IPL 2022: RCB beat KKR by three wickets to register first win of tournament.© BCCI/IPL
IPL 2022, RCB vs KKR Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by three wickets in match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Chasing a target of 129, RCB recovered from a top-order collapse and chased down the target with four balls to spare. Earlier, Wanindu Hasaranga took a four-wicket-haul as RCB bowled out KKR for a below-par total of 128. KKR were reeling at 101 for nine before Umesh Yadav (18) and Varun Chakaravarthy (10) took them to a respectable total. Andre Russell top-scored for KKR with a decent 25 but Harshal Patel broke his resistance with his variations. Earlier, RCB won the toss and elected to bowl. (SCORECARD)
RCB XI:Faf du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, S Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
KKR XI:Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Sheldon Jackson, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
IPL 2022 Highlights Between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders, straight from DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
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23:16 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: OUT!
Wanindu looks to back away and hit on the up but gets it off the bottom part of the bat. Couldn’t clear the infield. Good running catch from Russell.
Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva c Russell b Southee 4 (3)
Live Score; RCB: 111/7 (17.5)
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23:14 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: WICKET!
Stunning catch from Jackson. Rutherford was looking to swing this to the leg side but ended up getting a thin inside edge.
Sherfane Rutherford c †Jackson b Southee 28 (40)
Live Score; RCB: 107/7 (17.2)
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22:59 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: OUT!
More drama to follow! Shahbaz steps out to go over the top again but is deceived in flight as Jackson pulls off an excellent stumping.
Shahbaz Ahmed st Jackson b Varun 27 (20)
Live Score; RCB: 101/5 (16)
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22:35 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: SIX RUNS!
He has walloped this pull to clear deep midwicket! Brute force of Shahbaz to the fore. length ball slanting away. Two sixes in the same over for him and RCB.
Live Score; RCB: 85/4 (12.4)
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22:30 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: WICKET!
Narine strikes. Willey departs. Looking to whip it up and over but didn’t get the elevation. KKR continue to chip away. This match continues to hang in the balance.
David Willey c Rana b Narine 18 (28)Live Score; RCB: 62/4 (10.6)
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22:18 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: FOUR RUNS!
On the stumps. Willey sits deep, clubbing a pull away through straight midwicket. Good shot. Not right out of the middle and in the air, but largely in control, and Billings can’t get round to his right
Live Score; RCB: 58/3 (9.2)
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22:06 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: FOUR RUNS!
What a shot from Willey. Excellent timing. Clever batting. On a length, but enough width for Willey to free his arms and cross-bats it through cover towards the short boundary
Live Score; RCB: 45/3 (7.1)
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21:47 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: UMESH STRIKES AGAIN!
Umesh strikes again. Kohli feathers one through to Jackson. RCB in trouble suddenly. On a good length, sixth stump line, and Kohli fiddles at the ball in the channel. Outside edges it through to the keeper.
Virat Kohli c Jackson b Yadav 12 (7)
Live Score; RCB: 17/3 (2.1)
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21:45 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: WICKET!
RCB have lost both their openers now. Fullish length, angling into the pads. Faf’s bat face closes too early as he looks to clip into the leg side, and it skews up and away to Rahane at backward point
Faf du Plessis c Rahane b Southee 5 (4)
Live Score; RCB: 17/2 (1.6)
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21:34 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: OUTTT! Umesh Yadav gets Anuj Rawat!
A short delivery by Umesh and Rawat fails to connect well. He pokes it through to Jackson for a catch.
A Rawat c S Jackson b U Yadav 0 (2)
In walks, Virat Kohli.
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21:29 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: The action resumes!
Anuj Rawat and Faf du Plessis to begin RCB’s chase. Umesh Yadav to bowl the first over for KKR.
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21:21 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: END OF THE INNINGS!
KKR are all out for 128. Umesh and Varun getting some much-needed runs for KKR down the order. They were 101 for nine at one stage. Will this come back to haunt RCB? Stay tuned to find out. RCB’s chase to follow shortly.
Live Score; KKR: 128 (18.5)
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20:59 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: WICKET!
Four-for for Hasaranga. Swung away but no timing behind that as Faf, running in from long-on, takes a comfortable catch. Hasaranga did him in with the length.
Tim Southee c du Plessis b de Silva 1 (5)
Live Score; KKR: 101/9 (14.3)
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20:53 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: EDGED AND TAKEN!
Russell is gone. He was beating him with his variations. He reaches out to slap this up and over point but ends up reaching out to this wide delivery that he nicks through to DK.
Andre Russell c Karthik b Patel 25 (18)Live Score; KKR: 99/8 (13.5)
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20:51 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: TAKEN!
He has hit this straight down long-on’s throat. Harshal’s slower variations to the fore. Easy catch for Kohli.
Sam Billings c Kohli b Patel 14 (15)
Live Score; KKR: 83/7 (11.4)
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20:29 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: BOWLED HIM!
Two in two for Hasaranga! Knocks him over with a ripping googly. Jackson is bamboozled. Hasaranga will be on a hattrick in his next over. KKR six down and in deep trouble!
Sheldon Jackson b de Silva 0 (1)
Live Score: KKR: 67/6 (8.6)
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20:26 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: WICKET!
Hasaranga strikes again. Googly, which Narine looks to club over the leg side, clearing his front leg. Leading edge skews up, and Akash takes a couple of steps to his right, before taking a straightforward catch.
Sunil Narine c Akash Deep b de Silva 12 (8)Live Score; KKR: 67/5 (8.5)
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20:15 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: TAKEN!
Hasaranga strikes. Shreyas holes out to long-on. Very full legbreak, hit hard and flat down the ground, but straight to Faf, just above head height. Shreyas throws his head back in frustration.
Shreyas Iyer c du Plessis b de Silva 13 (10)Live Score; KKR: 46/4 (6.4)
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20:13 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: OUT!
WHAT A CATCH! Akash has two, and RCB have three in the Powerplay. Hard length again, angling across the left-hander, nipping away just a touch off the seam. Another attempt heave over the leg side from Rana, but horribly miscued via the top edge. Willey takes a diving catch.
Nitish Rana c Willey b Akash Deep 10 (5)Live Score; KKR: 44/3 (5.5)
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19:59 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: WICKET!
Back of a length, Rahane frees his arms and pulls… straight down the throat of Shahbaz at deep backward square! KKR two wickets down now. Good start this for RCB.
Live Score; KKR: 32/2 (4.6)
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19:49 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: OUT!
Akash Deep strikes for RCB! Back of a length, chipped up into the leg side, and Deep settles under it in his follow-through! Venky skewed it up via the top edge and the bowler completes a good catch.
Venkatesh Iyer c & b Akash Deep 10 (14)
Live Score; KKR: 14/1 (3.1)
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19:43 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: EXCELLENT OVER FROM WILLEY!
Another fine over from Willey. Hasn’t given much room to maneuver anything. Just four runs off it.
Live Score; KKR: 14/0 (3)
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19:36 (IST)
RCB vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: FOUR RUNS!
SHOT! Venkatesh welcomes Siraj with a boundary. steps across, frees his arms and slaps it away square of the wicket with an open face. Iyer has crunched that through point.
Live Score; KKR: 8/0 (1.1)
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19:34 (IST)
IPL 2022 Live Updates: TIDY OVER!
Excellent over from Willey. Good line and length from the Englishman. Just four runs off it.
Live Score; KKR: 4/0 (0.6)
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19:12 (IST)
IPL 2022 Live Updates: PLAYING XIs ARE OUT!
RCB XI:Faf du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, S Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
KKR XI:Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Sheldon Jackson, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
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19:09 (IST)
IPL 2022 Live Updates: RCB WIN TOSS, ELECT TO BOWL!
RCB have won the toss and skipper Faf du Plessis has opted to bowl against KKR. RCB remain unchanged while Tim Southee replaces Shivam Mavi in the KKR line-up. Live action to follow shortly.
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17:57 (IST)
IPL 2022 Live Updates: SPECIAL GAME FOR DINESH KARTHIK!
It will be special game for Dinesh Karthik, who was part of KKR during the last few seasons. The former KKR has shared his views ahead of the encounter. Read his thoughts here
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17:09 (IST)
IPL 2022 Live Updates: HELLO!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of match 6 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. RCB face KKR at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. KKR displayed their bowling might in the season opener against CSK, and will look to make two wins in as many outings with a triumph today. RCB, on other hand, will look to work on their leaky bowling, which costed them the game against Punkab Kings.
Stay tuned for live action
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