Match Recap: KKR vs RCB, IPL 2024:
KKR vs RCB From Controversy To Emotions, Kolkata Knight Riders win a thrilling match by 1 run in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday.
KKR vs RCB Match Highlights
Toss: RCB won the and chose to bowl.
A raging start politeness (Phil Salt) followed by a restrained fifty from skipper (Shreyas Iyer) followed by late embellishment from (Ramandeep Singh) helped KKR post a big total of 221/6 in 20 overs against RCB.
(Salt) smashed 48 off 14 before RCB success back. (Shreyas) then skinned off his first fifty of the tournament and then (Ramandeep) ablaze away in the death overs with an unbeaten 24 off 9. (Cameron Green) and (Yash Dayal) took two wickets each for RCB.
After a poor start, the likes of (Will Jacks) and (Rajat Patidar) came in to singe the KKR bowlers at comfort and set RCB up. But, an extraordinary couple of overs, one from (Sunil Narine) and the other from (Andre Russell) confirmed that the duo scalped two wickets each and quieted the RCB ranks once again.
When all expectation was lost going into the last over, with (Dinesh Karthik) not at the strike and RCB needing 22 runs off the last over, (Karn Sharma) derived in with three sixes off Starc, but when it counted the most chop, as KKR earned out a thrilling 1-run win.
KKR won the match by 1 Run!
Key Players:
Andre Russell (Man of the Match): With his best all-rounding performance scored 27 runs from 20 balls and took 3 wickets.
Phil Salt: Horrible batting scored 48 runs in just 14 balls.
Rajit Patidar: Play a valuable knock for the team he scored 52 runs in 23 balls.
Conclusion:
Kolkata Knight Riders played a match on nerves and won a match by just 1 run they are confident with this much-closed contest and they are well prepared against Punjab Kings, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru they are almost out of the tournament they need to play good cricket in remaining matches, they faced Sunrises Hyderabad in their next match.
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