Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) finally ended their 4-match losing streak after registering a stylish victory ag🐠ainst Royal Challengers Bangalo꧙re (RCB) in Match 36 of Indian 💫Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Wednesday.
Put in to bat, the Knight Riders started off their innings with a bang, with opener Jason Roy smashing a tremendous half-century, scoring 56 runs off 29 balls, including 5 sixes. Skipper Nitish Rana also played a crucial role with 48 runs off 21 ball🐟s featuring 4 sixes. Other batters chipped in with some useful contributions as KKR finished at 200/5 in 20 overs.
For the Challengers, ace Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga was the most successful bowler, taking 2 wickets for 24 runs in his 4 overs. Vijaykumar Vyshak also shined wit🦂h the ball and bagged a coupl🐈e of scalps.
In response, RCB got off to a decent start, with stand-in captain Virat Kohli leading his side from the𝓀 front and scoring 54 runs off 37 balls. However, none of the other batters could contribute significantly, and RCB lost wickets at regular intervals.
Mahipal Lomror‘s 34 runs off 18 balls and Dinesh Karthik’s 22 runs off 18 balls were the only other notable contributions from RCB’s batting lineup. Eventually, the hosts only managed to score 179/8 in their 20 overs, falling short of the target by 21 runs.
For KKR, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy was their pick of the bowlers, picking up a sensational three-wicket haul while conceding only 27 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Suyash Sharma also bowled well, taking 2 wickets for 30 💯runs in ꦉhis 4 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙤𝙪�✃� 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙛 🃏𝙝𝙖𝙥��𝙮𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 💜
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
A setback today but we'll dust ourselves off and bounce back. 🙌
Those chants even when we needed 24 off the last ball will be ou💖r motivation as we prepare for our long away leg.
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Well done what a win . Top knock captai𒐪n and Varun superb bowling ⭐️❤️
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
All batsman other tha💧n Faf,ꦓKohli and Maxwell in RCB
— Anurag Dwivedi 🏏 (@AnuragxCricket)
RCB Never Win IPL Trophy.. Haarcb
— Vishwajit Patil (@_VishwajitPatil)
KKR vs RCB in the last 5 games in Chinnaswamy:
KKR won
KKR won
KKR won
KKR won
KKR won— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Liked the way Nitish Rana led the side. On the Bangaluru pitch using spin to the be🐎st effect. Well d🦹one spinners too
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Varun Chakravarthy dedicates his Player Of The Match award to his new born bಞaby and wife.
– When Harsha asked when he'd see his newborn, Varun replied "after the IPL".
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Strong performance by Kolkata Knight Riders:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
against Haarcb be like :
Eat
Sleep
Repeat &
Defeat !!😂— sʜᴜʙʜᴀᴍ ᴋᴜᴍᴀʀ | ɪɴᴅɪᴀ�🌳�🇳�ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ�🇳 (@_Mr_Shubham__)
