Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) faced Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 28th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at Sharjah on Monday (October 12).
Opting to bat first, RCB piled up a massive 194/2 in 20 overs on the back of AB de Villiers’ 73 not out off 33 balls. Aaron Finch (47 off 37 balls), Virat Kohli (33* off 28 balls) and Devdutt Padikkal (32 off 23 balls) also made notable contributions with the bat.
Amid the carnage, leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy managed to return with respectable bowling figures of 4-0-25-0 for KKR.
In reply, Knight Riders could only manage 112/9 in 20 overs. It was a listless batting performance as none of the batters managed to touch the 40-run mark. Shubman Gill was the top-scorer with 25-ball 34.
For RCB, pacers and spinners bowled exceedingly well. While Yuzvendra Chahal (1-12), Washington Sundar (2-20) were economical with the ball and claimed three wickets between them, Chris Morris (2-17), Navdeep Saini (1-17), Mohammed Siraj (1-24) and Isuru Udana (1-19) picked up five wickets among them.
Cricket experts were mighty impressed with RCB’s dominant display over KKR in all facets of the game.
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