RCB lost to KKR for the second time in the season

RCB lost to KKR for the second time in the season

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the third win in the Indian Premier League-16. The team defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs at their home ground. This is Kolkata's second win over Bangalore in the season.

After this victory, Kolkata, captained by Nitish Rana, has maintained hopes of entering the playoffs. The team is at number 7 of the points table with 6 points, while Bengaluru is at 5th position with 8 points.

At M Chinnaswamy Stadium KKR scored 200 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs after losing the toss and electing to bat first. In response, the Bangalore batsmen could only manage 179 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Spinners turned the tables, didn't let Bengaluru middle order survive

Kolkata spinners bowled effectively. Varun Chakraborty and Suyash Sharma took 5 wickets together. Both of them did not let the middle order of Bengaluru survive.

Kohli scored 49th half-century

Captain Virat Kohli scored the 49th half-century of his career. He played an inning of 57 runs off 37 balls. This is Virat Kohli's 5th half-century in the current season.