Kolkata Knight Riders were disappointed with the way the match ended against Punjab Kings as rain played spoilsport in the game. During the game, KKR were seven runs behind the par score.
With DLS Method coming into the big picture, PBKS won the game by seven runs and opened their account. The disappointed KKR approached the second game with a fresh perspective.
It was also their first-ever home game after quite a long time. Despite reeling at 89/5 in 12 overs, the likes of Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh turned things around and put the team in a commanding position.
Shardul Thakur played the best innings of his IPL career as he pitched in with a quickfire fifty off just 20 balls. He ended up scoring 68 off 29 balls where he slammed nine fours and three sixes to his name.
Harsha Bhogle reacts to RCB’s shocking performance against KKR
At a certain stage, KKR never looked like posting a decent total on the board. However, the likes of Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh dominated the proceedings and added a vital 103-run partnership.
In response to KKR’s total, RCB did show positive signs at the start. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis added 44 runs for the opening partnership before things started to collapse for RCB when KKR spinners spun the web at the right time.
RCB ran through a batting collapse and were nowhere close to chasing down the total as they ended up getting bowled out for 123 runs. RCB lost the game by 81 runs.
Meanwhile, popular commentator, Harsha Bhogle took to his official Twitter handle and reacted to RCB’s shocking performance against KKR. Harsha Bhogle tweeted, “You never can tell in our sport! Who would have imagined this! #KKRvRCB”
You never can tell in our sport! Who would have imagined this! #KKRvRCB
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 6, 2023
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Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI: Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
