- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.2 and on a night when KKR need Gill to be circumspect, he plays an ambitious shot to make it nothing for 3. Gill is having a horror season: slow when quick runs are needed, reckless when you need to rebuild. This is short, outside off, and he plays the pull, only to top-edge it to midwicket 3/31.3 they have strangled Tripathi. He has been given no width at all all innings. This is short of a length, just outside off, and he can only push at it with an open face. The ball swings to take the edge 3/11.4 Bluffmaster. Siraj has bluffed Rana. He has shown him the field for a bouncer, and slipped in the full swinging ball to knock him over. Rana's feet are stuck behind, he makes no attempt to get in line, and the ball swings back to make its way through the big gate 3/23.3 Siraj on an absolute roll. Repeat of 2017 anyone? On a length, scrambled seam, and I am not sure this has moved away after pitching. Seems like Banton has just driven inside the line to edge it through to the keeper 14/48.4 big appeal for lbw but this is headed down leg according to the umpire, and me. But Kohli reviews it with one second to go. This is the wrong'un, Karthik defends for the legbreak, but it turns the other way ever so slightly. And RCB and Chahal have got it spot on. This pitches on middle, doesn't turn too much, just enough to beat his inside edge and it is going on to hit the leg stump 32/515.4 and Morgan perishes. I think the lure is the short boundary, but Sundar doesn't give him the length to pepper it. Morgan goes deep into the crease to try to pull this short-of-a-length ball, and gets no power into it because it is not short enough. Caught at deep midwicket 57/712.3 Chahal is so good at teasing them out. Cummins has been tied up for so long that he throws his arms at the first ball tossed up. Chahal is a wily bowler. Not only does he toss this up over his eyeline, he bowls it wide of his reach. All Cummins manages to do is hole out to long-off 40/619.6 full toss, cramps him up, and I like that they have risked the second even though this has been hit to long-on. The throw comes in right on top of the wicket, and Yadav is run out by inches 84/8Extras3 (lb 2, w 1)TOTAL84/8 (20 Overs, RR: 4.2)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rahul Tripathi, 1.3 ov), 2-3 (Nitish Rana, 1.4 ov), 3-3 (Shubman Gill, 2.2 ov), 4-14 (Tom Banton, 3.3 ov), 5-32 (Dinesh Karthik, 8.4 ov), 6-40 (Pat Cummins, 12.3 ov), 7-57 (Eoin Morgan, 15.4 ov), 8-84 (Kuldeep Yadav, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CH Morris 4 1 16 0 4.00 15 1 0 1 0 Mohammed Siraj 4 2 8 3 2.00 16 0 0 0 0 NA Saini 3 0 23 1 7.66 11 2 2 0 0 I Udana 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0 YS Chahal 4 0 15 2 3.75 13 1 0 0 0 Washington Sundar 4 1 14 1 3.50 14 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR6.4 Padikkal has run himself out. Short of a length, pushed in front of square, this should be Mann's call, but Padikkal takes on a single that is not on. Mann doesn't respond. Padikkal keeps coming, and the midwicket fielder has enough time to carry the ball himself and deliver it to the wicket at the non-striker's end 46/26.2 and Ferguson produces the wicket immediately. These things always happen just to show up your captaincy even further. The extra pace from Ferguson, Finch stays back to a length ball, and it holds its line to take the edge 46/1Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL85/2 (13.3 Overs, RR: 6.29)Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Aaron Finch, 6.2 ov), 2-46 (Devdutt Padikkal, 6.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB PJ Cummins 3 0 18 0 6.00 9 2 0 1 0 M Prasidh Krishna 2.3 0 20 0 8.00 5 2 0 1 0 CV Varun 4 0 28 0 7.00 11 5 0 0 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 17 1 4.25 14 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20
Match days
21 October 2020 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 17 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 4.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - KD Karthik (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 32/5 in 8.4 overs (EJG Morgan 13)
- Over 8.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - KD Karthik (Upheld)
- Over 8.5: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - PJ Cummins (Upheld)
- Over 11.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batsman - PJ Cummins (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 52/6 in 15.0 overs (EJG Morgan 26, Kuldeep Yadav 3)
- Over 18.5: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - LH Ferguson (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 84/8 in 20.0 overs (LH Ferguson 19)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 0 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 54/2 in 9.0 overs (Gurkeerat Singh 6, V Kohli 2)
Match Coverage
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Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their opponent down to 84 for 8 and cruised the chase
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Mohammed Siraj's journey from punching bag to heavyweight champ
Before this game, he had one of the worst economy rates in the IPL. On Wednesday, he bowled the most economical spell of the season