IPL 2021: Cricket fraternity lauds RCB as they continue their unbeaten run by beating KKR by 38 runs

RCB now go to the top of the points table with 3 wins from 3 matches.

The 10^th match of the IPL 2021 saw Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first of the double-headers on April 18, 2021. Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first in Chennai.

RCB won the toss and batted first, putting up 204/4 in 20 overs. Glenn Maxwell made 78 with 8 fours and 3 sixes, while AB de Villiers smashed 76* in 34 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes, while Devdutt Padikkal made 25 runs.

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For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy picked 2/39 in 4 overs.

In reply, KKR never got going from the start. There were contributions like Rahul Tripathi (25), Eoin Morgan (29), Shakib Al Hasan (26), and Andre Russell (31), but the total proved to be too much for the team to chase down.

KKR finished their 20 overs on 166/8 and lost the match by 38 runs, RCB went to the top of the points table with 6 points in 3 matches.

Kyle Jamieson got 3/41, Yuzvendra Chahal picked 2/34 and Harshal Patel took 2/17.

The cricket fraternity was all praises for the RCB team on Twitter, who had a clinical victory over KKR, keeping them unbeaten in the tournament this far. 

Here are the tweets: