Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match Highlights and Updated Points Table | IPL 2023

By Aryan Thakur Apr 6, 2023 6:20 PM IST

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs in the ninth game of IPL 2023. RCB chose to bowl first after winning the toss, while Kolkata scored 204 runs while batting first. Chasing 204 runs, the Royal Challengers Bangalore got all out for just 123 runs.

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Match Details

Match: KKR vs RCB, 9th Match, Indian Premier League 2023
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2023
Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bowl
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 81 runs.

At Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs. With this, the Kolkata team has achieved its first win in the tournament and has reached the third position in the points table with two points. Kolkata batted first in this match. The start of the team was nothing special; at one point it seemed that the team would not be able to reach even 150 runs, but thanks to Shardul Thakur's 29-ball 68 and Rinku Singh's 46, the team scored 204 for seven wickets. In response, Bangalore's team was reduced to 123 runs in 17.4 overs. Captain Faf Duplessis is the highest run scorer for his team, as he scores 23 runs.

Suyash Sharma took three, Varun Chakraborty got four, while Sunil Narine claimed two wickets for Kolkata.

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Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c Akash Deep b Sharma	57	44	6	3	129.4
Venkatesh Iyer	b Willey	3	7	0	0	42.85
Mandeep Singh	b Willey	0	1	0	0	0.00
Nitish Rana (c)	c ?Karthik b Bracewell	1	5	0	0	20.00
Rinku Singh	c ?Karthik b Patel	46	33	2	3	139.9
Andre Russell	c Kohli b Sharma	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shardul Thakur	c Maxwell b Mohammed Siraj	68	29	9	3	234.8
Sunil Narine	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Umesh Yadav	not out	6	2	1	0	300.0

Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Virat Kohli	b Narine	21	18	3	0	116.66
Faf du Plessis (c)	b Varun	23	12	2	2	191.66
Michael Bracewell	c Rana b Thakur	19	18	1	1	105.55
Glenn Maxwell	b Varun	5	7	1	0	71.42
Harshal Patel	b Varun	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shahbaz Ahmed	c Thakur b Narine	1	5	0	0	20.00
Dinesh Karthik	c Varun b Suyash Sharma	9	8	1	0	112.50
Anuj Rawat	c Narine b Suyash Sharma	1	5	0	0	20.00
David Willey	not out	20	20	2	0	100.00
Karn Sharma	c Rana b Suyash Sharma	1	3	0	0	33.33
Akash Deep	c & b Varun	17	8	2	1	212.50

Updated Points Table

Position?	Team Name?	Matches	W?	L?	NR?	Points?	NRR
1	Gujarat Titans	2	2	0	0	4	+0.700
2	Punjab Kings	2	2	0	0	4	+0.311
3	Kolkata Knight Riders	2	1	1	0	2	+1.821
4	Rajasthan Royals	2	1	1	0	2	+1.670
5	Lucknow Super Giants	1	1	0	0	2	+0.950
6	Chennai Super Kings	2	1	1	0	0	+0.036
7	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	1	1	0	0	-1.238
8	Delhi Capitals	2	0	2	0	0	-1.718
9	Mumbai Indians	1	0	1	0	0	-1.981
10	Sunrisers Hyderabad	1	0	1	0	0	-3.600

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing

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

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

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