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IPL 12 Match 16 RCB vs KKR at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru: Kolkata Knight Riders win by five wickets! Gill collects a single off the first ball of the final over to get his team through! Another sensational assault by Andre Russell to guide his team home from a tight position! RCB, meanwhile, may have put up their best batting performance so far in IPL 2019, but still can’t snap the losing streak. Click here to know when and where to watch IPL Live telecast 2019, LIVE streaming on hotstar, RCB vs KKR 2019 Playing XI, LIVE TV on Star Sports
IPL 2019, RCB vs KKR, Today’s Match Preview: Despite playing four matches in the ongoing IPL 2019, Royal Challlengers Bangalore (RCB) continue to look for their first win of the season as they take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 17 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. More than the string of losses, what has been more disappointing for RCB is the manner in which they lost the matches. While they gave a account of themselves against Mumbai Indians (MI) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), the team from Bengaluru succumbed to humiliating losses against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). 
RCB’s batting is heavily dependent on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers with Parthiv Patel emerging as only able support. The franchise need rest of their batsmen to deliver before its too late. Their fielding has also been pretty sloppy in the last two games and an improvement is also needed on that front. On the other hand, KKR have won two f their three matches so far. Their only defeat came against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Super Over. Andre Russell was the Man of the Match in both of their wins but other players including Nitish Rana, Robbie Uthappa have also stepped up in time of need for the Kolkata franchise. While Dinesh Karthik-led side look like a well-oiled machine, the challenge for KKR would be to hit the ground running immediately as they are coming after a mini-break. They played their last match on 31 March. Sunil Narine missed the previous match due to an injury and his loss upset the team’s balance in both batting and bowling departments. The West Indian is expected to return to the side for RCB game which could prove to be a massive boost for KKR. In 22 matches between the two sides, KKR have won 13 of them. Royal Challlengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squads Royal Challengers Bengalore Team 2019 Players list:
Virat Kohli
(capt), Parthiv Patel, AB de Villiers,
Colin de Grandhomme
, Umesh Yadav,
Yuzvendra Chahal
, Moeen Ali,
Shimron Hetmyer
, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee. Kolkata Knight Riders Team 2019 Players list:
Dinesh Karthik
(capt), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell,
Carlos Brathwaite
, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, KC Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj. For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here
For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here
RCB vs KKR Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Russell blitzkrieg takes Kolkata to 5-wicket win
Royal Challlengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 17 LIVE Score Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders win by five wickets! Gill collects a single off the first ball of the final over to get his team through! Another sensational assault by Andre Russell to guide his team home from a tight position! RCB, meanwhile, may have put up their best batting performance so far in IPL 2019, but still can’t snap the losing streak.
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And that brings us to the end of the 17th match of IPL 2019, with Andre Russell helping KKR snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to extend RCB’s run of misery. Barring the blip in the Super Over at Delhi, Russell’s having an unbelievable tournament so far. RCB, meanwhile, have had a better day with the bat, but their bowlers were made to look clueless in the last four overs of the KKR innings.
We have another weekend double-header tomorrow: Ravichandran Ashwin plays his first match at Chepauk as Kings XI Punjab captain as his team take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the afternoon fixture. That will be followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad hosting an upbeat Mumbai Indians in the evening game.
Do join us in our coverage of the weekend matches. For now, it’s time for us to bid you all good night!
Andre Russell this IPL:
v SRH: 1,1,1,0,4,1,1,6,6,1,4,1,4,6,4,0,6,1,1
v KXIP: 0,1,1,1,0,1,1,6,4,4,6,6,6,6,4,1,W
v DC: 0,1,0,0,6,1,6,6,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,4,0,6,1,6,6,4,1,4,2,4,W
Superover v DC: 4,0,W
v RCB: 0,1,0,0,6nb,6,6,1,6,6,6,4,6
Highest batting SR in an IPL innings: (Min.40 runs scored)
372.72 – AB de Villiers v MI, Bangalore, 2015 (41 off 11)
369.23 – ANDRE RUSSELL v RCB, Bangalore, 2019* (48* off 13)
348.00 – Suresh Raina v KXIP, Mumbai, 2014 (87 off 25)
Take a bow, Russell!
‘Sacriest’ player in the world!
Russell is making a habit of this. What a finish! Just incredible. An exhibition of power-hitting. Bowler tried his best, changed lengths, bowled way outside the off-stump. But nothing was spared. KKR won the game with 5 balls to spare. Who would have thought that, three overs back!
And RCB’s losing streak continues…
Highest targets successfully chased by KKR in IPL:
206 v RCB at Bangalore in 2019*
200 v KXIP at Bangalore in 2014
191 v CSK at Chennai in 2012
Highest targets successfully chased against RCB in IPL:
206 – CSK at Chepauk in 2012
206 – CSK at Bangalore in 2018
206 – KKR at Bangalore in 2019*
After 19.1 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 206/5 ( Andre Russell 48 , Shubman Gill 3)
Kolkata Knight Riders win by five wickets! Gill collects a single off the first ball of the final over to get his team through! Another sensational assault by Andre Russell to guide his team home from a tight position! RCB, meanwhile, may have put up their best batting performance so far in IPL 2019, but still can’t snap the losing streak.
After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 205/5 ( Andre Russell 48 , Shubman Gill 2)
Gill brings Russell on strike right away by collecting a single off the first ball. Length ball to Russell off the second, which is smashed for a six by the Jamaican, who goes berserk for the remainder of the over, collecting three more sixes along with a four. Scores tied! KKR need 1 off 6.
The important question, when is it?
After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 176/5 ( Andre Russell 20 , Shubman Gill 1)
Dre Russ swings and misses while looking to heave towards the off side in the first two balls. Wide signalled in the third delivery after Siraj pitches the ball far too short. Bowls a beamer at Russell — who still manages to smack it for a six — that is called a no-ball for height, and also results in Siraj being taken off the attack. Stoinis completes the over, starting with the free hit, and is smashed for back-to-back sixes first up. Gill gets off the mark with a single off the last delivery. 23 runs conceded in this over. KKR need 30 off 12 balls.
After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 153/5 ( Andre Russell 1 , )
Single to DK off the first ball. Steep bouncer to Russell off the second that’s called a wide. Russell misses while attempting to cut a wide delivery off the next ball. Just a single to Dre Russ off the third. DK smashes a four and a six off the next two balls, before getting caught by Chahal at deep midwicket off the final delivery of the over. KKR need 53 off 18 balls.
OUT! Karthik smashes his pads in anger after holing out to Chahal in the deep midwicket/cow corner region. Went for another wild heave, but didn’t time this well enough. KKR 153/5
Karthik c Chahal b Saini 19(15)
Yes, DK has to get going!
After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 140/4 ( Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 8 , Andre Russell 0)
DK collects a single off the first ball. Rana reverse-sweeps the ball towards the cover fence for a double off the second. DROPPED! Siraj puts down another catch, this time giving Rana a reprieve after misjudging the trajectory of the ball at short third man. Chahal gets Rana dismissed off the fourth delivery, and very nearly gets two in two after appealing successfully for lbw against Karthik, which the KKR skipper overturns after going for the DRS. Chahal signs off with figures of 1/24 from four overs. KKR need 66 off 24 balls.
OUT! Big wicket for RCB under the current circumstances! Rana looks to go big towards the off side, going for an inside-out heave, but ends up getting caught by Klaasen at deep extra cover. KKR 139/4
Rana c (sub) Klaasen b Chahal 37(23)