On 6 April 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders took on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing IPL. The Kolkata franchise lost the season opener against Punjab Kings while Bangalore registered a thumping win over Mumbai. So, the home side were looking for a win at Eden Gardens in front of the home crowds.
Speaking of the match, Bangalore won the toss and asked Kolkata to bat first. Reece Topley missed the game due to his injury. Hence, David Willey came into the playing XI. For Kolkata, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer came out to open the innings. But, Iyer failed again as he scored three runs.
KKR registered their first win of the IPL 2023
Then, Mandeep Singh went for a golden duck and Nitish Rana scored only one run off five balls. Gurbaz smashed 57 runs off 44 balls, including six fours and three sixes. Andre Russell managed a golden duck in his 100th IPL match. But, it was Shardul Thakur who changed the momentum for KKR. For the sixth wicket, he and Rinku Singh managed a 103-run partnership. Thakur smashed 68 runs off 29 balls, including nine fours and three sixes. On the other hand, Rinku scored 46 runs off 33 balls, including two fours and three sixes. Finally, they scored 204 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. For RCB, David Willey and Karn Sharma took two wickets each while Mohammed Siraj, Michael Bracewell, and Harshal Patel took one wicket each.
For the chase, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis came out to open. But, KKR spinners were on a roll as Bangalore scored 78 runs for five wickets in 11 overs. Kohli scored 21 runs while du Plessis scored 23 runs. Then, Maxwell also went back to the dugout after scoring just five runs. Then, other batters also failed against the KKR spinners. Finally, they got bundled out for 123 runs in 17.4 overs. Sunil Narine took two wickets while debutant, Suyash Sharma grabbed three wickets. Varun Chakravarthy grabbed four wickets.
Here are some tweets shared by fans over the victory of KKR over RCB:
Laut aao Devilliers bhai 😭#RCBvsKKR #KKRvRCB pic.twitter.com/qeWhwHA6t8
— Kashif_Khan331 🇮🇳 (@kashif_khan1212) April 6, 2023
The 'City of Joy' conversely treating Bengaluru with the purest form of agony. #RCBvsKKR@IPL #TATAIPL2023 @DanishSait @bhogleharsha
— Prateek Kulkarni (@Prxteek15) April 6, 2023
Just harcb can come back like this 🤣#harcb#IPL #RCB #rcbvskkr
— iambharat 911 (sidheart) (@shivsena911) April 6, 2023
RCB IS BACK 🤙
— ♔Sanjay.D.Luffy (@Sanjayre99y) April 6, 2023
Watch till the end🏃#RCB #RcbVsKkr #Ipl pic.twitter.com/1ta9wmeqpI
44-0 to 87-8#RCBvsKKR
— 7G_Hotspot 🇮🇳🚩 (@VImvinit007) April 6, 2023
IPL's best franchise. 😂😂
All credit to KKr spinner
— _mduchisti143❤️🇮🇳 (@ChistiRaza1) April 6, 2023
KKR spinners vs RCB today:
- 8 overs
- 33 runs
- 7 wickets#KKRvRCB pic.twitter.com/SMhVewrSkH
Haarna bhi toh aise nhi kkr se toh bilkul nhi kyun RCB #Kkr vs #rcb
— 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 (@yours_shreyuu2) April 6, 2023
The Spin Trio of KKR demolised RCB Batting . #SuyashSharma #Varunchakravarthy #SunilNarine #RCBvsKKR
— Narsireddy Yaggonu (@YaggonuNarsi) April 6, 2023
KKR spinners vs RCB today:
— Fans Crickets (@_fans_cricket) April 6, 2023
- 8 overs
- 33 runs
- 7 wickets#KKRvsRCB