That brings us to the end of the match 35 where we witnessed some belligerent hitting at the Eden Gardens. RCB grab two important points to just about stay alive in the competition. It is a double-header tomorrow, so do tune in early. We will be here with the blog from 3 pm onwards. See you then.
KKR vs RCB Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full Cricket Score: Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 10 runs
KKR vs RCB IPL 2019 Match 35 Live Updates:RCB beat KKR by 10 runs! Rana gets a six on last ball with a shot over long-off but KKR fall short of the target by 10 runs. Fourth consecutive loss for KKR and RCB stay alive in playoffs race with this massive win.
- FirstCricket Staff
- April 20th, 2019
- 0:13:33 IST
Virat Kohli, MoM: It was important to have a win under our belt. In death overs there's no point in panicking. You got to leave it to the bowlers. Stoinis took few good decisions and then Ali in the end. They both showed composure and that's what you expect from your players. Our communication was to get 170-175, we didn't think we could get 200-plus. Moeen changed the game completely and that allowed to play my game. Moeen said I am going to go now and I asked him to go for it. He targeted the small boundaries and changed the game in those few overs. It was important to bat along when AB is not here. In the end death overs are going to be difficult with this kind of ground. Credit to Russell for setting up those kind of games.
Virat Kohli is the Man of the Match for his century tonight
This is how the win feels like!
🙌🙌💪 @RCBTweets #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/3oFjbfJ5E1
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 19, 2019
Dinesh Karthik: The way Moeen Ali batted he took the game away from us. I though they scored 25-30 runs too many. When a player like Virat plays, that's what he does. He played a brilliant knock in the end. The ball was seaming a little bit when we came to bat. The wicket was a little sticky but we thought we could get the score, but looking back their score was 20 runs too many. This is a hard wicket for spinners to bowl on. We wanted to take the spinners on, and kudos to the way RCB played. They did the small things better and deserved to win. If we get the winning feel again, it would start rolling again. If we do the right things, we can get back to winning.
KKR today:
First 73 balls : 82 runs
Next 47 balls : 121 runs
This is KKR's fourth consecutive defeat this IPL.
Umang Pabari, Cricket statistician
23:51 (IST)
Fastest fifties this IPL: (In balls)
17 - Pant v MI, Wankhede
21 - RUSSELL v RCB, Kolkata*
22 - Pollard v KXIP, Wankhede
23 - Russell v DC, Kotla
24 - Warner v CSK, Hyderabad
24 - Moeen Ali v KKR, Kolkata
Umang Pabari, Cricket statistician
23:50 (IST)
Any comic book fans?
big takeway from today - if robin falters, even the most lethal batman can't get it done #KKRvRCB
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 19, 2019
After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 203/5 ( Nitish Rana 85 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 0)
KKR Score latest updates
RCB beat KKR by 10 runs!
Rana gets a six on last ball with a shot over long-off but KKR fall short of the target by 10 runs. Fourth consecutive loss for KKR and RCB stay alive in playoffs race with this massive win.
KKR Score latest updates
OUT! A Russell run out (Kohli/Moeen Ali) 65(25)
19.5: Russell run out and the game is almost done for RCB. They need 17 off last ball to win
Highlights
IPL 12 Match 35 KKR vs RCB at Eden Gardens at Kolkata: RCB beat KKR by 10 runs!
Rana gets a six on last ball with a shot over long-off but KKR fall short of the target by 10 runs. Fourth consecutive loss for KKR and RCB stay alive in playoffs race with this massive win.
IPL 2019, SRH vs CSK, Today's Match Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore hopes of making the Indian Premier League playoffs hang by the slimmest of threads as they search for their second win of the tournament against Kolkata Knight Riders. For remaining in mathematical contention, RCB need to win all their remaining matches along with some miracle.
Kolkata will be looking to get back to winning ways when they lock horns with Bangalore. They have lost three in a row now and they need to bounce back before its too late. It was their batting that let them down in their last match, against CSK. Apart from Chris Lynn, who made 82, no one got going. The likes of Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa and the captain himself, Dinesh Karthik, haven't contributed consistently and that has hurt the team.
Andre Russell suffered an injury scare after being hit on the shoulder during practice and KKR would be waiting with bated breath to see whether he will make it or not.
RCB have been going through a tough phase. After six losses on the trot, the finally managed points on the board with a win over KXIP but then faltered yet again, against Mumbai Indians. Their bowling has consistently let them down, especially the pacers. It's high time they deliver.
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have produced some decent knocks and RCB fans would again be banking on them to deliver. RCB are on tenterhooks, one more slip would mean disaster.
KKR start off as favourites.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore Full Squads:
Kolkata Knight Riders Team 2019 Players list: Dinesh Karthik (c/wk), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, Matt Kelly, KC Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Team 2019 Players list: Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Prayas Barman, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Dale Steyn
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Updated Date: April 20, 2019 00:13:33 IST
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