- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.2 gone through McCullum! A short offbreak, McCullum picks the length early, goes back and looks to hit that over midwicket but he was too early through the shot. The ball goes on and hits middle and off stump. 63/21.4 taken at short third man! Another indicator that de Kock did not read Piyush Chawla. A legbreak on middle and off, de Kock looks for a reverse sweep, takes a thick leading edge and lobs to short third man. Legspin comes with extra revolutions and very very often top edges too. 18/114.3 yorked! And he's on a hat-trick. It's a full ball on Kohli's toes, and he can't dig it out. He misses the defense and the ball crashes into middle stump. Rana, you beauty! Takes two in two and KKR are right back in it once again 127/414.2 skied! And taken at long on. Another short ball on off, but AB wants to send that into the Ganges river. Tried to muscle this over the leg side, but it's been top edged. Johnson calls for the catch early and takes a swirler. The part-timer has broken the partnership 127/318.1 taken at long-on! Sarfraz picks out the fielder. That was a stumbling, stalling innings. Full outside off, Sarfraz mis-times a lofted drive down the throat of long-on. Kohli isn't happy Sarfraz didn't go through with the shot. 154/519.5 taken on the deep sweeper cover boundary. Full and wide, Mandeep slices the ball off the outside half to the fielder. Just a little more power and that would have been another six. A very tidy cameo from Mandeep, the impetus is now there. 176/619.6 a nice slower ball and Russell will take the catch! Two wickets in two balls to finish the over. Woakes is through the shot too early, the ball takes the lower half of the bat and lobs to cover. Russell runs back and takes a good catch. 176/7Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL176/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.8)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Quinton de Kock, 1.4 ov), 2-63 (Brendon McCullum, 8.2 ov), 3-127 (AB de Villiers, 14.2 ov), 4-127 (Virat Kohli, 14.3 ov), 5-154 (Sarfaraz Khan, 18.1 ov), 6-176 (Mandeep Singh, 19.5 ov), 7-176 (Chris Woakes, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Vinay Kumar 2 0 30 2 15 6 3 3 0 0 PP Chawla 4 0 31 1 7.75 10 2 2 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 3 0 33 0 11 4 1 2 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 30 1 7.5 9 3 1 0 0 MG Johnson 4 0 30 1 7.5 12 4 1 0 0 AD Russell 2 0 10 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 N Rana 1 0 11 2 11 3 1 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.2 Umesh strikes! A thick inside edge into off stump. A low full toss outside off, Narine is clearly harried for pace. He looks to drive the ball but he is very late on the shot, a thick inside edge hits off stump and RCB have some relief. A job extremely well done from Narine. He is the only player with two fifties off 17 balls or lesser in IPL. 65/21.5 de Villiers takes Lynn! A nice catch. A short, wide delivery outside off. Lynn is too far away from the ball to make adequate contact. All he can do is chip the ball away over cover. But there is enough airtime for AB to run to his left and backwards, his eyes peeled on the ball right through its trajectory and completes the play. Good bowling from Woakes too to bowl that wider 16/17.3 McCullum takes the catch at backward point. It's a bad shot, short and wide, the ball moving away, Uthappa looks to swat the ball over midwicket but it's the wrong shot. A cut would have been a better shot. But he chose the pull and to add to that, he's hurries on the shot. So the ball takes the splice and lobs up. 83/314.3 and given! LBW. But Rana wants to review. That was the drifter. Sliding in through the air, pitches in front of middle and hits him in front of middle. That's relatively plumb. He missed a big sweep that he attempted, the ball was too full to play that stroke. No bat on that. Two reds and juuuust clipping the side of leg stump. A smile on umpire Shamsuddin's face. That was close. 138/415.4 the third bouncer of the over? It's short again, goes past Rinku's pull again. Kohli thinks there is a definite edge on the pull. So he chooses to review. That is definitely at least the second bouncer of the over? RCB keep bowling bouncers and keep getting away with it, not their fault if the umpires are not calling them, obviously. Replays indicate there is an edge on that, so Rinku will have to go. He should have got at least one no-ball this over, though. I've not seen a single one-bouncer signal from an umpire today. 146/517.4 Russell holes out! A slower delivery outside off, just inside the tramline. Clears his front leg, and skews the ball off the outside half towards long-off. AB runs back and to his right from mid-off. McCullum runs in from long-on. McCullum will never let the ball go. Nor will AB. They almost collide. But AB takes a good catch eventually. 164/6Extras13 (lb 3, w 10)TOTAL177/6 (18.5 Overs, RR: 9.39)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Chris Lynn, 1.5 ov), 2-65 (Sunil Narine, 5.2 ov), 3-83 (Robin Uthappa, 7.3 ov), 4-138 (Nitish Rana, 14.3 ov), 5-146 (Rinku Singh, 15.4 ov), 6-164 (Andre Russell, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB YS Chahal 3 0 29 0 9.66 6 3 1 1 0 CR Woakes 4 0 36 3 9 15 5 2 2 0 Washington Sundar 4 0 48 1 12 4 2 4 1 0 UT Yadav 4 0 27 2 6.75 13 3 1 2 0 K Khejroliya 3.5 0 34 0 8.86 6 2 1 4 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days
08 April 2018 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 5
- Over 11.1: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Batting), Umpire - C Shamshuddin, Batsman - AB de Villiers (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (V Kohli 17, AB de Villiers 34, Ex 0)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 176/7 in 20.0 overs (Washington Sundar 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 0
- SP Narine: 50 off 17 balls (4 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 5
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (N Rana 22, KD Karthik 27, Ex 6)
- Over 14.3: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Umpire - C Shamshuddin, Batsman - N Rana (Umpires call)
- Over 15.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - A Deshmukh, Batsman - RK Singh (Upheld)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 10
Match Coverage
All Match NewsNarine's uncomplicated manner works against spin again
Sunil Narine stuck with his nonchalant swinging and proved effective against the odds yet again
Talking points: A trick missed against Narine, and bizarre umpiring
Should Royal Challengers have bowled more pace in the Powerplay, and did the umpires fail to call a number of bouncers?
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
RCB look to spoil Dinesh Karthik's captaincy debut
Both teams begin the new season with rejuvenation on their minds, and both have been hurt by injuries to key fast bowlers