IPL 2021, KKR vs RCB Highlights: KKR win by 9 wickets, Iyer remains unbeaten on debut

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Varun Chakaravarthy: "I try to assess the pitch first. It was flat only. Would like to give credit to the bowlers who bowled in the powerplay for the discipline. Not much spin on offer so I had to keep it on the stumps. I thought it was out (the hattrick ball) but just saw the replay that there was an inside edge. Definitely made me feel better, and got a sense of acceptance from the people around me." 

22:48 (IST)

Varun Chakaravarthy is the player of the match! 

22:46 (IST)

Eoin Morgan: "It is very rarely that we have a performance like today. I don't think the wicket changed a great deal. Bowlers have had an outstanding day today. As a group, with the expressive nature with which the guys play, playing under me or Baz, should be an absolute treat. We have a long way to go, we need a lot of things to go in our way. We have a really talented group of players."

22:32 (IST)

Shubman Gill: "We wanted to make a comeback from where we were, it was a bold statement. Hopefully we will continue and qualify. It was a good opportunity to get our run rate going, that was the plan and happy to execute it. Venkatesh Iyer was batting well in the practice matches as well, to bat and have such a great performance on debut is pleasing. My return felt good, was gutted by the way I got out but hopefully I'll complete it in the next game. The way we started off, after the first six overs, the way we bowled, was great to see Sunny and Varun come into the mix. I think in the first innings, it was a bit slow, in the second innings, the ball was coming on pretty nicely."

22:27 (IST)

Virat Kohli: "It was important to get a good partnership. We did not expect the dew to kick in so early. Bit of a collapse, bit of a wake up call for us and might as well have this at the start of the second leg so that we know exactly what we need to work on. He's (Varun Chakaravarthy) going to be a key factor when he plays for India. We just need to be professional and stick to our strengths. We have absolute confidence in our squad."

22:23 (IST)

Job done by Kolkata Knight Riders. The bowlers did extremely well to bowl out RCB for just 92. Shubman Gill and newbie Venkatesh Iyer did the rest with the bat. KKR needed a victory and they got a big one.  

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That's it! Venkatesh smashes it over mid-wicket to clinch the victory. KKR beat RCB by nine wickets.

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Venkatesh steps up and drives down the ground for a four! 

22:19 (IST)

Another reverse sweep and another boundary for Venkatesh. 

22:18 (IST)

Gill departs! 

Tries to take long-off fielder with a big shot but doesn't get the distance. Good innings from the opener. Shubman Gill c Siraj b Chahal 48(34)

22:17 (IST)

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 82/0 

Good slow ball first up by Harshal to beat Venkatesh. In next ball, the bowler puts down a chance. Venkatesh sends one to the left of Harshal who goes with one hand but fails to hold on to the catch. Boundary from a misfield and a single to end the over. 

22:15 (IST)

Low full-toss by Harshal, Gill flicks through deep mid-wicket but a misfield by Sachin Baby ensures a boundary. 

22:12 (IST)

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 75/0 ( Shubman Gill 42 , Venkatesh Iyer 28)

Hasaranga continues. The first ball is a googly, Shubhman misses his shot. Mild LBW appeal but this is missing stumps. After the six, he tries another big hit, doesn't get the timing right. The ball takes a thick outside edge and goes behind square to allow the batsmen two runs. A reverse-hit boundary by Venkatesh to end the over. 

22:10 (IST)

Short by Hasaranga, Venkatesh gets the elevation on his reverse hit and finds the boundary. 

22:08 (IST)

Shubman steps out against Hasaranga and clears the long-on fielder. Wow! 

22:07 (IST)

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 62/0 ( Shubman Gill 33 , Venkatesh Iyer 24)

Harshal Patel introduced into the attack. Nice drive down the ground by Gill for a single off the first ball. The field is spread out so batsmen deal in singles only. Better over for RCB, five singles and a wide. 

21:59 (IST)

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 56/0 ( Shubman Gill 30 , Venkatesh Iyer 22)

Kolkata go past the 50-run mark inside powerplay. After the second boundary, Gill plays a reverse-sweep, the ball doesn't reach boundary but they collect two runs. 11 off this over. Should be an easy finish for KKR from here. Timeout taken.

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Chahal tosses up, Gill smashes it over mid-wicket. One bounce over the ropes.

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Sublime! 

Shubman sweeps against Chahal and finds the boundary in the deep square leg region.  

21:55 (IST)

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 45/0 ( Shubman Gill 19 , Venkatesh Iyer 22)

After conceding the boundary off the first ball, Jamieson oversteps. Free-hit for Gill but Jamieson bowls a good slow bouncer to beat the batsman. The batsman wants a wide but square-leg umpire says no. A superb six to finish the over. 16 runs from this over. KKR need another 48 in 90 balls.

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Lovely hit! 

Venkatesh comes down the ground and hits this one over long on. 

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Gill makes room and lofts the ball over cover. Second boundary of the over. 

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Gill comes down the track against Jamieson and smashes it through mid-off. Powerful!  

21:48 (IST)

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 29/0 ( Shubman Gill 10 , Venkatesh Iyer 16)

Time for spin as Hasaranga takes the ball. Tosses up the deliveries as Gill and Venkatesh pick up singles. The leg-spinner then bowls a wrong one which Gill picks it up for a single down the deep mid-wicket. Venkatesh plays a reverse-sweep but misses. Lucky it didn't hit the stumps. A boundary and a dot to end the over.

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Shot! Venkatesh drives on the full and beats the diving mid-wicket fielder. 

21:44 (IST)

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 22/0 ( Shubman Gill 8 , Venkatesh Iyer 11)

Siraj continues. He comes around the wickets to Venkatesh who finds the gap on the off-side with his cut. The ball races to the ropes but Jamieson pulls off a dive near the boundary to save two runs. Four dots to end the over.

21:40 (IST)

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 20/0 ( Shubman Gill 8 , Venkatesh Iyer 9)

Jamieson bowls back of a length deliveries to Gill who's playing confident shots. After the boundary, he times a half-pull nicely through the ground but the mid-wicket fielder does well to get his hands to the ball and it's just a single. The ball slips out of Jamieson's hands and goes wide. He follows it with a delivery down the leg for his second wide of the over. A dot to end the over.  

21:35 (IST)

Gill charges down the ground against Kyle Jamieson and smacks it over mid-on. The bat hits the rope on half-volley. 

21:34 (IST)

After 1 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 10/0 ( Shubman Gill 1 , Venkatesh Iyer 8)

Siraj starts off with a fuller delivery, outside off stump, Gill drives for no runs. The batsman then pushes towards mid-on and takes off to complete a single. First ball in IPL for Venkatesh. He tries to play the cut but beaten on the bounce. He then plays two lovely shots for boundaries. The balance on the second boundary is really good. 10 off the over.

21:32 (IST)

Superb. This time Siraj pitches it up but Venkatesh drives on the full and finds another boundary. 

21:31 (IST)

Back of a length and wide by Siraj, Venkatesh reaches for the ball and finds the gaps with his cut shot. 

21:28 (IST)

Time for the chase. Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer in the middle. Mohammed Siraj has the new ball. 

21:28 (IST)

Time for the chase. Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer in the middle. Mohammed Siraj has the new ball. 

21:17 (IST)

KKR bowlers steal the show. A superb exhibition of skills as they wreck havoc on RCB. Three wickets each for Varun Chakaravarthy and Andre Russell. Two wickets for Lockie Ferguson and one for Prasidh Krishna. Should be an easy chase but this is IPL so anything can happen.

21:14 (IST)

Gone! 

RCB bowled out for 92! Siraj plays a scoop against a full length ball and sends it straight to the fielder at fine-leg.  Siraj c Chakravarthy b Russell 8(10) 

21:10 (IST)

After 18 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 89/9 ( Mohammed Siraj 7 , Yuzvendra Chahal 1)

Prasidh Krishna into the attack. Three dots and then Siraj flicks towards backward square leg to get off the strike. Chahal then finds the gap in the backward point region with a nice-looking shot but it's only one run. Boundary to end the over. 

21:09 (IST)

Short ball by Prasidh, Siraj makes room and cuts. The ball flies over the keeper's head after taking an outside edge. 

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After 17 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 83/9 ( Mohammed Siraj 2 , Yuzvendra Chahal 0)

Very impressive from Ferguson. The boundary ball was above 140 kph and then the next one is a slow yorker to bamboozle the batsmen. He's also done with his four overs. Two wickets and 24 runs. Let's see if Yuzvendra and Siraj survive the final three overs.

21:03 (IST)

Slow yorker by Ferguson, Harshal fails to block the ball. Ninth wicket down for RCB. Harshal Patel b Ferguson 12(10) 

21:02 (IST)

Harshal slashes hard, gets an outside edge and the ball runs to the boundary behind the stumps. 

21:01 (IST)

After 16 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 79/8 ( Harshal Patel 8 , Mohammed Siraj 2)

Varun finishes his quota for today. Superb spell from the spinner whose figures read 3/13 from four overs. Virat Kohli, his national team captain will be happy with the spell although he won't talk about it today.  

20:58 (IST)

Run-out! 

When it's a bad day, you can't do much. Harshal plays down the ground, the bowler Varun gets his fingers to the ball before it hits the stumps. Jamieson on the non-striker's end, is out of his crease. Jamieson run out (Chakravarthy) 4(12)

20:56 (IST)

After 15 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 75/7

Narine wants to keep it tight and sticks to bowling around the wickets. Not much to smile for RCB dugout so far but they got a boundary in the over. Five overs remaining so the plan will be to post a total in excess of 100. Looks tough.

20:52 (IST)

Finally a boundary. 

Harshal gets an inside edge on a wide delivery, the ball runs towards the vacant third man area. 

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After 14 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 68/7 ( Kyle Jamieson 2 , Harshal Patel 2)

Varun continues. Good start as Baby looks to get off strike but fails. Varun then changes the pace of the ball, pitches it bit wider than his previous deliveries, Baby goes for the drive but doesn't get the execution right. That's his third wicket of the night and he has conceded just nine runs from his three overs.

20:49 (IST)

Baby departs! 

Loopy ball by Varun, Baby plays the drive, gets a top edge and the catch is taken at backward point. Sachin Baby c Nitish Rana b Chakravarthy 7(17)

20:45 (IST)

After 13 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 66/6 ( Sachin Baby 7 , Kyle Jamieson 2)

Narine into the attack. Baby takes a single off the first ball. The spinner keeps it very tight against Jamieson. The batsman collects two runs after a lofted hit towards extra cover region. Two dots to end the over and the umpire signals a timeout.  

20:42 (IST)

After 12 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 63/6 ( Sachin Baby 6 , Kyle Jamieson 0)

Varun Chakaravarthy on a hat-trick. Kyle Jamieson misses his shot and there's a big appeal for LBW. Umpire says no, but Varun wants them to take the review. Morgan also says no to DRS. This looks very close but it's a good call by the KKR captain. The ball hits the bat before hitting the pads. Another super over for KKR. RCB in a big mess.

20:38 (IST)

LBW!

Two in two for Varun. Hasaranga misses his defence as the ball hits the back leg. Easy decision for the umpire. He doesn't take the review. Hasaranga lbw b Chakravarthy 0(1)