IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Highlights: Shardul, Varun give Kolkata a huge victory

Indian Premier League 2023, RCB vs KKR Highlights: Varun Chakaravarthy took four wickets and Shardul Thakur scored 68 off just 29 balls as Kolkata Knight Riders defended 204 easily and won by 81 runs

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Highlights

Kolkata Knight Riders registered a great win in their first game at home as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs at the Eden Gardens. The chase by the Bangalore side went nowhere after they lost their first wicket in the fifth over when Virat Kohli was bowled by Sunil Narine. Varun Chakaravarthy took four wickets while debutant Suyash Sharma took three. Narine, apart from getting Kohli, also removed Shahbaz Ahmed. 

Earlier in the evening, after losing the toss and being asked to bat first, the Knight Riders were in all sort of trouble when they were reduced to 89-5 in 11.3 overs. Later on, Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh added 103 runs in 45 balls. Thakur scored 68 off just 29 balls. 

KKR vs RCB, Toss details

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and decided to bowl first. 

Also Read: IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB preview: Bullish Bangalore up against Kolkata at Eden

KKR playing 11

Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy 

Impact Substitute options Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, N Jagadeesan, David Wiese

RCB playing 11

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Impact Substitute options Finn Allen, Sonu Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat

KKR vs RCB, IPL 2023 Live Streaming and Broadcast

The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore can be live-streamed on the Jio Cinema app and website subscription free. It can also be viewed on TV sets on the Star Sports network. 

KKR vs RCB, IPL 2023 Highlights: Catch all the updates from the match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens here

11:13 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Chakaravarthy has the last wicket, Kolkata win by 81 runs

 

Kolkata Knight Riders have won an easy game here and it is only fitting that Varun Chakaravarthy has taken the last wicket. He took three wickets at the start of the innings and broke the back of the Bangalore’s chase. 

 

11:08 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: 100 up for Bangalore

 

Bangalore brought up their hundred, though they are nine down for 122 in the 17th over. 

 

10:56 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Suyash has his third, gets Karn Sharma

 

What a game it has turned out to be for the spin trio of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Varyun Chakaravarthy picked three, Suyash has picked his three and Sunil Narine has picked two. The only wicket to the pacer has been taken by Shardul Thakur

 

10:54 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Impact player has instant impact on the game

10:50 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Suyash is Kolkata’s impact player

10:40 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Impact player makes impact, gets opposite impact player

 

Kolkata’s impact substitute Suyash Sharma outfoxed Bangalore’s impact player Anuj Rawat. This is also the first wicket for Suyash in the IPL. He came in as a substitute player for Venkatesh Iyer

 

10:38 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Anuj Rawat comes in as impact player

 

Anuj Rawat has come in as the new man as he has been introduced as the impact player for RCB in place of Mohd Siraj

 

10:35 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Thakur effective with the ball too

 

Shardul Thakur, who hit 68 off just 29 with the bat, has picked up a wicket in his first over itself as he has removed Michael Bracewell who looked well set at 19 and was looking to go big. 

 

10:29 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Impact player Suyash Sharma into the attack

 

Suyash Sharma, a 19-year old with hairs like Colin de Grandhomme but not exactly the mullet, is running almost as much in his run up as a medium pacer would. He has been introduced into the attack

 

10:21 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Narine has his second, Bangalore five down

 

Shahbaz Ahmad has been removed as he tried to reverse sweep Sunil Narine. The wicket is not easy to play spinners. It was evident even when Karn Sharma was bowling and even now it is difficult to read the two mystery men of Kolkata who have been the beneficiaries of all five wickets that have fallen so far. 

 

10:14 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Its raining wickets in Kolkata

 

Harshal Patel, who said in a pre tournament interview that he trusted his batting more than his bowling, has been bowled for a two ball duck by Chakravarthy after being promoted by his team to number five 

 

10:12 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Varun cleans up Maxwell

 

It was a straighter one from Varun Chakravarthy and Glenn Maxwell was nowhere near the ball when he tried to pull i8t. It was not short, so pulling it was not an option that he should have taken. Anyways, it's three down as far as RCB are concerned and they still need 151 to win from the remaining 76 balls at almost two runs per ball. 

 

10:04 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Chakravarthy gets du Plessis

 

Not in a similar fashion, but both Kohli and du Plessis have been bowled. The latter has been castled by Varun Chakravarthy 

 

10:00 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: Narine gets Kohli

 

After a brilliant start, Virat Kohli, trying to work Sunil Narine on the on-side has been beaten by the turn in the ball and his off stump has been taken down by the West Indian. 

 

9:57 PM

IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Live Score: 23 from Southee’s second over

 

While Tim Southee bowled brilliantly in his first over and gave away only two runs, he was torn apart in the second and taken to the cleaners, conceding 23 runs in the over. RCB have marched 0on to 42 off just 24 balls.