Currently, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are locking horns with each other at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. After winning the toss, the KKR skipper, Dinesh Karthik asked the visitors to bat first. However, the visitors started on a rough note as their lost Parthiv Patel in the fourth over of the match itself.
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 said that they have made no changes to the squad.
Kohli and Parthiv 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, 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.
WATCH – Nitish Rana Takes A Juggling Catch To Dismiss Parthiv Patel
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.
WATCH – Moeen Ali Smashed Kuldeep For 27 Runs Before Getting Out
A funny incident took place in the 18th over of Nairne as, when he was going back to his bowling stride after delivery suddenly realized Kohli was mocking Mankading. The term ‘Mankanding’ has been a buzz word in IPL 2019 after R Ashwin did it to Jos Buttler.
Here is the video of the same:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1119286383678382081
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 over.
