Kolkata Knight Riders started this IPL phase with two wins without a loss. Then, this time they face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the real competition. In the current match, Bengaluru lost 7 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Bengaluru batted and collected a total of 182 runs in 20 overs. They lost six wickets. Kolkata Knight Riders' exhilarated skipper Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings of 83 runs alone.
However, the innings was left behind and the victory was lifted in 16.5 overs by the Kolkata team.
In the previous match, Kohli scored 77 runs off 49 balls against Punjab Kings. He contributed immensely to the team. However, Kohli and his team did not finish the match.
Next batting partner Cameron Green took 61 runs with Kohli and Green. However, although Green was dismissed for 33 in the ninth over, Kohli had hope for the next fifty.
However, Maxwell was dismissed after scoring 28 runs in one bat over. After that, Kolkata piled on to a total of 183 for 124 with the loss of 3 wickets in 14.1 overs.
Kolkata pacer Russell took two wickets, costing 29 runs. Starc, on the other hand, failed to score 47 runs in 4 overs but failed to get a wicket.
Kolkata Knight Riders' batting also got off to a good start. The two openers, Sunil Narine and Phil Salt played a brilliant innings of 86 runs before six overs. Both of them were able to show emphasis and creativity.
The effect of these two openers increased in the yellow jersey. Later, Kolkata team captains Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer faced brilliant batting. The Kolkata team was in a very bright situation as a result of their parable partnership. Despite the loss of 7 wickets, they managed to score a total of 124 runs.
In this match, Bengaluru's batting was not exciting and they may be denied to complete their target. Kolkata Knight Riders started their successful journey in this season's IPL with a win of their own in this match.