As IPL 2024 approaches the midway mark, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru engaged in a thriller at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Opting to bowl first, RCB had been handled to a deluge of strokeplay within the powerplay itself by Phil Salt (48 off 14), however after he departed, wickets fell at common intervals. Skipper Shreyas Iyer (50 off 36) tried to carry the innings collectively, and due to a quiet present with the bat by Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell, it took a cameo by Ramandeep Singh (24 off 9) to take KKR to 222.
RCB began fast of their chase earlier than Virat Kohli was dismissed in controversial trend and Faf du Plessis adopted. Will Jacks (55 off 32) and Rajat Patidar (52 off 23) stored the tempo up earlier than being dismissed by Andre Russell ( 3 for 25) in the identical over.
None of RCB’s subsequent batters appeared like they had been getting on high of the required run charge till Karn Sharma (20 off 7) hit Mitchell Starc for 3 sixes within the final over when he was dismissed with RCB needing three runs off the final two balls. Lockie Ferguson was then run out making an attempt a second run on the final ball leaving RCB in need of the mammoth 222 by only one run.
Listed below are all of the stats from the sport:
3 – Dinesh Karthik grew to become the third participant after MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma to play 250 IPL matches.
5 – 222/6 is KKR’s joint fifth-highest complete within the IPL.
3 – Phil Salt’s strike charge of 342.85 is the third highest in an innings of 40 runs or extra for KKR.
1 – That is the twenty seventh time that RCB conceded a complete above 200 within the IPL. That is now the joint highest alongside Punjab Kings.
4 – Virat Kohli grew to become the fourth participant after Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers to hit 250 sixes within the IPL.
4 – RCB’s powerplay complete of 74/2 was their fourth highest in IPL.
3 – Rajat Patidar received to his fifty off 21 balls which is the joint third quickest by an RCB participant.
13 – This was the thirteenth IPL match to have a successful margin of simply 1 run. This was additionally the primary time {that a} complete of 200 or extra had been defended by simply 1 run within the IPL.
1 – RCB’s 221 was the very best all-out by a group in all T20s.
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