KKR vs RCB: In the 9th match of IPL 2023 played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, KKR defeated RCB by 81 runs. Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 204 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Gurbaj and Shardul Thakur played half-century innings. In response to 205 runs, RCB got all out after scoring 123 runs in 17.4 overs. Varun Chakraborty took four wickets.
RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, KKR got off to a poor start. David Willey gave two big shocks by dismissing Venkatesh and Mandeep Singh in the same over. At one stage, Kolkata had lost 5 wickets on the score of 89. Andre Russell, playing his 100th match, was dismissed for a duck.
A 103-run partnership between Shardul and Rinku Singh
After this Rinku Singh and Shardul took the innings forward. Shardul batting fast scored the first half-century of his T20 career. Shardul scored 68 off 29 balls. At the same time, Rinku Singh played an inning of 46 runs off 33 balls. There was a 103-run partnership between the two for the sixth wicket. In the last over, Umesh Yadav hit a four and took the team's score past 200.
Kohli and du Plessis's bat did not work
RCB got off to a brisk start chasing the target. Kohli and Faf took the score past 40 in the first four overs. Sunil Narayan's score of 44 gave the first blow to RCB. Narayan, playing his 150th match, achieved his first success by bowling Kohli.
5 batsmen could not touch double figures
After this, Chakraborty gave a big blow to the team by dismissing Faf. Chakraborty, who became the mystery bowler for RCB, made Harshal Patel, Maxwell, and Akash Deep his victims. 5 RCB batsmen were able to cross the double figure. RCB got all out after scoring 123 runs in 17.4 overs. Captain du Plessis scored 23 runs for the team. Five batsmen could not even cross the double figure. And one batsman got out on zero.
