarkoti 2 , Varun Chakravarthy 3)

Saini into the 18th over of the innings. The match is in RCB’s pocket already. Virat Kohli and his men are giving their all in the fielding department. Not giving any freebies whatsoever. A referral for a catch off the final ball, Virat Kohli is the man involved, who dived to his front. But it gets turned down by the umpire. Five runs off the over.

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 99/8 ( Kamlesh Nagarkoti 1 , )

Siraj into the 17th over of the innings. Tripathi smacks the third ball over the covers for a boundary. Finally, Tripathi departs, but it was not much of Siraj’s wicket, Morris completed a stunning diving catch. Four runs off the over. Kolkata Knight Riders need 94 runs in 15 balls.

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 95/7 ( Rahul Tripathi 12 , Kamlesh Nagarkoti 1)

Chahal returns for his final over and the 16th of the innings. It has been trial by spin really as of now. RCB spinners have spun a web around the KKR batsmen. A double off Chahal’s second delivery, followed by a single off the next. These wont bother Bangalore much. Yuzi flights the final ball and Tripathi hits it towards him, but it just falls short. Five runs off the over.

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 90/7 ( Rahul Tripathi 9 , Kamlesh Nagarkoti 0)

Morris back into his third over. Tripathi picks up a single off the first and Cummins returns the favour off the third. Cummins mistimes a slog and it went straight to Padikkal at long off. Four runs off the over. Kolkata Knight Riders need 105 runs in 30 balls.

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 86/6 ( Rahul Tripathi 6 , Pat Cummins 0)

124 needed ahead of 42 balls ahead of this over. Udana comes back and Dre Russ smacks him for a four and a six, before hitting it straight to Siraj at mid-on. Surely, the game has gotta be sealed here, unless there’s a miracle.

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 71/5 ( Andre Russell 2 , Rahul Tripathi 5)

Morris is back. Good captaincy so far by ‘King’ Kohli. Starts off with a dot. Tripathi nudges the second ball for a single. Padikkal puts in a fantastic dive, almost catches the ball at long on. Dre Russ was the man in danger. Catches win you matches! RCB will hope Dre Russ doesn’t add insult to injury here. Can you believe it? Just two runs from Morris’s over, at this stage of the game. And we go into time out!

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 69/5 ( Andre Russell 1 , Rahul Tripathi 4)

Sundar returns and removes Morgan, who slashed hard but found Udana at short third. RCB spinners are on fire here. Tripathi, the new man in, cuts the ball fine but Yuzi puts in a dive to save the boundary. Five runs off the over and Sundar finishes with figures of 2/20.

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 64/4 ( Eoin Morgan 8 , Andre Russell 0)

Chahal is back for his third over. Removes Karthik on the third ball. Unlucky dismissal as the ball took an inside edge but RCB and Yuzi will happily take that. Dre Russ comes in just the 11th over and gets off the mark straight away. Morgan sweeps the fifth one, but just for a single. Russell happy to defend the last one. Top notch bowling from Chahal, just three runs off the over.

SR v leg-spinners in IPL:

Eoin Morgan : 114.0
Dinesh Karthik : 121.5

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 61/3 ( Eoin Morgan 6 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 1)

Washington Sundar back for his third over and the 10th over of the innings. He’s bowling quicker through the air. Terrible mix up between the batsmen off the third ball and KKR lose Shubman. Morgan plays a lovely cover drive off the last ball, a boundary there. Seven runs off the over.

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 54/2 ( Shubman Gill 33 , Eoin Morgan 1)

Chahal into his second over and the ninth over of the innings. Finch drops a sitter at long on, Gill was the batsman in trouble. RCB take a referral for LBW against Eoin Morgan off the second ball, but its turned down by the third umpire. The batters sense there is no need of a rash stroke and pick up singles from then on. Chahal again tosses up the final ball, Morgan goes for the slog, but can only manage a single there. Just three runs off the over, great bowling by Yuzi.

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 51/2 ( Shubman Gill 31 , )

Sundar into his second over. Keeps it tight on the first four deliveries, the batsmen can only manage singles. He’s giving no room to the batsmen to free their arms. Gill dances down the track off the fifth but it only fetches him a single. Finally, removes Rana, who was looking to go for the wild slog, but got clean bowled. Five runs and a wicket off the over.

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 46/1 ( Shubman Gill 28 , Nitish Rana 7)

Yuzi Chahal, Kohli’s trump card, comes into the attack. It’s a nightmare for any leggie to be bowling at this ground. But Chahal is a crafty customer. Gill works the first one towards long on for a single. Rana returns the favour. Both were tossed up deliveries. Beats Rana on the fourth one, it was a flatter delivery. Siraj dives to his right at backward point and saves a couple off the fourth. Excellent over this, just three runs off it.

Sundar economy rate this IPL:

PP overs : 4.70
Middle overs : 5.12

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 43/1 ( Shubman Gill 26 , Nitish Rana 6)

Spin has been introduced in the form of Washington Sundar in the final over of the powerplay. Strange move from Kohli this, he’s probably looking to save Sundar’s tight spin bowling for the middle overs. Just four runs off the over, as expected from Sundar. KKR have managed 43 runs for the loss of one wicket at the end of powerplay. And we go into the strategic time out!

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 39/1 ( Shubman Gill 24 , Nitish Rana 5)

Siraj into his second. Strays on the pads on the second ball and Nitish Rana just too good to miss out on that one, gets a boundary. Then Gill smashes him four two fours. 16 runs off the over, costly one for RCB.

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 23/1 ( Shubman Gill 13 , )

Saini steams in for his second over. Shubman backs away and clears the infield on the off side, a four there. Then Shubman gets off the mark, good rotation of strike here. Banton dabs the third ball in front of covers for a single. Barring that one four, no room on offer for the batsman till the end of the over. Finally removes Banton courtesy an inside edge that rattled the batsman’s stumps.