IPL 2019
IPL 2019: Match 35 (KKR vs RCB): Kohli And Moeen Took Bangalore To Their Second Win
By CricShots - Apr 20, 2019 12:38 am
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost three matches in a row and slipped to the sixth position of the points table in this edition’s Indian Premier League (IPL). In the end, it was the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who succumbed them to their fourth consecutive loss. by 10 runs with the help of century from Virat Kohli. The KKR’s very own Andre Russell’s 25-ball 65 with nine sixes went in vain as KKR kept languishing at the bottom half.

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Virat Kohli scored his 5th IPL century

During the toss, the RCB skipper, Virat Kohli revealed that they have made a couple of changes to their squad as Umesh Yadav and AB de Villiers made way for Henrich Klaasen and Dale Steyn. On the other hand, KKR skipper, Dinesh Karthik said that they have made no changes to the squad.

WATCH – Moeen Ali Smashed Kuldeep For 27 Runs Before Getting Out

While batting first, Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel started their innings cautiously as they scored just 17 runs in the first three over and on the second ball of the fourth over itself, as Sunil Narine got successful in getting the wicket of Narine owing to a juggling catch by Nitish Rana at deep mid-wicket. Surprisingly, after Parthiv’s dismissal, Akshdeep Nath came out to bat despite having players like Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis and Klaasen in the batting line-up.

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Dale Steyn made a memorable comeback

However, that gamble failed for RCB as Nath was dismissed by Andre Russell in the 9th over, then Moeen Ali came out to bat and he built a strong partnership with Kohli. Both of them added 90 runs for the third wicket, before Ali getting out in the 16th over by Kuldeep Yadav. However, before getting out on the final ball of the over, Ali smashed Kuldeep for 27 runs with the help of three sixes and a couple of fours.

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After Ali’s dismissal, Kohli kept on slogging the KKR bowlers and brought up his fifth IPL century in just 58 balls with the help of 4 maximums and 9 boundaries. It was an innings to remember for Kohli, who helped RCB reach a mammoth score of  213/4. They amassed as many as 91 runs in the last 5 overs.

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Andre Russell and Nitish Rana

During the chase, KKR lost Chris Lynn in the first over itself owing to some brilliant bowling by Steyn. In the fourth over, even Narine got out followed by Narine getting out in the fourth over. In the very next over, Steyn dismissed the young Shubman Gill with the help of a brilliant catch by Kohli. After his dismissal, Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana added 46 runs for the fourth wicket as Uthappa was dismissed by Marcus Stoinis in the

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Then came Andre Russel to the crease and KKR needed almost 16 runs per over. He joined hands with started Rana and added as many as 118 runs in just 49 balls. They smashed some very big over like the 15th and the 19th overs were smashed for 20 and 19 runs respectively. KKR needed 23 runs in the final over and Ali came out to the ball and barred KKR to go over the line.

Brief Scores:

Royal Challengers Bangalore – 213/4 in 20 overs (V Kohli: 100, M Ali: 66; A Russell: 1/17) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders – 203/5 in 20 overs (N Rana: 85*, A Russell: 65; D Steyn: 2/40) by 10 runs

Here is the Twitter reacted to RCB’s win:

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