Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs

Match Details

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Venue - Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Toss Winner - Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bowl

Series - Indian Premier League 2023

Date of the Match - Thursday, 6 April, 2023

Time - 07:30 PM (IST)

Season - 2023

Umpires - Vinod Seshan (IND), Virender Sharma (IND)

Third Umpire - Nitin Menon (IND)

Match Referee - Shakti Singh (IND)

Player of the Match - Shardul Thakur 

Match Review 

     On Thursday, April 6, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore played in the 9th match of the Indian Premier League 2023. 

     Varun Chakaravarthy's four-wicket haul and stellar performances from Shardul Thakur and Rahmanullah Gurbaz helped Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by an overwhelming 81 runs. 

     When KKR was given the opportunity to bat first, they lost a few wickets early on, but Gurbaz and Shardul each scored big scores of 57 and 68 runs, respectively, to lead their team to a massive total of 204/7 in 20 overs. 

     After that, RCB made a promising start, but Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine took four and two wickets, respectively. As RCB were bowled out for 123, it was followed by one wicket from Shardul Thakur and three unexpected wickets from rookie Suyash Sharma.

Brief Score

     Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 204 for 7 in 20 overs (Mandeep Singh 0, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) 57, Venkatesh Iyer 3, Nitish Rana 1, Rinku Singh 46, Andre Russell 0, Shardul Thakur 68, Sunil Narine 0, Umesh Yadav 6, Extras 23) 

     Royal Challengers Bangalore have scored 123 for 10 in 17.4 overs (Virat Kohli 21, Faf du Plessis 23, Dinesh Karthik (wk) 9, Glenn Maxwell 5, Michael Bracewell 19, Shahbaz Ahmed 1, David Willey 20, Karn Sharma 1, Harshal Patel 0, Akash Deep 17, Anuj Rawat 1, Extras 6)

Who is the Winner? 

     Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs with a score of 204 runs.