RCB vs KKR: Kolkata's fifth consecutive win at their home over Bangalore, Kohli's team stuck in Suyash-Varun's spin

In the 36th match of IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs. Batting first after losing the toss in the match played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Kolkata scored 200 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs. Jason Roy scored 56 runs in 29 balls with the help of four fours and five sixes. At the same time, captain Nitish Rana played an inning of 48 runs in 21 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes. In response, the Bangalore team could only manage 179 runs after losing eight wickets in 20 overs. Captain Virat Kohli played an inning of 54 runs in 37 balls with the help of six fours.

The Kolkata team won the first match after losing four consecutive matches. At the same time, the Bangalore team got defeated after two consecutive wins. KKR has three wins and five losses in eight matches. With six points, the team is in the seventh position in the points table. At the same time, Bangalore's team is fifth in the points table with four wins and four losses in eight matches.

Kolkata's second consecutive win over Bangalore
The Kolkata team has won both their matches against Bangalore this season. Earlier, KKR defeated RCB by 81 runs at Eden Gardens. Then KKR scored 204 runs batting first and bundled out Bangalore for 123 runs. In that match, Kolkata spinners took nine wickets over Bangalore. At the same time, in this match also, the KKR spinners did not allow the RCB batsmen to play freely. Suyash took two and Varun took three wickets.

Bangalore and Kolkata teams have come face to face 32 times so far. Kolkata has always had an upper hand in these. KKR has won 18 matches, while Bangalore has won 14 matches. At the same time, both the teams have come face to face 12 times at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Of these, Kolkata has won eight and Bangalore has won four. In the last six matches between the two, KKR has won four and Bangalore has won two.

Since 2016, Kolkata has played five matches at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and has won all five.
2016 - KKR won by five wickets.
2017 - KKR won by six wickets.
2018 - KKR won by six wickets.
2019 - KKR won by five wickets.
2023 - KKR won by 21 runs.

Kolkata innings
Batting first, Kolkata scored 200 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs. Jason Roy and Narayan Jagadishan shared an 83-run partnership for the first wicket. Jason completed his second consecutive half-century this season in 22 balls. This was his overall fourth half-century of IPL. Vijaykumar Vaishak dismissed both Jagadishan and Jason in the 10th over. Vaishak first got Jagdishan caught by David Willey. He could score 27 runs in 29 balls.

After this, Jason Roy was clean bowled on the last ball of the over. Jason was able to score 56 runs in 29 balls with the help of four fours and five sixes. After this, captain Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer shared an 80-run partnership for the third wicket. Siraj and Harshal dropped two catches of Nitish and gave two lives.

Due to this, the captain played an inning of 48 runs in 21 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes. Vanindu Hasaranga sent both Nitish and Venkatesh to the pavilion on the 18th. First, he got Nitish caught by Vaishak. After this Venkatesh was caught by Maxwell. Venkatesh could score 31 runs in 26 balls with the help of three fours.

Andre Russell failed once again and scored one run and was clean bowled by Siraj. Rinku Singh remained unbeaten after scoring 18 runs in 10 balls and David Weiss scored 12 runs in three balls. Vanindu Hasaranga and Vaishak took two wickets each for Bangalore. At the same time, Siraj got a wicket. In the last five overs, Kolkata lost three wickets and scored 69 runs. KKR added 15 runs in the last over.

Bangalore innings
Chasing the target of 201 runs, the Bangalore team got off to a brisk start by impact player Faf Duplessis and skipper Virat Kohli. Both had added 30 runs in two overs. After this, leg-spinner Suyash Sharma came to bowl in the third over and took the wicket of Duplessis. He could score 17 runs in seven balls with the help of one four and two sixes.

After this, Suyash got Shahbaz Ahmed out of lbw. Varun Chakraborty made Glenn Maxwell his victim. He could score five runs. After this, Kohli and Mahipal Lomror shared a 55-run partnership for the fourth wicket. To increase the run rate of Lomror, Russell was caught by Varun's ball. He could score 34 runs in 18 balls with the help of one four and three sixes.

Meanwhile, Kohli scored his fifth half-century of the season. He completed Fifty in 33 balls. This was the 49th half-century of Kohli's IPL career. However, as the asking rate increased, Kohli also got caught by Russell off Venkatesh. He could score 54 runs in 37 balls with the help of six fours.

Dinesh Karthik became the victim of Varun after scoring 22 runs in 18 balls. Suyash Prabhudesai was dismissed for 10 runs and Vanindu Hasaranga for five runs. David Willey remained unbeaten after scoring 11 runs and Vijaykumar Vaishak scored 13 runs. Varun took three wickets from Kolkata. He was given the Player of the Match award for this performance. At the same time, Suyash Sharma and Andre Russell got two wickets each.