Heartbreak for Bengaluru as Kolkata Clinches Victory by a Single Run in Thrilling Match !!

In IPL 2024, the day’s first match was played on Sunday between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore (KKR vs RCB), which Kolkata won by 1 run. This is the fifth win of the purple jersey team this season, while Bengaluru has suffered its seventh defeat in 8 matches.

Batting first, KKR scored 222/6 runs in 20 overs. In response, RCB scored 221/10 in 20 overs and they remained just 2 runs away from the target. Let us give you detailed information about this match.

KKR vs RCB: Kolkata scored a huge score

In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first, which later proved to be their biggest mistake. The batsmen of Kolkata Knight Riders showed excellent performance and scored a huge 222 runs.

Captain Shreyas Iyer played the highest innings of 50 runs in 36 balls. Apart from them, Phil Salt contributed 48 (14), Andre Russell scored 27* (20), Rinku Singh scored 24 (16) and Ramandeep Singh also contributed 24* (9). For RCB, Yash Dayal and Cameron Green took 2 wickets each, while Lockie Ferguson and Mohammad Siraj took 1 wicket each.

KKR vs RCB: Bengaluru also struggled

While chasing Kolkata’s big target of 227 runs, Bengaluru did not have a good start. By the fourth over, both the team’s openers returned to the pavilion at a score of 35 runs. But after this, Will Jacques and Rajat Patidar brought RCB to the front with stormy batting. Will scored 55 runs in 32 balls, while Patidar scored 52 runs in 23 balls.

At the same time, in the end, Suyash Prabhudesai (24), Dinesh Karthik (25), and Karn Sharma (20) batted brilliantly and put Bengaluru on the threshold of victory but in the end, they had to face defeat by just 1 run.