IPL 2020 – KKR vs RCB Highlights & Analysis: Kolkata Knight Riders Defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 Wickets; KKR Made Lowest Score of The Season
IPL 2020 - KKR vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. Kolkata won the toss and gave the target the lowest 85 runs of the season. In response, RCB won the match scoring 85 runs after losing 2 wickets in 13.3 overs.
In the 39th match of the 13th season of Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 8 wickets. Kolkata won the toss and gave the target the lowest 85 runs of the season. In response, RCB won the match scoring 85 runs after losing 2 wickets in 13.3 overs.
For RCB, Devdutt Padikkal scored 25, Aaron Finch 16, Gurkeerat Singh 21 and Virat Kohli scored 18 runs. Loki Ferguson took one wicket for KKR. Finch was dismissed by Ferguson his catch was caught by wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik, while Padikkal was runout by Pat Cummins.
KKR Lost 4 Wickets For 14 Runs
Kolkata started very poorly after winning the toss and opted for bat. KKR lost 4 wickets for 14 runs. Shubman Gill (1), Rahul Tripathi (1), Nitish Rana (0) and Tom Benton (10) returned to the pavilion early. Mohammed Siraj took wickets for two consecutive deliveries in the second over of the innings. He dismissed Rahul Tripathi, catch caught by wicketkeeper de Villiers. Then he cleans bowled, Nitish Rana on the next bowl.
Siraj Took 3 & Chahal Took 2 Wickets
Kolkata’s 5 batsmen could not touch the double-digit figure. Captain Eoin Morgan scored the highest 30 runs for the team. Mohammed Siraj took 3 wickets and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets for RCB. Chahal lbw Dinesh Karthik (4) and dismissed Pat Cummins (4), catch caught by Devdutt Padikkal. Opener Shubman Gill scored 1 run on 6 balls and was dismissed by Navdeep Saini. Chris Morris took his catch.
Lowest Score of IPL 2020
KKR scored 84 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. This is the lowest score of the season. Earlier in the sixth match of the season, RCB scored 109 runs in 17 overs against Kings XI Punjab. The smallest score in IPL history is 49, which RCB scored against KKR in 2017.
Lowest Score After Batting 20 Overs
For the first time in the Indian Premier League, KKR has scored the lowest score of 84 runs after batting 20 overs. Earlier in 2009, Kings XI Punjab in Durban, South Africa, scored 92 for 8 wickets, playing 20 overs against Chennai Super Kings.
Mohammed Siraj – First Bowler to Bowl Two Maiden in IPL
Mohammed Siraj became the first bowler to bowl two maidens in a match. Siraj took 3 wickets for 8 runs in 4 overs. During this time Siraj also bowls 2 maiden overs. Bengaluru bowlers bowled a total of 4 maiden overs in the match. In addition to Siraj, Chris Morris and Washington Sundar bowl 1-1 maiden over in the match.
Man of The Match
Mohammed Siraj is adjudged the Man of the Match for his Tremendous bowling figures of 3/8.
Mohammed Siraj
Wickets
3
Dots
16
IPL 2020 Points Table
Royal Challengers Bangalore registered their seventh win in 10 matches and it took them to number two spot in point table with 14 points. Kolkata suffered their fifth defeat in 10 matches but the team is still at the fourth spot in the points table with 10 points.
Royal Challengers Bangalore & Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders:
S Gill, R Tripathi, N Rana, T Banton, E Morgan (C), D Karthik (WK), P Cummins, L Ferguson, K Yadav, P Krishna, V Chakravarthy
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
D Padikkal, A Finch, V Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (WK), GM Singh, C Morris, W Sundar, I Udana, M Siraj, N Saini, Y Chahal
Changes in Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders had made two changes in the team today. Tom Benton and the Prasidh Krishna return to the team. Andre Russell and Shivam Mavi out. At the same time, there was a change in RCB. Mohammad Siraj replaced Shahbaz Ahmed.
