Indian Premier League (Match 28) - 12 October, 2020 - RCB [194/2] beat KKR [112/9] by 82 runs

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When: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 28, October 12, 18:00 Local, 19:30 IST

Where: Sharjah Cricket Stadium

What to expect: More sixes than the eight managed by RCB and CSK put together in Dubai. The Sharjah pitch will be a focus of great attention having appeared to have evolved a little in the direction of the bowlers. The boundary ropes, though, still rest unforgivingly close.


Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Tom Banton, Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddharth

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Adam Zampa, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn, Parthiv Patel

 

[Ab Fan]

This is gonna be fun

 

[jiduguravindra]

This is gonna be fun

With rcb batting first and with kohli, abd batting from over 5 to till end..

 

[Firebat]

Virat Kohli has won the toss, and RCB will bat first

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Tom Banton, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

 

[Ab Fan]

Russell playing.

Last time Russell chased 52 off 16 balls against RCB as he got 47 of those runs in 9 balls and the game got finished with 5 balls to spare.

 

[Hasan123]

RCB batting first. KKR drop Narine. I think they are trying to ensure he isn't caught out again so he doesn't get banned for the season. Happy for Banton to get a chance.

 

[Hasan123]

Don't see my team Chennai qualifying. So I hope RCB win the tournament if CSK go out.

 

[Hasan123]

Good to see RCB back Finch here. KKR have a strong fast bowling attack, Finch is a better player of pace than spin. Also Sharjah is a good venue for batters this season. If Finch can get a decent score , it could do him good for the rest of the season. RCB need him as Kohli and AB will not fire everytime.

 

[Hasan123]

Finch consistently coming out of his crease.

 

[Hasan123]

Was so annoyed in the last game when reading the Cricinfo commentary, kept calling for Finch to be dropped. Lol he is a world class T20 batter , he will be backed to the hill by RCB.

 

[Hasan123]

Padikkal looks like a class player and he has hardly received much hype. Can definitely see him playing for India.

 

[tyron_woodley]

prasidh has serious potential. paddikal too.

 

[tyron_woodley]

paddikal is a beast. he is ready for india now.

 

[Hasan123]

Let's see how fit Russell is after that injury in the last game.

 

[Hasan123]

Good platform set up for Kohli and AB here.

 

[Rana]

Russell bowled like this in the WC against Pakistan also. How is he allowed to bowl this many bouncers in an over??

 

[Rajdeep]

This used to be my staple match once considering I have a bit of both - a bengali living in Bangalore. 10 years ago....I went to Chinnaswamy Stadium to see this match live. At that time KKR was lead by Dada and Kumble for RCB. We were winning but then Uthappa stole the show for RCB. Good times

 

[Hasan123]

Some awful fielding by KKR so far.

 

[Rana]

Anyone know Cummins bowling average so far in this year’s IPL?

 

[Hasan123]

Kuldeep definitely should have played today. Finch,AB , and Kohli all have issues against spin. And it seems as though taking pace off the ball will be vital here.

 

[Hasan123]

300th T20 wicket for Russell.

 

[Rana]

Finch wasting valuable balls at Sharjah

Each dot could have been a boundary

 

[Hasan123]

Interesting how Mccullum,Morgan, and Karthik have all played for RCB.

 

[Hasan123]

KKR have pulled things back well.

 

[Hasan123]

Taking pace off seems to be the way to succeed.

 

[Ab Fan]

RCB should start smashing everything now.

 

[Hasan123]

Kohli really trying to push the 2s today.

 

[tyron_woodley]

looooool hahhaa. i legit cracked up at kohli pushing for 2s and making finchy sweat and almost cry rofl.

cmon virat. give the boy a break haha.

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR need to get few wickets here

 

[Hasan123]

RCB bowlers need to take tips here!

 

[RamLakhan]

RCB is growing in confidence! They pick an extra bowler too which is very good! If there was no previous RCB-ghost (the general RCBian phobia) I would have called them favorites for this season (along with DC).

 

[Hasan123]

Finch gone.

 

[tyron_woodley]

pitch is too slow. bowlers are smart for bowling slow balls and deceiving the batsmen.

this pitch post 10 overs needs slow balls to be effective.

nagarkoti good bowling.

 

[Hasan123]

AB arrives.

 

[Hasan123]

Looks like 170 will be a good score.

 

[Justcrazy]

Finch gone , now two best batsmen of RCB at crease , KKR need to break this partnership here as soon as possible.

 

[RamLakhan]

Prasiddh Krishna seems to be a thinking bowler (but more importantly he has pace). The combination of these two are important (without going to extremes: Raw Pace - Aaron, Umesh, etc. Only Control - Bhuvaneshwar, Praveen Kumar, etc)

 

[tyron_woodley]

what a good bowler.n prasidh krishna. excellent prospect. only 24. great potential. beautfiul bowling action. Good bouncer. can move the ball and good yorkers too.

 

[Hasan123]

Even a half fit Russell is a beast in the field. What a player.

 

[Rana]

Looks like Nagarkoti’s ideal is Chris Jordan. 70% cutters. The odd fast ball

 

[Hasan123]

AB and Kohli are the highest scoring partnership in IPL history. How lucky are we that we get to watch them bat together.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Looks like Nagarkoti’s ideal is Chris Jordan. 70% cutters. The odd fast ball

he is purposely bowling slow. pitch is slow. slow balls are working.

 

[Hasan123]

Morgan is a massive influence on KKR. It's baffling how he is not captaning a franchise after his last 5 years as captain of England.

 

[Justcrazy]

sixxxx

AB goes big .

 

[Rana]

Easier to bowl the slower ball. Smaller sixes

 

[MMHS]

Unless this pair goes ballistic, KKR is winning today

 

[Hasan123]

Excellent from AB.

 

[tyron_woodley]

nagarkoti got smashed just now lol. too many slow balls mate. You got to use it sparingly. mix it up dummy.

 

[Justcrazy]

129 . 2

16 overs .

24 balls left , RCB looking for another 40 runs at least

 

[Hasan123]

Cummins bowling at AB and Kohli. Box office stuff.

 

[Hasan123]

ABs ability to pick up length, get into position, and hand eye coordination is so speical.

 

[Rana]

Another wicket less spell for Cummins

 

[Hasan123]

Kohli job will be to try and get AB on strike and really push for those 2s. AB looks as those he has adapted well to the bowling.

 

[Abhilash93]

Does not really matter who's bowling when AB is on song

 

[Hasan123]

Unreal from AB.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Another wicket less spell for Cummins

cmon man. he is bowling to ABD. what do you expect. who can stop him when he is in form.

 

[Justcrazy]

53 from 23 balls

AB the bowling here

 

[RamLakhan]

Last match we saw the BEST of KOHLI and this match the BEST of ABD. This is the peakest peak of these two players, and RCB should be spirited at the moment. This should rub on the other players and the entire team!

 

[tyron_woodley]

what a beast. wow. what a beast. what a champion. wow. just amazing.

 

[Rana]

cmon man. he is bowling to ABD. what do you expect. who can stop him when he is in form.

Maybe the most expensive overseas fast bowler in the IPL?

 

[Ab Fan]

A set ABD in slog overs can tear apart any bowling attack in the world.

 

[Hasan123]

AB De Villiers has to be one of the most talented players to ever play cricket. He is still good enough to play LO cricket for South Africa. It is actually sad and frustrating how he chose to end his international career.

 

[Justcrazy]

167 . 2

12 balls left !

 

[tyron_woodley]

Maybe the most expensive overseas fast bowler in the IPL?

but he isnt worth it is he. cummins is a poor short format bowler. he is only good in tests and that too only in SENA. In england his figures arent that great either to be honest.

 

[Rana]

If Nagarkoti or Prasidh go for 60 in their 4 overs it is still acceptable. Need to come back stronger.

No excuses for Cummins, he’s pocketing approximately $8k per delivery. He has been going at 9-10 an over throughout with 2 wickets to show for it.

 

[Hasan123]

Decent over by KKR.

 

[Rana]

RCB are lucky to have Gill in the opposition today. Need to keep him on strike as much as possible and he will bat at a sr of 115-120. Should set the tone for their bowlers

 

[Hasan123]

Absolutely ridiculous stuff from AB.

 

[Rana]

Well done Kohli for running to the danger end their. Clearly isn’t hitting anything on this track

 

[Justcrazy]

AB is an once in a life time player , when he is set , he can find runs even if there were 15 fielders on the field.

 

[Hasan123]

Should be a good chase.

 

[Rana]

Poor innings by Kohli here. AB rescued RCB here and it’s probably still a below par score

 

[Justcrazy]

195 is target for KKR
They need Russel , Banton , Rana to fire big time here

 

[tyron_woodley]

Poor innings by Kohli here. AB rescued RCB here and it’s probably still a below par score

bro commies are saying its a par score.

 

[Rana]

bro commies are saying its a par score.

Well. AB took the game on and made it look like the typical flat Sharjah wicket with the small boundaries. 210 is the safe score here,

KKR have Banton and Morgan who can make short work of this, plus Russell. Even DK looks in decent form now. We know Cummins is a better batsman than he is a bowler in this format.

They need to keep Gill on strike as much as possible

 

[tyron_woodley]

Well. AB took the game on and made it look like the typical flat Sharjah wicket with the small boundaries. 210 is the safe score here,

KKR have Banton and Morgan who can make short work of this, plus Russell. Even DK looks in decent form now. We know Cummins is a better batsman than he is a bowler in this format.

They need to keep Gill on strike as much as possible

maybe. not seen banton play before. is he good?

 

[Rana]

maybe. not seen banton play before. is he good?

If he gets going he will strike at 200 naturally.

Gill and Banton opening today, and 10 years down the line these 2 could be the 2 best batsmen in the world

 

[Ab Fan]

Good Bye Banton! This is highest form of T20 cricket.

Go and learn more .

 

[Rajdeep]

Lol Banton...this is IPL and not some vitality blast

 

[Rajdeep]

Poor cricket from Gill as well. 13 off 12 balls chasing 195 makes no sense.