Sunil Narine ambushes Royal Challengers again
The Trinidadian smashed a 17-ball half-century to kickstart Knight Riders' chase after Nitish Rana's part-time offspin took out AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli to help restrict RCB to 176
The Trinidadian smashed a 17-ball half-century to kickstart Knight Riders' chase after Nitish Rana's part-time offspin took out AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli to help restrict RCB to 176
Commentator: Nikhil Kalro
11.38pm Clinical from Kolkata Knight Riders. They first kept RCB to a total that was about 10 runs below par, then they came out and aced their chase, led by Sunil Narine's stunning fifty, the joint fourth-fastest in IPL history. There were cameos right through that innings, Dinesh Karthik and Nitish Rana made nice contributions to carry KKR home on a favourable chasing ground.
RCB have not started very well, their bowlers were taken apart by KKR's batsmen right through. They'll find a way to fight back soon.
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Presentation time.
Sunil Narine is the Man of the Match: "It's good to get the ball rolling right away. I wouldn't see myself as an opening batsman. That's the role I get to play, if I get out the first ball, it's okay."
Dinesh Karthik: "Good to get off to a good start. If AB and Kohli went till the end, it would have been tough, but we got lucky. We all play for the crowd. Love to play for a team like this and a crowd like this."
Virat Kohli: "We were 15 short with the bat, myself included. I played too many dot balls. Me and AB getting out in two balls to a part-timer was game changing as well. We made a good game out of it. Quite a few positives. Difficult for the spinners to bowl on."
Vinay Kumar. 9 to win off 12.
Sunil Narine stuck with his nonchalant swinging and proved effective against the odds yet again
Should Royal Challengers have bowled more pace in the Powerplay, and did the umpires fail to call a number of bouncers?
The Trinidadian smashed a 17-ball half-century to kickstart Knight Riders' chase after Nitish Rana's part-time offspin took out AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli to help restrict RCB to 176
Both teams begin the new season with rejuvenation on their minds, and both have been hurt by injuries to key fast bowlers