Bangalore vs Kolkata Highlights, IPL 2023: KKR Beat Sloppy RCB By 21 Runs

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs.

This is going to be quite a task for RCB as the required run-rate has gone past 14. OUT! Wanindu Hasaranga plays it straight to the fielder. RCB need 49 off 19 balls. 

Back to back wickets for Kolkata as they rush back into the game. Virat Kohli departs after a fighting 50. RCB need 86 off 47 balls.

FIFTY comes up for Virat Kohli. He is currently involved in an incredible partnership along with Mahipal Lomror. RCB need 95 off 54 balls.

Royal Challengers Bangalore are in a bit of a pickle here. They have lost two of their most important batters - du Plessis and Maxwell in the chase already. Will Kohli come alive today? RCB need 143 off 83 balls.

Another one bites the dust as Suyash Sharma gets his second wicket. Glenn Maxwell is the new batter. 

This has been an exceptional start from Bangalore. KKR captain Nitish Rana introduce Suyash Sharma in the attack. OUT! He gets Faf du Plessis caught on the boundary.

Kolkata Knight Riders finish on 200 for 5 at the end of 20 overs.

What an over from Wanindu Hasaranga. He got both the set batters and now Kolkata have got a completely new pair in the middle with two overs remaining.

Another dropped catch! This is turning into an embarrassment for RCB tonight. Even the crowd is getting into it. The partnership is now 50 off 36.

With both openers back in the hut, KKR need to rebuild and they need to start doing that as early as possible. Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana can certainly do that for the side.

Jason Roy and Narayanan Jagadeesan have been brilliant with their partnership. Can they work on their acceleration even more? Stay tuned for live updates!

Healthy start for Kolkata as they have collected an occasional boundary every over to keep the run-rate going. However, Siraj and Willey are keeping it tight from their end as well.

Mohammed Siraj has the new ball in hand. He has astonishing numbers as an opening bowler in this year's IPL. Jason Roy and Narayanan Jagadeesan are another opening batting pair for KKR.

Nitish Rana at the toss: Second half of the tournament has started, it's an important game. We've played some good cricket, some not so good. It's time to step up. If we play well collectively, the result will be in our favour. In previous games, we've had unforced changes. Shardul had a niggle, Gurbaz had a niggle. We were going to bat. One change from the last match - Vaibhav Arora comes in for Kulwant.

Virat Kohli at the toss: Decided to bowl first. No brainer. Evening game at Chinnaswamy, we've chased well here. It was unexpected but nothing I'm not used to (stand-in captaincy). It's been fun so far because of the way the team has been playing. Faf will be playing the impact role again. Hopefully he'll be back leading from the next game. Looks like a great pitch, the usual Chinnaswamy pitch that we expect.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Hello and welcome to the live cricket coverage of match no. 36 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders here at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.