Virat Kohli hit his second consecutive half-century in the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday but Kolkata Knight Riders still cruised to a comfortable seven-wicket win. Chasing the hosts at 182-6, Kolkata reached the target with 19 balls remaining when skipper Shreyas Iyer smashed a leisurely six off Mayank Dagar. Their chase began with Phil Salt (30) and all-rounder Sunil Narine (47) scoring 86 for the visitors, earning a win over Bengaluru captain Faf Dupu High praise from Faf du Plessis.
After the victory, KKR moved two places on the points table and occupied the second position. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals slipped to the third spot while SunRisers Hyderabad also dropped one spot to the fourth spot. Chennai Super Kings remain at the top of the table.
However, RCB’s position – sixth – remains unchanged in the table.
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Narine hit five sixes in his 22-ball knock before Dagar dismissed him in the seventh over and Salt followed in the next over when He was caught at deep square leg.
Venkatesh Iyer scored 50 to keep the momentum going before being caught by Kohli, while Shreyas made 39.
Kohli gave a thumbs up to the jubilant home crowd as he scored 83 runs with 50 off 36 balls and his knock made him the highest run-scorer in the tournament since the season began last week.
But in the absence of a capable partner, the game in Bengaluru turned into a one-man show.
Du Plessis made eight clear at the end of the second over when he sent a puzzling pass from Harshit Rana straight into the arms of Mitchell Starc. Separate out.
Cameron Green, the next top scorer at 33, fell off his back pads and crashed after missing a blitzing pass from Andre Russell On the stumps, was sent back to the field.
Glenn Maxwell got two easy catches in a row from Ramandeep Singh and Narine but survived.
But Narine soon retaliated by sending a bouncer to Maxwell, who powered up and into the arms of Linku Singh, who kissed the ball in triumph.
Maxwell made 28 off 19 balls and Kohli later survived a narrow defeat when replays showed his sliding dive got him across the crease in time.
Dinesh Karthik scored 20 before being bowled by Kolkata bowler Andre Russell off the last ball at 2-29.
(With AFP input)
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