Shardul and Chakaravarthy power Kolkata Knight Riders beats Royal Challengers Bangalore by a big margin of 81 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and invited Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first, Kolkata Knight Riders batted first, started the inning very poorly, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 26 runs in 3.2 over, Venkatesh Iyer dismissed just for 3 runs in 7 balls, next batsman Mandeep Singh came to bat and dismissed without scoring in just 1 ball as second wicket in 3.3 over, the team score was 26 runs, next batsman Nitish Rana came to bat, and he also dismissed after a while just for 1 run 5 balls as third wicket in first ball of the 7th over, the team score was 47 runs, followed by Rinku Singh came to bat and handled the inning with Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the fourth has dismissed for 89 runs in 11.2 overs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning with the help of 3 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 44 balls, next batsman Andre Russell came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 ball without scring as fifth wicket in 11.3 over, the team score was 89 runs, followed by Shardul Thakur came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 103 runs with Rinku Singh, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 192 runs in last ball of the 19th over, Rinku Singh dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 46 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 33 balls, next batsman Sunil Narine came to bat, after a while the seventh wicket has dismissed for 198 runs in fourth ball of the final over, Shardul Thakur dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 9 boundaires in just 29 balls, followed by Umesh Yadav came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 6 runs in 2 balls with
Sunil Narine and Sunil Narine also remain unbeaten without scoring. In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 204 runs after losing 7 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and set a strong target of 205 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers David Willey took 2 wickets for 16 runs, Karn Sharma 2 wickets for 26 runs in 3 overs, Mohammed Siraj 1 wicket for 44 runs, Harshal Patel 1 wicket for 38 runs in 3 overs, and Michael Bracewell 1 wicket for 34 runs in 3 overs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore chasing 205 runs in the second inning, and the entire team was dismissed with just for 123 runs in the fourth ball of the 18th over. Royal Challengers Bangalore started the inning very well, but after the opening partnership no batsman could stay in the crease, Faf du Plessis was dismissed after playing a quick inning of 23 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 12 balls, Virat Kohli 21 runs in 18 balls, Michael Bracewell 19 runs in 18 balls, David Willey remains unbeaten for 20 runs in 20 balls, Akash Deep dismissed for 17 runs in 8 balls, apart from this, Glenn Maxwell dismissed just for 5 runs, Dinesh Karthik 9 runs in 8 balls, Shahbaz Ahmed 1 run, Anuj Rawat 1 run, Karn Sharma 1 run, and Harshal Patel dismissed without scoring. In this way, continuous wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all out just for 123 runs in 17.4 overs and lost the match by a big margin of 81 runs.

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Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Varun Chakaravarthy performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets just for 15 runs in 3.4 overs, Suyash Sharma 3 wickets for 30 runs, Suyash Sharma 2 wickets just for 16 runs, and Shardul Thakur 1 wicket for 15 runs in 2 overs.

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Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder bowler Shardul Thakur was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 9 boundaires in just 29 balls and also took 1 wicket for 15 runs in 2 overs.
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