IPL 2022 RCB vs KKR Highlights: Hasaranga shines in tense 3 wkt win for RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders: 129 was not easy to get for RCB. It required contributions from Willey, Rutherford, Shahbaz, and Dinesh Karthik to overpower Southee and Umesh

RCB vs KKR Highlights: It was the first match of the Indian Premier League 2022 that went down to the wire and into the last over with seven required from it and although Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to get those runs in only two balls, it was way close than what the final scorecard might tell. The target of 129 was chased by RCB with three wickets and four balls to spare at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on March 30, 2022. 

RCB vs KKR Match Summary

The chase didn't really start well for the red and gold brigade as they lost their top three in Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Anuj Rawat in the first three overs itself at a score of 17. But then David Willey and Sherfane Rutherford added 45 for the fourth wicket. After Willey's departure, Shahbaz Ahmed played a great knock (27 off 20 balls) and added 39 with Rutherford to take the game close before KKr lost three quick wickets in a space of seven balls one of which came through a sensational catch from Sheldon Jackson. 

However, with 17 required off the last 12 balls, Dinesh Karthik and Harshal Ptle saw the game through and won it with four balls to spare and three wickets in hand. 

Earlier in the evening, KKR could get up to only 128 runs thanks t0 some let hitting by Russell (25) and Umesh Yadav (18 off 12 balls) because had those runs not been added, getting to even 100 would have been difficult as half the team was blown in in Wanindu Hasaranga storm. 

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RCB vs KKR Player of the Match: 

Wanindu Hasaranga was adjudged as the Player of the Match for his brilliant bowling. He took four important wickets of Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson, and Tim Southee and finished his spell with figures of 4/20 in four overs and also claimed the Purple cap. 

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RCB Playing 11

Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

KKR Playing 11

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer(c), Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

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RCB vs KKR Live Score | RCB win by 3 wickets - That winning feeling

11:49 PM

RCB vs KKR Live Score | RCB win by 3 wickets - What's next?

 

With this three-wicket win, RCB have registered their first win in the season, and tomorrow, i.e. March 31, 2022, either one among Lucknow Super Giants or Chennai Super Kings will face each other in Match Number 7 of the IPL 2022 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. We at BS Web will be back for the coverage of that match as well. We Thank You for tuning into this one 

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RCB vs KKR Live Score | RCB win by 3 wickets | Match Summary

 

The chase didn't really start well for the red and gold brigade as they lost their top three in Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Anuj Rawat in the first three overs itself at a score of 17. But then David Willey and Sherfane Rutherford added 45 for the fourth wicket. After Willey's departure, Shahbaz Ahmed played a great knock (27 off 20 balls) and added 39 with Rutherford to take the game close before KKr lost three quick wickets in a space of seven balls one of which came through a sensational catch from Sheldon Jackson. 

 

However, with 17 required off the last 12 balls, Dinesh Karthik and Harshal Ptle saw the game through and won it with four balls to spare and three wickets in hand. 

 

Earlier in the evening, KKR could get up to only 128 runs thanks t0 some let hitting by Russell (25) and Umesh Yadav (18 off 12 balls) because had those runs not been added, getting to even 100 would have been difficult as half the team was blown in in Wanindu Hasaranga storm. 

11:45 PM

RCB vs KKR Live Score | RCB win by 3 wickets

It was the first match of the Indian Premier League 2022 that went down to the wire and into the last over with seven required from it and although Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to get those runs in only two balls, it was way close than what the final scorecard might tell. The target of 129 was chased by RCB with three wickets and four balls to spare at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on March 30, 2022. 

11:44 PM

RCB vs KKR Live Score | RCB win by 3 wickets | Wanindu Hasaranga- Player of the Match

 

Wanindu Hasaranga was adjudged as the Player of the Match for his brilliant bowling. He took four important wickets of Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson, and Tim Southee and finished his spell with figures of 4/20 in four overs and also claimed the Purple cap. 

11:23 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 132/7 after 19.2 overs, RCB win, yes it was that close!

11:21 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 132/7 after 19.2 overs, Kartik wins it for RCB

 

Six!! And that would be it now as the short ball from Andre Russell has been pulled over deep square leg for a six. Russell has been floored here as he was not 100% to bowl this and there was no other option hence he had to bowl it 

 

Four!! Now full from Russell and Karthik drives the straight down the ground for a four and that would be it. RCB win their first game of the season. A rather tightly contested one as this is also the first match that has gone to the last over and it had to be a low-scoring thriller, didn't it?

11:16 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 122/7 after 19 overs, RCB close in

 

With 17 needed off the last two overs, Venkatesh Iyer has been asked to bowl the 19th over which means that Andre Russell will bowl the 20th if the match goes to the 20th 

 

1 taken off the first ball and DK is on strike now and he survives a great run pout opportunity here. Umesh Yadav Should have thrown at the non-striker's end but he threw at the striker's end and as both Harshal and Karthik were at the striker's end and Karthik made it easily to the other end

 

Four!! Poor from Venky here as he bowl it short and at his pace short could be played anywhere and Harshal played it over the fine leg for four 

 

Dot now and he should keep bowling full and wide I don't know why did he bowl short and on the wickets on the last ball 

 

And yet another dot ball now and now it is 11 needed off 7 balls as two slower balls have been missed by the maestro of slower balls 

 

Four!! Oh no, once again he went short and once again he has been hammered down the ground for four past a diving Sam Billings and now it ios 7 needed of 6 balls 

11:09 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 112/7 after 18 overs, Southee bowls a stunning over

 

Tim Southee starts with a wide and gives a single off the next ball 

 

Sheldon Jackson can take the hat he is wearing and take a bow with it throughout the ground for the catch that he has pulled off here, this is just unbelievable as it was the wicket of settled Sherfane Rutherford 

 

Wicket!! Hold on here, there is still something left as after hitting a four, Hasaranga gets it high on his bat and the ball goes in the air and Russell takes s great catch running and RCB are now seven down for 111 and still need 18 off 13 balls. Southee is bowling a great over here 

11:01 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 105/5 after 17 overs, Tight over from Narine

 

It is pressure and its pressure cooker as even Narine is under pressure as he walks out of his run-up at the final moment of ball 4

 

So far he has given away only three runs from the first four balls and one run more off the fifth ball will make it four off the over so far. And on the last ball, he beast the bat and a dot ball is recorded. Now 24 needed off the last three with Southee and Russell to bowl and probably Venky?

10:56 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 101/5 after 16 overs, 28 off 24 now

 

This has been excellent over in the context of the game so far as Varun Chakravarthy here has given away only two runs of his first four. But can he get a wicket here is the question? 

 

Six!! Forget the wicket as he has now given a six here, comes down the crease and gets the ball on full, and dispatches this over mid-wicket for a six

 

Wicket!! Finally, the one bowled with the brains as Varun saw Shabaz coming down and dragged the length and Jackson behind the stumps does the rest and its a wicket for Chakravarthy at last 

10:48 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 93/4 after 15 overs, great over from Southee

 

Tim Southee has been brought back into the attack and thiis more about face-saving rather than bold captaincy. All these moves of bringing in Southee and Yadava should have been done earlier by Shreyas. At least he should have bowled his spinners out for god's sake, But what he is doing is only he can tell

 

But just as I say, Southee is giving more weightage to my words as he has asked for a review on caught behind, but the review says not out even as the wicket-keeper and bowler looked so confident about this. But nevertheless, it is just four runs from the over and in the last five, RCB need 36 off it with six wickets in hand. 

10:43 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 89/4 after 14 overs, great spell from Umesh

10:37 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 85/4 after 13 overs, 15 from the Russell over

 

Free hit. It's a no-ball from Andre Russell and it is totally criminal. Russell throughout the game has been very poor as while batting instead of rotating the strike when he was in good form, he went for heavy-hitting and lost the wicket, and here too, he has so far conceded 14 in just 8 balls. 

 

Six!! Add some more to it now as he has been hammered for a six here by Shahbaz Ahmed over the mid-wicket boundary. Oh, what a mess this Russ4ell has been in this match so far. 

 

Six!! And one more wow. What a hitting this has been from Shahbaz Ahmed as he hits this one gain, an action replay for a six 

 

This is also poor captaincy from Shreyas Iyer who brought in Russell when he had one over each left of Narine and Chakravarthy and also had Venkatesh Iyer in the store. Very poor cricket from KKR 15 runs come in this over and all the pressure is now released. 

10:29 PM

RCB vs KKR Live | RCB Live Score 70/4 after 12 overs, Varun Chakravarthy expensive

 

Four!! While on one hand, Narine has been keeping it tight and making it a match for the KKR, Varun Chakravarthy has been really wayward as he bowls short and gives room for Rutherford to cut for four here 

 

In a game where the team is defending 128, Chakravarthy in his three overs has given away 25 runs without taking a wicket, which is really pathetic when the team is counting on you to bowl cheaply and take wickets