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Updated April 18th, 2021 at 19:21 IST

IPL 2021, KKR vs RCB Match Highlights: RCB's dream run continues, defeat KKR by 38 runs

IPL 2021, RCB vs KKR Live Score Online: RCB eye third straight win against misfiring KKR at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium. RCB skipper Virat Kohli needs to score 56 runs to register 6,000 IPL runs

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KKR 166/8 (20)

 

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KKR 163/8 (19.3)

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KKR 161/7 (18.4)

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Andre Russell has starting wreaking havoc at the Chepauk as he amassed 20 runs in Chahal's over. KKR 146/5 (17)

 

 

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KKR 121/5 (15)

 

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KKR 114/4 (13.3)

 

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Harshal Patel dismissed Eoin Morgan after his lucky escape when his miss-hit fall between Siraj and Chahal. 

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KKR 98/4 (12)

  

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KKR 93/4 (11)

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KKR 74/4 (8.3)

 

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KKR skipper Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik are in the middle and looking to stitch a partnership to remain in chance. KKR 74/3 (8.2)

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Washington Sundar provided a crucial breakthrough as he dismissed dangerous-looking Rahul Tripathi on 20. KKR 57/2 (6)

  

 

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KKR 45/1 (5)

  

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KKR 35/1 (3.5)

  

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KKR 33/1 (3.1)

  

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KKR 17/0 (1.3)

  

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RCB 204/4 (20)

  

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RCB 187/4 (19.1)

  

 

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RCB 176/4 (18.4)

  

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RCB 159/4 (17.3)

  

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Maxwell and de Villiers stitched their 50 runs partnership in 31 balls as the duo head to the death overs.  RCB 147/3 (16.3)

  

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Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers smashed Varun Chakravarthy for 17 runs. RCB 136/3 (15.2)

  

 

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RCB 121/3 (14.2)

  

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From the commentary box, Murali Karthik said that holding Varun Chakravarthy after his 1st over is proving costly for KKR. 

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RCB 95/3 (11.3)

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RCB 95/2 (11)

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KKR bowling Kyle Mills from the sidelines said that Chakravarthy proved very good in his first over but was held back for de Villiers. Although now it is important to break Maxwell and Padikkal's partnership. 

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RCB 79/2 (9.2)

 

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RCB 67/2 (8)

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Maxwell and Padikkal go to rebuilding mode as strategic time-out going on. RCB 53/2 (7)

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Eoin Morgan's tactic to start with spinners in the powerplay seems to be working as RCB is finding it difficult to get runs. RCB 24/2 (4.3)

 

 

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RCB 9/2 (2.2)

 

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RCB 6/1 (1.2)

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Despite bowling a no-ball and giving away boundary on free hit, Harbhajan Singh finished the first over at high. RCB 6/0 (1)

 

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Virat Kohli on winning the toss said, " We will bat first, the pitch will become slower and slower as the game goes on, but this surface looks better, want to put up a decent total on the board. We're playing three overseas players - Dan Christian misses out, Rajat Patidar is in. We just want to do a professional job, do the process right, take one game at a time and enjoy - keep calm under pressure."

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On losing the toss Eoin Morgan said, "We were looking to bat first as well, we've played good cricket despite the last game. No changes for us, same team. We have done pretty well in the first two games, and want to finish things in Chennai on a high. When I was the vice-captain, my role was to support DK, now as a captain, it's just about letting the team flow and make the correct decisions on the field. Obviously, have a lot of support from the backroom staff."

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Virat Kohli wins the toss and elected to bat first at the Chepauk

 

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The misfiring Kolkata Knight Riders will look to bring their campaign back on track when they take on table-toppers Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL here on Sunday. In the battle between the world's two best white-ball captains, Eoin Morgan and Virat Kohli, the Bengaluru franchise will hold a slight edge over Kolkata after its two wins from as many outings.

Known for his tactical nous and man-management skills, the World Cup-winning English skipper will be keen to bring KKR back on track after a familiar middle-order collapse cost them the game against Mumbai Indians.

Can KKR rediscover their rhythm?

After two ordinary seasons, the purple brigade started its campaign in an emphatic fashion, ticking all the boxes against Sunrisers Hyderabad. But against their nemesis MI, KKR middle-order collapsed in an inexplicable fashion to suffer their 12th loss from 13 matches. Morgan's astute captaincy in using his bowling resources was the highlight as KKR had bowled out MI for a modest 152.

In his new role of bowling at the death, Andre Russell has taken six wickets at an impressive average of 7.83 but has failed to deliver with the bat. With 14 runs from two matches, the big-hitting Jamaican has looked a shadow of his past.

Vice-captain Dinesh Karthik, too, will be under pressure to deliver after his painstaking stay in the middle in the last game. While Nitish Rana has impressed the most in batting, their star opener Shubman Gill has faltered after impressive starts, and KKR would hope the youngster fires in the coming days.

On a slow Chepauk deck where batting at the death has been a concern, KKR's bowling has been a revelation with Morgan cleverly using his resources.

Against the star-studded RCB who are yet to fire in unison this season, KKR's bowling would once again look to make an impact.

It would not be a bad idea to bring in left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav in place of veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who has bowled just the opening over in each of the two matches.

RCB look to continue their splendid run 

Boasting a famed batting line-up in Kohli, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, and the talented youngster Devdutt Padikkal, RCB are yet to perform to their full potential. But it did not matter much as RCB have won both their matches with new signing Maxwell holding fort in the middle and the likes of Shahbaz Ahmed and Harshal Patel making the difference in bowling.

Bought for ₹14.25 crore in the 2021 auction, Maxwell has bounced back from a poor last season in the UAE. On a difficult batting wicket, Maxwell's 59 -- his first IPL half-century since 2016 -- was the cornerstone before Bengal left-arm spinner Shahbaz turned it around against SRH in the 17th over, taking three wickets for one run.

In their first match, Harshal Patel's five-for set it up before de Villiers' 48 sealed a two-wicket win over defending champions MI. Kohli will be keen that his star-studded batting fires in unison against KKR.

Teams (from):

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (capt), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Washington Sundar, Pavan Deshpande, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahamad, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Sachin Baby, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Dan Christian, KS Bharat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (capt), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer and Pawan Negi.

(With PTI Inputs)

(Image Courtesy: Twitter@RCBTweets/Insta KKRiders)
 

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Published April 18th, 2021 at 13:11 IST