On Sunday night, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) claimed a 6-wicket victory (with 5 balls to spare) against the hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru).

KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik won the toss and decided to field first. RCB put 175/4 on the board at the end of 20 overs. In reply, the visiting side KKR successfully chased down that target in 19.1 overs after losing 4 wickets.

Brief Scores: RCB – 175/4 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 68, Brendon McCullum 38, Andre Russell 3/31)

KKR – 176/4 in 19.1 overs (Chris Lynn 62*, Robin Uthappa 36, Murugan Ashwin 2/36)

Result – KKR won by 6 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) RCB scored 40/0 in the powerplay.

• It was the fourth consecutive IPL game for KKR where they failed to take a wicket in the powerplay. 

ii) RCB skipper Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 68 runs.

• The second highest IPL knock by an RCB captain against KKR. The record is 75* by Virat Kohli at Kolkata on May 16, 2016.
• Third highest IPL knock by an RCB batsman against KKR at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru).

Top IPL knocks for RCB against KKR at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)

iii) RCB scored 175/4 in 20 overs.

• The second highest IPL total for RCB against KKR. The record is 185/7 (20 overs) on May 2, 2016.

iv) KKR opening batsman Chris Lynn completed his half-century in 42 balls.

• Third slowest IPL half-century by a KKR batsman against RCB.

Slowest IPL half-centuries by KKR batsmen against RCB

v) KKR batsman Chris Lynn was not out for 62 runs.

• Third highest IPL knock by a KKR batsman against RCB at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru).

Top IPL knocks for KKR against RCB at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)

vi) At the end of the match, Robin Uthappa has scored total 2,005 runs for KKR in IPL career.

• The second KKR batsman to score 2,000 or more IPL runs. The first KKR batsman to achieve this feat was Gautam Gambhir who had scored 3,035 IPL runs for KKR.

vii) It was Virat Kohli’s 24^th T20 50+ innings in losing cause.

• Joint most no. of T20 50+ knocks in the losing cause. Chris Gayle has also 24 T20 50+ innings in losing cause.