Royal Challengers Bangalore are crossing swords with Kolkata Knight Riders in the 36th match of the ongoing edition of IPL 2023. The highly-entertaining fixture is being held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Nitish Rana and Co were asked to bat first by RCB. Talking about the game, the two-time IPL champions marched on ahead with a positive perspective as they had one heck of a day at the office.
The batters made use of their chances to better effect. The likes of Jason Roy and Nitish Rana were at their imperious best as they scored runs at the rate of knots.
Jason Roy scored a quickfire fifty off 22 balls and ended up scoring 56 off 29 balls including 4 fours and 5 hits over the fence at a strike rate of 193.10. On the other hand, Nitish Rana scored 48 off 21 balls including 3 fours and 4 sixes. In the end, KKR posted a humongous total of 200/5 in their quota of 20 overs.
Suyash Sharma bags RCB skipper in powerplay
In response to KKR’s target, RCB got off to a flying start to the game as they scored 31 runs in the first 13 balls of the innings. Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli scored runs at a rapid pace to provide a rock-solid platform.
While things were going so smoothly for them, Suyash Sharma provided a crucial breakthrough for KKR as he got rid of Faf du Plessis inside the powerplay overs. Faf du Plessis was looking so good with the bat as he scored 17 off 6 balls including 1 four and 2 sixes before he fell prey to Suyash Sharma’s bowling in the 2nd ball of the third over.
RCB’s playing XI: Virat Kohli (c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj
KKR’s playing XI: N Jagadeesan (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Ye Suyash Sharma aaj tak professional cricket bhi nahi khela hai shayad.
Hauz Khaas village ya kahin se utha liya and bowling absolute quality in the biggest league in the world.
— IPL 2023 (@iplthebest) April 26, 2023
Top scorer of RCB gone pic.twitter.com/WUrSGRMkOa
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) April 26, 2023
Suyash with the impact 🔥
— Utsav 💔 (@utsav045) April 26, 2023
Rinku bhaiyya 🔥 pic.twitter.com/nqgnars9u5
— Sanket (@SanketS64861430) April 26, 2023
Catches win Matches….. Difference of Fielding between 2 sides
— ColtKshatriya (@KshatriyaColt) April 26, 2023
Young talent ❤️
— ⚙️•{PÔRUL}•⚒️ (@PorulSFC) April 26, 2023
Real test for RCB middle order today.
— PHENOMENAL (@CYANAII) April 26, 2023
