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RCB vs KKR, 10th Match at Bengaluru, IPL, Mar 29 2024 - Match Result

RESULT
10th Match (N), Bengaluru, March 29, 2024, Indian Premier League

KKR won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
47 (22) & 1/40
sunil-narine
Cricinfo's MVP
101.87 ptsImpact List
sunil-narine
Match centre 
Scores: @Thilak_Rama | Comms: @sreshthx
Scorecard summary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 182/6(20 overs)
83* (59)
2/29 (4)
2/39 (4)
Kolkata Knight Riders 186/3(16.5 overs)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
KKR101.8747(22)53.3564.851/401.4737.02
KKR93.54--02/292.9493.54
KKR69.28--02/392.9869.28
RCB50.2183(59)70.5650.21--0
RCB47.67--01/231.5747.67

Big win for KKR tonight and they are now 2-0 in this IPL 2024 season. It is also the first win for an away team, so plenty of other sides will be pleased with how this result panned out. See you tomorrow for more IPL cricket. Till then, on behalf of everyone at ESPNcricinfo, bye bye!

Jai Kedia: "I want to credit y'all over at Cricinfo for the excellent "MVP" tool you've built. It's very difficult to convert traditional cricket stats into match impact in T20s but you have done a sensational job. Harshit Rana today is an example. On the surface his stats don't impress but he played a crucial role in KKR's win."

11.05pm On his 500th appearance in T20s, it is Sunil Narine who is the Player of the Match for his overs and batting blitz. Here he is: "(500th T20 match) It is a nice milestone. Hopefully there are 500 more to come. Great to perform like this. Relief also to get it after a while. (Batting success today) Just self belief and support staff giving encouragement. Little bit of hard work and it is helping. (Bowling, how he pulled things back) Powerplay is always the hardest over to bowl so you have to forget that. When you come back later, you have to capitalise and pull things back. (KKR camp) It helps when you win. Self belief and confidence is coming from the support staff."

10.57pm We'll have the presentation shortly. And here's the winning captain Shreyas Iyer: "(rest between games) Absolutely. Coming here, we were in good shape between games. Coming here and hitting few balls made us feel comfortable. (Bowling innings) Russell showed slower ones are good here and the way he executed them were easy to see. From there on, rest of the bowlers picked up on that and made that their plans. Communication was brilliant. (Narine as opener) See Narine when he comes in, he has one job that is to clear the outfield and get maximum runs. Today was a phenomenal example. We were contemplating today whether to open with him or not, but this was great. (Nature of surface between innings) From one end, it was pretty good to bat on. From the other end, it was two-paced. It was bouncing extra. That was the communication we were having and passing it on to the batter coming next. (Break between now and next game in Visakhapatnam) We are spending a day here tomorrow and then going to Vizag. Have to see the nature of the pitch there. (Only one playoffs last four seasons - what expectations?) Not expecting much. Season has just started and we have just two wins so far. We need to embrace this and enjoy each others' successes."

Humaid Salman : "Only off-pace bowlers can succeed at Chinnaswamy. Fizz would have been a good buy but RCB never learn from mistakes. Bowlers like Starc also goes for runs here.I would definitely retain Vyshak before Siraj"

Venkatesh Iyer, who hit a fifty: "Let's see how my back is. Will know after a scan. The ball was coming on really well in the evening. Credit goes to Sunil Narine whose runs took the pressure off us. We just had to finish formalities. (Venkatesh's mindset) With a platform like that, you have to maximise. With a left-hand spinner bowling, I walked in in front of Angkrish, so I knew I had to take 'em on. Also my fiance was here today so it was a special day. (Facing Vyshak) Pace-off in totality was tough but if fast bowlers bowled pace-on, it was easy to take them to the cleaners. Happened with us in our bowling innings too."

Bruce Wayne: "Any one who played more than 6 deliveries in this match had a higher SR than Kohli - and that is the reason RCB lost - not ground or dimensions or pitch. If Rizwan or KL Rahul or Steve Smith or Williamson etc played this innings - that would be the only conversation point."

Hari: "Gambhir comes in - asks Narine to open, picked Salt and plays him over Gurbaz (who was benched by DC last season), doesn't care to sub Varun, injects aggression to bowling department (especially Harshit). Championship mindset!"

10.48pm Losing captain du Plessis: It was two-paced in the first innings but the pitch became better in the chase. It was not easy batting in the first innings, and you could see that with Virat also struggling a little. (Looking back) We could've tried one or two things, but the way Salt-Narine batted, they pretty much took the game away. They were excellent and broke the game in the first six overs. (Did you miss spin options?) We've tried Maxwell and fingerspinners are effective here but today there wasn't much spin. And with them having a left-right combination, spinners can find it tricky. We needed a wristspinner who could turn it both ways. (Vyshak) Very good. He hasn't had a lot of opportunity. We thought of getting legspinner Karn as an Impact Sub but brought him in for his cutters. We saw Dre Russ bowled 80% of his balls as cutters, so knew that would work. Good mix-ups from Vyshak, in terms of skillset.

10.45pm And an away team finally wins a game in IPL 2024. This game turned out to be a non-contest with KKR cruising to victory with 3.1 overs remaining. Every batter who turned up in purple and gold had a field day out today on a batting-friendly surface, and this par target was razed down easily.

KKR fans would once again love to see Narine get among the runs, who nearly got a fifty in his 500th T20 appearance. Salt, the two Iyers and an unbeaten Rinku ensured all their boxes were ticked as a batting side.

For RCB, only Vyshak's spell was promising. Otherwise, they all went for runs, even the spearheads Siraj and Alzarri Joseph. The only question that remains is whether they lost the match with the ball or with the bat when they scored only 182. We'll know more about what they think when we hear from Faf du Plessis.

16.5
6
Dagar to Shreyas Iyer, SIX runs

game set and match! Six over square leg and KKR win by seven wickets! Half-tracker on off and Shreyas goes deep in his crease before playing a whippy shot off his waist. Does it have the distance to clear deep midwicket? Oh yes, it does!

Naman: "Is it just me or did Kohli never even honestly tried to stop that ball from touching the boundary on 15.5 ?" -- I was surprised too. My own knees creaked seeing Kohli not bend down to stop that four

16.4
1
Dagar to Rinku Singh, 1 run

comes down the track and hammers this full ball to long off

Krishna : "Replying to a comment by @chiru: Not their home ground, no. They need smarter bowlers. I know we don't face the pressure they do, but any bystander can read patterns on the pitch. RCB's bowlers don't even try."

16.3
Dagar to Rinku Singh, no run

good length ball just outside off. Cut to backward point

16.2
2
Dagar to Rinku Singh, 2 runs

full ball on leg and clipped easily to wide long on. Shreyas calls for the second run late and the two batters push each other to get to the other end

Adarsh: "RCB's bowling has always been the cause of their downfall. Not holding on to Chahal and Harshal Patel will look even more baffling by this season's end."

16.1
1
Dagar to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

good length ball on off and cut in front of square for a single

Dagar again.

end of over 169 runs • 1 wicket
KKR: 176/3CRR: 11.00 RRR: 1.75 • Need 7 from 24b
Shreyas Iyer32 (22b 2x4 1x6)
Rinku Singh2 (2b)
Yash Dayal 4-0-46-1
Mohammed Siraj 3-0-46-0
15.6
1
Yash Dayal to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

full ball on off and bunted to long on for a single. Dayal finishes with 1-46

15.5
4
Yash Dayal to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR runs

good length ball on middle and off. Lets the ball get to him before opening the face and guiding to short third man's right. Fielder, Siraj, gets a fingertip to it with a dive but can't stop the ball. Kohli from backward point chases but fails to pull it back

Riya: "Both captains underutilised their left arm spinners"

15.4
1
Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, 1 run

short of good length angling into Rinku. Tries to pump a pull over square leg but mistimed to deep square leg

15.4
1w
Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, 1 wide

slower ball bouncer on middle. Rinku stands tall and yet the ball goes over him

15.3
1
Yash Dayal to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

full ball just outside off and he plays a square drive to the sweeper fielder on the off side

chiru: "If RCB ever want to win IPL title, they need to change their home ground. "

15.2
1
Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, 1 run

short ball angling into his throat. Semi-ducks while pulling and hits it really well to fine leg. On the bounce to the fielder

RK Singh
Rinku Singh vs Yash Dayal
BALLS
9
RUNS
35
OUTS
1
4s/6s
1/5
Yash Dayal

Stat alert: Kohli has equaled Suresh Raina's record of 109 catches as fielder in the IPL

Time out with Rinku Singh coming in to face Yash Dayal. Hemant Brar from the press box tells me "fans are leaving the ground."

Phani: "No Virat, No Maxi can save you if 2 of your world class bowlers bowl in a hapless manner. Quite underwhelming from Siraj and Alzarri."

15.1
W
Yash Dayal to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT

holes out straight after fifty and Dayal has something to celebrate. Pace-off length ball outside off. Venkatesh tries to tonk a pull over cow corner but this time he drags the shot. Kohli makes no mistake

Venkatesh Iyer c Kohli b Yash Dayal 50 (30b 3x4 4x6 43m) SR: 166.66

Vijay: "Iyers on Fire. "

end of over 1517 runs
KKR: 167/2CRR: 11.13 RRR: 3.20 • Need 16 from 30b
Shreyas Iyer26 (19b 1x4 1x6)
Venkatesh Iyer50 (29b 3x4 4x6)
Mohammed Siraj 3-0-46-0
Vijaykumar Vyshak 4-0-23-1
14.6
6
Siraj to Shreyas Iyer, SIX runs

shot of the day? Full ball searing into his toes, but Shreyas lets it land in front of him before using his strong wrists to close the bat's face and hammer a six over wide long on

14.5
1
Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, 1 run

short ball towards off and he comes down the track before flat-batting a mistimed shot to long on. Jogs across to reach his 13th T20 fifty at a strike-rate of 170+. Acknowledges the people standing up in the KKR dugout and offers some glove-love to Shreyas

14.4
Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, no run

good length ball angling across and he slaps a cut to point. To the fielder though

14.4
1w
Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, 1 wide

short ball angling across the batter. He tries to slap it over point but misses because the ball has gone too wide.

14.3
1
Siraj to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

mistimes a shot to wide long on

14.2
1
Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, 1 run

full ball around off and he hammers a straight drive down the non-striker to long off

14.2
1w
Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, 1 wide

good length ball just outside leg stump. Skidding through to the keeper down the leg side

14.1
6
Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX runs

short ball, banged into the pitch, but doesn't really have the bounce to trouble the tall Venkatesh. Mows a pull over deep midwicket to start the over

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
V Kohli
83 runs (59)
4 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
flick
22 runs
0 four2 sixes
Control
75%
VR Iyer
50 runs (30)
3 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
pull
25 runs
1 four3 sixes
Control
70%
Best performances - bowlers
AD Russell
O
4
M
0
R
29
W
2
ECO
7.25
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Harshit Rana
O
4
M
0
R
39
W
2
ECO
9.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
TossKolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series
Season2024
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days29 March 2024 - night (20-over match)
KKR Player Replacement
Impact player in out (1st innings, 16.6 ov)
RCB Player Replacement
Impact player in out (1st innings, 19.6 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsKolkata Knight Riders 2, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 0
Language
English
Win Probability
KKR 100%
RCBKKR
100%50%100%RCB InningsKKR Innings

Over 17 • KKR 186/3

KKR won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
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