KKR (94/1) beat RCB (92 all out) by 9 wickets in Match 31 of the IPL

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Venue : Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Time : 2:00 PM GMT, 6:00 PM LOCAL, 7:30 PM IST

Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vaibhav Arora

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Daniel Christian, Dushmantha Chameera, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Azharuddeen, George Garton, Suyash Prabhudessai, Tim David, Akash Deep

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[OMB]

RCB look very strong with their bowling attack
Will be interesting to see if Kohli can do wonders with batting now that he has declared his captaincy burden to be removed.

 

[globalcitizen]

RCB look very strong with their bowling attack
Will be interesting to see if Kohli can do wonders with batting now that he has declared his captaincy burden to be removed.

Are u saying bowling is strong because of chameera addition? I see bowling as weak link

 

[Ab Fan]

Are u saying bowling is strong because of chameera addition? I see bowling as weak link

Hasaranga is a superior addition to Washington. Lower middle order batting seems like a weak link like always for RCB.

Bowling is pretty good with Siraj, Jamieson, Yuzi, Hasaranga, Shahbaz and Harshal.

 

[Ab Fan]

Gill has a point to prove. He was a pedestrian in the first half of this season.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Offtopic.

Ishan Kishan is not looking good since long time in IPL.
Does anyone of you feel same as I do?

 

[JattMaula]

Offtopic.

Ishan Kishan is not looking good since long time in IPL.
Does anyone of you feel same as I do?

Yeah but we played most of our matches in Chennai in first half. He will come good in uae on truer pitches. Yesterday was bad for everyone.

If he doesn't then he will be dropped. Pretty simple.

 

[Smbhayi]

Are u saying bowling is strong because of chameera addition? I see bowling as weak link

I'd say their batting is weakling.. Only ABD (and Devdutt some extend) is reliable and others are hit or miss ATM..

 

[OMB]

Are u saying bowling is strong because of chameera addition? I see bowling as weak link

Jamieson, Siraj (he did well here last time) and mainly Chahal as this is Abu Dhabi stadium and chahal can be handy once the pitch slows down. Of course toss should be favourable.

 

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Abu Dhabi Weather Update, KKR vs RCB, IPL 2021: Forecast, Pitch Report And Venue Records

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Weather, Pitch Report, KKR vs RCB:
Check the weather and pitch report for Monday’s Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Kolkata Knight Riders are all set for their first match of the second phase of IPL 2021 when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore. The two teams will be up against each other on Monday, September 20 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Unsurprisingly, RCB will start the match on Monday as favorites.

The Bangalore outfit is currently third in the points table with five victories from seven matches. On the other hand, the Knight Riders are in trouble as they are reeling at the second last position. The team has won just two games while losing five matches. They will be hoping for a change of fortunes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Ahead of what promises to be an exciting game, let’s take a look at the pitch and weather report for the KKR vs RCB match.

Pitch report: The pitch of the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi is a bit two-paced. The surface is expected to slow down as the match will progress. The average score at Abu Dhabi is 150. However, the surface has shown immense improvement in the last year and the average score for the games conducted in the last year was recorded around 170. The captain winning the toss is expected to bat first during the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore game on Monday.

https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/abu-dhabi-weather-update-kkr-vs-rcb-ipl-2021-forecast-pitch-report-and-venue-records-4220366.html

 

[globalcitizen]

Jamieson, Siraj (he did well here last time) and mainly Chahal as this is Abu Dhabi stadium and chahal can be handy once the pitch slows down. Of course toss should be favourable.

Yes I think teams batting second will struggle to chase if other team puts a par score.
Interestingly there was lot of swing on offer yesterday

 

[Smbhayi]

What's with rcb jersey? It's looks poor..

 

[Last Monetarist]

RCB have decided to bat first after winning the toss.

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Venkatesh Iyer, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Rahul Tripathi, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Lockie Ferguson, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Prasidh Krishna

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Devdutt Padikkal, 3 KS Bharat (wk), 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Wanindu Hasaranga, 7 Sachin Baby, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

 

[Smbhayi]

Kohli gone I believe, review time..

 

[Smbhayi]

And he's gone.. Lucky he isn't made captain of my fantasy team..

 

[Devadwal]

Virat gone for 5 .

 

[Smbhayi]

My captain Devdutt gone, poor choice of shot..

 

[Smbhayi]

And Bharat painful innings come to end..

 

[RamLakhan]

Is this official jersey of RCB? If anything was good about RCB it was that Red Jersey, and they changed that!

Apparently I came to know its probably only for this match!

 

[OldWarHorse]

Yet another poor start

 

[Smbhayi]

Golden duck for ABD.. superb Yorker by Russel..

 

[Smbhayi]

Sachin Baby on crease..

 

[Smbhayi]

It's a big ground.. 82 meter long on midoff 80 on mid-on

 

[Smbhayi]

And Maxwell gone too, good googly by Chakravarthy..

 

[Smbhayi]

Hasaranga gone too for golden duck, another googly another wicket for Chakravarthy, he's on hat-trick..

 

[Ab Fan]

What a tribute by RCB to Kohli on his 200th IPL game!

Nothing new here, this franchise has been a joke for quite a long time now. Let's see things will change or not from next year when a new name is brought as captain.

 

[Smbhayi]

And Sachin Baby gone too, 3rd wicket for Chakravarthy.. Really poor innings by Baby..

 

[Justcrazy]

68 . 7

KKR on top here

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR batting is thin , too many bits and pieces players in the team.

 

[Smbhayi]

And Jamieson out too, unlucky dismissal.. Chakravarthy having a really good day..

 

[Justcrazy]

Eight down !

KKR need to keep this tight here

 

[Smbhayi]

Lockie clean bowled Harshal.. 9th wicket gone, can RCB cross 100 mark?

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Nine down

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR need to keep them under 100 here and improve there net run rate

 

[Smbhayi]

RCB all-out for 92.. 3rd wicket for Russell.

 

[Justcrazy]

93 is the target for KKR , they should look to chase this within 15 overs

 

[Cover Drive Six]

RCB should be renamed as LOL CB.
What a joke team.

Interesting details:
Last year on same pitch against same team

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...s-bangalore-39th-match-1216494/full-scorecard

 

[Justcrazy]

Siraj has new ball , lets start

 

[Justcrazy]

This is ideal situation for Gill , nopressure of run rate

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Iyer gets that away

 

[Justcrazy]

10 from first over

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Gill comes down the track here , shows his intent that they want to boost there net run rate

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR need 60 runs in 94 balls.


Required run rate is below 4

 

[Justcrazy]

Hasaranga de Silva to Gill, SIX runs
Covers for the line as he picks this wrong'un and clobbers this over long-on! Excellent use of the feet

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR need 17 runs in 70 balls.

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR won by 9 wickets (with 60 balls remaining)

 

[OMB]

RCB look very strong with their bowling attack
Will be interesting to see if Kohli can do wonders with batting now that he has declared his captaincy burden to be removed.

What an anti-climax this has been. KKR have shown RCB how to play