Mohammed Siraj’s magnificent effort helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to crush Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by eight wickets at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dh🀅abi on Wednesday.
The RCB speedster stunned KKR in the first innings with his outstanding bowling. He picked up three wickets in his first two ꦜovers, reducing KKR to 14 for 4.
Siraj’s effort with the ball helped him register his name in the record books. He became the first-ever bowler in the IPL history to deliver two maiden overs.
Apart from Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal bagged two scalps while Navdeep Saini and Washington Sundar earned one wicket each.
For KKR, skipper Eoin Morgan with 30 off 34 balls was their highest scorer. Lockie Ferguson with 19 and Kuldeep Yadav with made valuable contributions down the orderꦆ to reach 84/8 in 20 overs.
RCB secures the second place in the points table
Chasing 85 was never going to trouble RCB and precisely what happened. The Challengers only lost two wickets of Aaron Finch (16) and Devdutt Padikkal (25) befo🌠re 🥃they reached the set target in the 14th over.
It was the seventh win of RCB in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, and they have climbed to the second spot in the points table.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
What a big win for Kohli's team in game. Match was decided the moment KKR was 3 for 3 in just 3rd over but no fightback from KKR. Well done, 8 for 3 doesn't happen regularly even in gully cricket! Enjoy the night!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Si-raj.. King spell from him
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Such a disappointing match. need to seriously reconsider their top𝕴 ♛order. And also get Narine back into the playing side
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Virat pushing for the second run 🎃when only 1️⃣ was needed is the most Virat thing ever😅
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Amazing start for theꦇ game!! Double 𒀰wicket maiden from 0/3 wow 👏👏👏
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Words Aren't Enough To Describe ' Performance Tonight, It Was A Complete Team Work By The Boys. Proud To Be A RCB'ian! 🥰
— Prathamesh Avachare (@onlyprathamesh)
Hope everওyone who wanted to watch low-scoring games, is happy
— Hemant (@hemantbuch)
had four wins in the first 7 game𒅌s. One in the last three. They have a new captain. Narine gets reported. Russell gets injured. While Ferguson is huge plus, others need to lift their game. Especially the batsmen.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
🤦♂️
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
take the revenge of 2017 from
The wheel has turned.— Abhidutta A+ve 🇮🇳 (@A_Baral_)
Still r🐼emembeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr what KKR did after that game in 2017! Cutting a cake with ‘Play Bowled’ written on it. Revenge is sweet but we will be classier 😎
— Ajith Ramamurthy (@Ajith_tweets)
is committed to increase the NRR of . |
— Bold Espresso (@TheBoldEspresso)
Fans would be sleeping early tonight. This is happening for the first time this season when CSK isn't involved. 😭
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
