IPL 2021, KKR vs RCB Highlights: KKR win by 9 wickets, Iyer remains unbeaten on debut

Gill departs! 

Tries to take long-off fielder with a big shot but doesn’t get the distance. Good innings from the opener. Shubman Gill c Siraj b Chahal 48(34)

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 82/0 

Good slow ball first up by Harshal to beat Venkatesh. In next ball, the bowler puts down a chance. Venkatesh sends one to the left of Harshal who goes with one hand but fails to hold on to the catch. Boundary from a misfield and a single to end the over.

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 75/0 ( Shubman Gill 42 , Venkatesh Iyer 28)

Hasaranga continues. The first ball is a googly, Shubhman misses his shot. Mild LBW appeal but this is missing stumps. After the six, he tries another big hit, doesn’t get the timing right. The ball takes a thick outside edge and goes behind square to allow the batsmen two runs. A reverse-hit boundary by Venkatesh to end the over.

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 62/0 ( Shubman Gill 33 , Venkatesh Iyer 24)

Harshal Patel introduced into the attack. Nice drive down the ground by Gill for a single off the first ball. The field is spread out so batsmen deal in singles only. Better over for RCB, five singles and a wide.

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 56/0 ( Shubman Gill 30 , Venkatesh Iyer 22)

Kolkata go past the 50-run mark inside powerplay. After the second boundary, Gill plays a reverse-sweep, the ball doesn’t reach boundary but they collect two runs. 11 off this over. Should be an easy finish for KKR from here. Timeout taken.

Sublime! 

Shubman sweeps against Chahal and finds the boundary in the deep square leg region.

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 45/0 ( Shubman Gill 19 , Venkatesh Iyer 22)

After conceding the boundary off the first ball, Jamieson oversteps. Free-hit for Gill but Jamieson bowls a good slow bouncer to beat the batsman. The batsman wants a wide but square-leg umpire says no. A superb six to finish the over. 16 runs from this over. KKR need another 48 in 90 balls.

Lovely hit! 

Venkatesh comes down the ground and hits this one over long on.

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 29/0 ( Shubman Gill 10 , Venkatesh Iyer 16)

Time for spin as Hasaranga takes the ball. Tosses up the deliveries as Gill and Venkatesh pick up singles. The leg-spinner then bowls a wrong one which Gill picks it up for a single down the deep mid-wicket. Venkatesh plays a reverse-sweep but misses. Lucky it didn’t hit the stumps. A boundary and a dot to end the over.

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 22/0 ( Shubman Gill 8 , Venkatesh Iyer 11)

Siraj continues. He comes around the wickets to Venkatesh who finds the gap on the off-side with his cut. The ball races to the ropes but Jamieson pulls off a dive near the boundary to save two runs. Four dots to end the over.

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 20/0 ( Shubman Gill 8 , Venkatesh Iyer 9)

Jamieson bowls back of a length deliveries to Gill who’s playing confident shots. After the boundary, he times a half-pull nicely through the ground but the mid-wicket fielder does well to get his hands to the ball and it’s just a single. The ball slips out of Jamieson’s hands and goes wide. He follows it with a delivery down the leg for his second wide of the over. A dot to end the over.

After 1 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 10/0 ( Shubman Gill 1 , Venkatesh Iyer 8)

Siraj starts off with a fuller delivery, outside off stump, Gill drives for no runs. The batsman then pushes towards mid-on and takes off to complete a single. First ball in IPL for Venkatesh. He tries to play the cut but beaten on the bounce. He then plays two lovely shots for boundaries. The balance on the second boundary is really good. 10 off the over.

Gone! 

RCB bowled out for 92! Siraj plays a scoop against a full length ball and sends it straight to the fielder at fine-leg.  Siraj c Chakravarthy b Russell 8(10)

After 18 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 89/9 ( Mohammed Siraj 7 , Yuzvendra Chahal 1)

Prasidh Krishna into the attack. Three dots and then Siraj flicks towards backward square leg to get off the strike. Chahal then finds the gap in the backward point region with a nice-looking shot but it’s only one run. Boundary to end the over.

After 17 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 83/9 ( Mohammed Siraj 2 , Yuzvendra Chahal 0)

Very impressive from Ferguson. The boundary ball was above 140 kph and then the next one is a slow yorker to bamboozle the batsmen. He’s also done with his four overs. Two wickets and 24 runs. Let’s see if Yuzvendra and Siraj survive the final three overs.