Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have won their second consecutive win in the Indian Premier League-2024 (IPL). The team defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 7 wickets in the 10th match of the current season. This is the first defeat of the host team this season. Earlier, the hosts had won in 9 consecutive matches.
On Friday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Kolkata achieved the target of 183 runs in 16.5 overs for 3 wickets. Shreyas Iyer scored 39 and Rinku Singh returned unbeaten after scoring 5 runs. While Venkatesh Iyer scored 50, Sunil Narine 47 and Phil Salt played important innings of 30 runs. Yash Dayal, Mayank Dagar and Vijaykumar Vaishakh got one wicket each.
RCB, batting first, scored 182 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli from RCB scored 83 runs off 59 balls. He hit 4 fours and 4 sixes. Fifty in the league. Apart from them, Cameron Green contributed 33 and Glenn Maxwell contributed 28 runs. Andre Russell and Harshit Rana got 2-2 wickets from Kolkata.
‘Moment Of The Day’: Virat Kohli Hugs Gautam Gambhir Mid-Match
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders clash at the IPL 2024 had two men, who have been known to share a bit of history, on the opposite side – Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir. The last time the duo faced each other at the IPL 2023, it made for one of the lasting images in Indian cricket. Last year, Gambhir was associated with Lucknow Super Giants and after a match against the RCB, had a heated on-field argument with Virat Kohli. Both of them were heavily fined for that incident. That was not the first on-field altercation between the two.
However, what happened during the RCB vs KKR game on Friday, was quite the opposite. Gautam Gambhir approached Virat Kohli and hugged the RCB star during a strategic time-out.
