RCB vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs, end four-match losing streak

Kolkata Knight Riders snapped their four-match losing streak with a comfortable 21-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the reverse fixture of the IPL 2023 played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

KKR back to winning ways

Kolkata have done it yet again against Bangalore and that too on the road. They needed a win and boy, they got it with ease, also becoming the first team to do the double over a side this season.

It's all over! Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs, end four-match losing streak

RCB 166/8 after 19 overs, need 35 runs off last over

Varun Chakravarthy finishes excellent spell, returns figures of 3/27

OUT! Another one bites the dust! RCB's last hope also back to the dug out. Dinesh Karthik holes out to Rinku Singh at deep midwicket. Varun Chakravarthy gets his third wicket. RCB 154/8 in 17.3 overs

Andre Russell strikes again

OUT! Wanindu Hasaranga opens the face of the bat and executes his shot perfectly but to his dismay, he finds the fielder at deep point. RCB 152/7 in 16.5 overs

Strategic Timeout! RCB 145/6 after 16 overs, need 56 runs in 24 balls

Things getting tougher for RCB as they lose wickets at regular intervals. Dinesh Karthik is in the middle with unbeaten 15. DK pulled off memorable finishes and won numerous match for RCB last season but has not been to get going so far. Can he find his mojo back tonight?

OUT! A big mix up in the middle! Dinesh Karthik calls for second after completing the first one but Suyash Prabhudessai hesitates and falls short at the non striker's end. RCB 137/6 in 14.5 overs

Andre Russell removes Virat Kohli

OUT! Regular wickets hurts RCB big time. Andre Russell strikes to put KKR on top. Virat Kohli (54) smacks a pull and Venkatesh Iyer takes a spectacular catch at deep midwicket to stun Chinnaswamy crowd. RCB 115/5 in 12.1 overs

Mahipal Lomror falls after fine cameo

OUT! Varun Chakravarthy has had the last laugh after being hit for a six. The dangerous looking partnership has been broken. Mahipal Lomror goes for another big one but caught at the fence on deep midwicket by Russell. RCB 113/4 in 11.3 overs

Fifty for Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli keeps RCB's chase on track with his 5th fifty of the season. He gets to the landmark with a couple at long-on off 33 balls.

100 comes up for RCB

FOUR! Virat Kohli brings up RCB's 100 in 10.3 overs with a boundary

RCB 96/3 at halfway stage

Mahipal Lomror is into the elements, launches counter attack and smacks Sunil Narine for two sixes, he begins the over with a six and ends it with the same result.

Strategic Timeout! RCB 80/3 after 9 overs, need 121 runs off 66 balls

RCB 72/3 after 8 overs

RCB suffered early blows and lost three wickets inside powerplay to hand KKR an advantage. Their hopes are now rests on Virat Kohli who is unbeaten on 40 and going strong. RCB's middle order who hasn't clicked yet in the competition, needs to chip in to get closer to the target.

RCB in deep trouble

OUT! Varun Chakravarthy joins the party, RCB lose Glenn Maxwell in quick succession. Maxwell was looking to go over mid-on, but fails to clear it and Wiese takes a good catch. RCB 58/3 in 6 overs

Shahbaz Ahmed departs

OUT! Suyash Sharma strikes again to leave RCB in trouble. Shahbaz Ahmed goes for a sweep but beaten and trapped in front to become Suyash's second victim. RCB 51/2 in 4.4 overs

Fifty comes up for RCB

Virat Kohli smashes back-to-back fours off Suyash Sharma as RCB race to fifty in just 4.2 overs in big chase of 201.

Suyash Sharma gets a big fish

OUT! Suyash Sharma strikes in his first over, Faf du Plessis holes out to Rinku Singh at long on. RCB 31/1 2.2 overs

Faf, Kohli off to a flier

The Orange Cap holder Faf du Plessis continues his red hot run and launches RCB big chase in style, smashing KKR Umesh Yadav for back-to-back sixes while Virat Kohli also hits two fours. RCB 30/0 in 2 overs

Welcome Back!

Virat Kohli and impact player Faf du Plessis are out in the middle to begin RCB's 201-run chase. Vaibhav Arora with the ball for KKR. KKR have also brought their sub. Jason Roy goes out for Suyash Sharma.

KKR got off to a flier courtesy 83-run opening stand between Jason Roy and N Jagadeesan before Vyshak pulled things back with double strikes in the 10th over. Rana and Iyer then upped the ante with 80-run stand for the third wicket which certainly helped the visitors to end with what they did. David Wiese's maximum off the final ball got them to the magic number - 200.

Innings Break! Jason Roy, Nitish Rana power Kolkata Knight Riders to 200/5

OUT! Mohammed Siraj fights back and castles dangerous Andre Russell with a lovely yorker for 1. KKR 185/5 after 19 overs

Rinku Singh gets into the early act after Hasaranga dismiss Rana, Iyer in the space of three balls. Rinku starts off the penultimate over by Siraj with a six and two fours

Venkatesh Iyer departs

OUT! Wanindu Hasaranga gets another one, Venkatesh Iyer tries the slog sweep and Maxwell takes it at long-on. KKR 169/4 in 17.4 overs

Nitish Rana misses out on fifty

OUT! Wanindu Hasaranga strikes at crucial juncture to give RCB a much-needed breakthrough. Nitish Rana falls after magnificent knock of 48 off just 21 balls. Rana went for reverse paddle, the ball went off the top-edge and Vyshak dived forward and took it a brilliant catch.

KKR 167/2 after 17 overs

Vijaykumar Vyshak's last over turned out to be an expensive one. Nitish Rana took him on to smash 2 fours and a six on successive balls. 17 runs off the over, Vyshak returned figures of 2/41 in his overs.

Nitish Rana on a roll

KKR skipper capitalised on two lives he got and upped the ante with two successive maximums off Harshal Patel that also brought 150 for his team. 4 overs to go, will they cross 200?

Rana, Iyer lead KKR

Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer have added fifty-run stand to take KKR forward after Vijaykumar Vyshak double blow halted their charge. KKR 138/2 in 15.4 overs

DROPPED!

Nitish Rana survives again, this time Harshal Patel puts him down at fine leg off Mohammed Siraj. KKR 130/2 in 14.5 overs

Nitish Rana releases the pressure as he ends the over with a six over straight down the ground. KKR 117-2 after 13 overs

DROPPED!

KKR skipper Nitish Rana gets a life as Mohammed Siraj drops a sitter at long off. Could have been a third wicket for Vyshak. KKR 110/2 in 12.3 overs

KKR 106/2 after 12 overs

A good over for KKR after a while as Venkatesh Iyer stepped up and collected two fours off Wanindu Hasaranga's third over.

Vijaykumar Vyshak gets another one

Vijaykumar Vyshak leads RCB fightback with another wicket in the same over. Jason Roy's whirlwind knock of 56 comes to an end. Vyshak exposed his stumps and cleaned him up with a leg-stump yorker. KKR 88/2 after 10 overs

Vijaykumar Vyshak gives RCB a first breakthrough

Vijaykumar Vyshak strikes in his second over to break the deadly opening stand between Jason Roy and N Jagadeesan by removing the latter. Jagadeesan (27) pulls and holes out to David Willey at deep midwicket. KKR 83/1 in 9.2 overs

Fifty for Jason Roy

Jason Roy continues his sublime touch, slams his second straight fifty off just 22 balls to put KKR on top. Score 69/1 in 7.1 overs

End of the powerplay!

Jason Roy got into the element as he piled misery on Shahbaz Ahmed in his first over by smacking three sixes on the trot. He ended the over with another monstrous hit over midwicket. KKR raced to 66/0 in 6 overs

Jason Roy brings up KKR's fifty with consecutive sixes off Shahbaz Ahmed in 5.3 overs

KKR 41/0 after 5 overs

An eventful first over from Wanindu Hasaranga. Jason Roy survives huge LBW appeal. RCB have take the review after on field umpire gave not out but replay showed that he was hit outside the line of the stumps

KKR 35/0 after 4 overs

Roy and Jagadeesan take David Willey to the cleaners in the 4th over and collect 17 runs off it. Jagadeesan picks up two fours while Roy smashes a six over square midwicket

KKR 18/0 after 3 overs

Siraj ends the over with a peach of a delivery, big appeal for caught-behind from both bowler and keeper but Roy survives. But he finds a boundary as he drives through the covers on the penultimate delivery.

KKR 13/0 after 2 overs

David Willey from the other end concedes just five runs in his first over. N Jagadeesan gets an edge that goes wide of slip and straight of deep third for his first boundary of the innings.

KKR 8/0 after 1 over

Jason Roy smashes two boundaries off Mohammed Siraj's first over to give KKR a good start. Siraj makes a good comeback on the last ball with sharp nip-backer that strikes the pad.

Jason Roy opens scoring

KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score: Jason Roy gets off the mark with a boundary. Roy uses his feel and slaps it down the park, to long on for a fine boundary. KKR 4/0 in 0.3 overs

Here we go!

KKR vs RCB IPL Live Score: N Jagadeesan and Jason Roy are out in the middle to open KKR's innings. Mohammed Siraj with the ball for RCB

The Impact substitutes for both the teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Subs: Faf du Plessis, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Finn Allen, Anuj RawatKolkata

Knight Riders Subs: Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya

Vaibhav Arora comes in for Kulwant

KKR Playing XI: N Jagadeesan(w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy