The 36th league match of IPL 2023 is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. This match between the two is played at Bangalore’s home i.e. M Chinnaswamy Stadium. In the match, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, KKR scored 200 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Jason Roy played the largest innings of 56 runs for the team. On the other hand, Vijaykumar Vaishak and Vanindu Hasaranga took 2-2 wickets from RCB.
KKR got off to a rocky start after losing the toss and receiving the invite to bat first. Jason Roy, who came on in the opening, scored a 56-run innings off 29 balls aided by 4 fours and 5 sixes while batting fast. During this, his strike rate was over 193. At the same time, fellow starter Narayan Jagdishan scored 27 runs off 29 balls off 4 fours.
Both added 83 runs off 56 balls for the first wicket. KKR took the first blow from the hand of Narayan Jagadishan with 83 runs. Vijaykumar Vaishak gave the team the first hit by catching him on the second ball of the 9 over. KKR was unable to recover from this wicket yet as on the last ball of the over, Vijaykumar Vaishak bowled KKR’s second starter Jason Roy and took the second wicket in the team’s account.
After two wickets fell, KKR captain Nitish Rana and left-handed batsman Venkatesh Iyer took responsibility for advancing the innings. Venkatesh Iyer, who came to bat at number three, added 31 runs off 26 balls with the help of 3 fours. At the same time, captain Nitish Rana fell 2 runs short of his half century. Rana scored 48 runs off 21 balls at a strike rate of 228.57 while playing fast innings. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.
There was a partnership of 80 runs off 44 balls for the third wicket between the two players. On the second ball of the 18th inning, RCB spinner Wanindu Hasaranga knocked the opposition captain Nitish Rana out of this partnership and on the fourth ball, he showed Venkatesh Iyer the way to the pavilion through a trapped. Glenn Maxwell caught Iyer’s catch.
Rinku Akram, who came to bat at number six, appeared in style. He played an inning of 18* runs. At the same time, Andre Russell, who once batted at number five, was a bust. He scored 1 run on 2 balls. Russell was bowled over by Mohammad Siraj on the last ball of the 19th. Following this, David Weiss, who came up to bat, scored 12 runs with the help of 2 sixes.
Most RCB bowlers turned out to be expensive. The team’s spinner Shahbaz Ahmed took 25 runs in 1 over. Apart from this, Vijaykumar Vaishak expended 41 runs in 4 overs. Although he too took 2 wickets. On the other hand, the team’s star fast bowler Mohammad Siraj took 1 wicket for 33 runs in 4 overs. Spinner Vanindu Hasaranga scored 2 hits on his behalf expending just 24 runs in 4 overs. And Harsh Patel expended 44 runs in 4 overs.