IPL 6: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - As it happened

Live updates from the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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Live Update of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore to be played at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Kolkata Knight Riders win by 5 wickets. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 19.2 II Score: 116/5 Vinay Kumar to bowl the last over. Bhatia gets a single off the first ball to mid off. Slower one this time and Doeschate hits it for a boundary straight past the bowler. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 19 II Score: 111/5 Unadkat to bowl the 19th over. Doeschate looks to guide the first one to third man but the ball beats him outside off stump. Another swing and a miss. This time he hits it over long off for a boundary. Quick single taken off the next ball. Bhatia comes down the wicket and slashes and misses. He gets a single this to deep mid wicket. KKR need 5 runs off 6 balls. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 18 II Score: 105/5 Doeschate is on strike and he gets a single to deep mid wicket. off the first ball. Vinay Kumar also resorting to the short delivery and Tiwary gets an inside edge to it, no run taken. This one is driven to mid off, no run taken. Tiwary drives a full toss straight into the hands of Kohli at cover. Rajat Bhatia comes to the middle and takes a quick single to point. Doeschate digs a yorker to third man for a single. KKR need 11 runs in 12 balls. Manoj Tiwary c Virat Kohli b Vinay Kumar 24(27) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 17 II Score: 102/3 Mithun continues as Kallis tries pulls a short one but the ball gets the top edge and goes over the keeper for a boundary. This one is flicked by Kallis to deep mid wicket for another boundary. This one is wide down the leg side. Kallis pushes this one back to the bowler. Kallis hitts this high in the air and the man at mid on takes a simple catch. Tiwary smashes a short one past sweeper cover for a boundary. Another short one and Tiwary gets two runs off it to deep backward square leg. KKR need 14 runs in 18 balls. Kallis c Henriques b Mithun 41(45) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 16 II Score: 87/3 Kartik continues as Tiwary steps out and hits the first one to cover, no run taken. He drops the second one short and Tiwary giving the charge gets his foot back just in time to avoid a stumping. Flicks this one to mid wicket, no run again. Tiwary drives to sweeper cover for a single. Kallis hits the next ball to long on for a single. Tiwary misses with an attempted heave. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 15 II Score: 85/3 Rampaul is back into the attack. Starts off with a wide down the leg side. Next ball is pushed back to the bowler. Th next ball is hit to mid wicket, no run again. Kallis guides this one to third man for a single. Tiwary nudges this one to fine leg for another single. Kallis pulls it with no timing on the shot for a single to deep mid wicket. Tiwary gets a single off the last ball. KKR need 31 runs in 30 balls. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 14 II Score: 80/3 MIthun comes back into the attack and he starts with a short one that gets the edge of Tiwary's bat and goes to third man for two runs. Next ball is pushed to mid wicket for a single. Kallis guides this one to third man for a single. Tiwary gets another single to third man. Slower ball is cut to sweeper cover for a single. No run off the last ball. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 13 II Score: 74/3 Kartik continues as Kallis gets a single off the first ball. Tiwary pushes this one to mid wicket, no run taken. Tiwary steps out and smashes it to long on for a boundary. Tiwary steps out and pushes it back to the bowler. No run off the next one that is pushed to cover. Guides the last ball to short third man for a single. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 12 II Score: 68/3 Unadkat continues with one outside off stump, Tiwary lets it go through to the keeper. He drives a wide one to sweeper cover for a single. Kallis pushes this one to mid on, no run taken. Kallis pushes this one to mid on and takes a quick single. Tiwary defends the next one to cover, no run this time. Tiwary goes down the ground and smashes it for a boundary. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 11 II Score: 62/3 Murali Kartik comes back into the attack as Pathan defends the first two deliveries. Pathan tries to sweep this one but he misses and is adjudged leg before wicket. Manoj Tiwary is the new man in the middle. Tiwary pushes this to short fine leg and takes off for a single, Kalli sends him back though, throw comes in but he is back in time. This time he gets a single to long off. No run off the last ball. Yusuf Pathan lbw b Kartik 18(16) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 10 II Score: 61/2 Jaydev Unadkat comes back into the attack and Kallis hits it through mid off for a boundary. Kallis drops the next one to point, no run taken. He gets a single this time to long off. Pathan hits this to mid on. no run taken. He guides this short one from Unadkat over the keeper's head for a boundary. Gets a single off the next ball. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 9 II Score: 51/2 Vinay Kumar is back into the attack. Kallis flicks the first one from his pads for a single to deep mid wicket. This one is short and Pathan lets it go through to the keeper. He flicks this one to deep mid wicket for three runs. Kallis hits a slower on to mid off, no run taken. Gets a single to long on off the next ball. No run off the last ball. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 8 II Score: 46/2 Murali Kartik comes into the attack now and Pathan hits it over long on for a six. He nudges the next one to short third man, no run taken. He pushes the next one to mid wicket for a single. Kallis defends the next one to cover, no run taken. Kallis pushes this one back to the bowler. Kallis makes room and hits this to long off for a single. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 7 II Score: 38/2 Rampaul comes back into the attack. Kallis gets two runs off the first ball. He gets a single off the next. Pathan pulls it to deep backward square leg for two runs. This time he bowls it short and the umpire calls it wide. Another short one and it hits Pathan on the gloves, no run taken. He gets a single off the next ball. No run off the last ball. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 6 II Score: 31/2 Vinay Kumar comes into the attack as Kallis gets three runs off the first ball. Gambhir pulls a short one to short fine leg, no run taken. Gambhir slashes at one outside off stump and is caught at slip.Yusuf Pathan is the new man in the middle. He chips the ball in the air and the ball falls just short of the man at mid on. Gambhir c Gayle b Vinay Kumar 15(15) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 5 II Score: 27/1 Jaydev Unadkat is into the attack now. Kallis pushes the first one back to the bowler. Kallis hits the next one to mid on, no run again. Kallis chips this one over square leg for two runs. He nudges the next ball to the leg side for a single. Gambhir guides the next ball to third man for a single. Kallis pulls this slower one for a single to deep mid wicket. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 4 II Score: 22/1 Mithun continues as Gambhir misses with a drive, the ball was very close to the stumps. He gets an inside edge on this one, no run again. He slashes at this one outside off stump but misses. This one is short and Gambhir cuts this over point for a boundary. Slower one this time and Gambhir cuts it for another boundary. He drives another slower one past covers for a boundary. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 3 II Score: 10/1 Rampaul continues as Kallis defends the first one back to the bowler. Kallis pulls this one and the ball goes in the air and Mithun at fine leg over runs and the ball lands safely, ball goes for a boundary. He gets a leg bye off the next ball. Gambhir defends the next one to point, no run taken. He gets a single to short fine leg. Kallis tries to pull a short one but can't make contact. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 2 II Score: 4/1 Mithun to bowl the second over. Gambhir tucks the first one behind square for a single. Kallis leaves the second ball through to the keeper. Kallis defends the next one to the of side. Kallis chips this one on the off side for two runs. HE egts an inside edge on this one and takes a quick single. Gambhir drives the next one to mid off, no run taken. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 1 II Score: 0/1 Rampaul to bowl the first over. Gambhir and Bisla are in the middle for KKR. Bisla defends the first ball to the off side, no run taken. Bisla chips the second one straight to the man at point. Kallis comes to the middle now. He defends the first one to the off side, no run taken. Kallis leaves the next two deliveries. Last ball is played to cover, no run off it. Bisla c Henriques b Rampaul 0(2) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 20 II Score: 115/9 Balaji to bowl the last over of the innings. Vinay Kumar gets two runs off the first ball to long off. No run off the next two deliveries. Another hit and a miss but this time they run a bye. Kartik tries to smash this one but misses and his stumps are rattled. Unadkat is the last man and he gets a single off this one. Two runs to end the over. Kartik b Balaji 0(1) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 19 II Score: 109/8 Narine continues as Vinay Kumar gets a single off the first ball. Rampaul is trapped in front this time and the umpire raises his finger. Mithun is the new man in the middle and he tries to hoik the first one over deep mid wicket but he does not connect and he gets two runs for it. He goes for another big hit and he is caught at deep mid wicket. Vinay Kumar hits the next ball back to the bowler. Single off the last ball. Mithun c Manoj Tiwary b Narine 2(2) Rampaul lbw b Narine 0(3) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 18 II Score: 105/6 Kallis is into the attack and Henriques trying to hoik it over deep mid wicket but does not connect well and Tiwary takes a simple catch. Ravi Rampaul is the new man in the crease. Kallis beats Vinay Kumar outside off stump. He slaps this over point for two runs. Single this time to mid wicket. Rampaul is beaten outside off stump this time. No run off the last ball. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 17 II Score: 102/6 Narine is back into the attack. He traps Tiwary on the pads and he is given out. Vinay Kumar comes to the middle now. He gets an edge to the first one and gets a single to short third man. Another single for Henriques to short third man. He paddle sweeps this one for a boundary. Saurabh Tiwary lbw b Narine 1(3) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 16 II Score: 96/4 Balaji comes back into the attack. Henriques drives the first one for two runs to sweeper cover. A single this time towards the off side. de Villiers hits this one to sweeper cover and gets two runs. He hits this one inside out and the ball goes between long off and sweeper cover for a six. de Villiers gets an edge on the next one and Bisla takes a nice catch. Saurabh Tiwary is the new man in the middle. He gets a single to end the over. de Villiers c Bisla b Balaji 28(22) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 15 II Score: 84/3 Rajat Bhatia comes back into the attack. de Villiers gets a single off the first ball to deep mid wicket. Henriques gets another single to sweeper cover. de Villiers gets another single to cover this time. Next one is defended back to the bowler. A single this time to long on. de Villiers gets some bat on one down the leg side and he gets a boundary. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 14 II Score: 76/3 Sunil Narine is into the attack now. Gayle misses the first ball and Bisla knocks the stumps as replays show that no part of Gayle's foot was behind the line. Moises Henriques comes to the middle now. He chips the first ball in the air and the m,an runs in from short mid wicket to take the catch, huge appeal follows but the umpire says not out. He gets two runs to third man this time. Another sharp single taken, a misfield gives KKR an extra run. Another single for Henriques to cover. Single to end the over for de Villiers. Gayle st Bisla b Narine 33(36) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 13 II Score: 70/2 Senanayake into his last over. Gayle gets a single off the first ball. Another single to long on for de Villiers. Gayle pushes this one to the leg side for another single. 28 balls since the last boundary. Another single to long on. Gayle dabs this to the leg side for another single. de Villiers tries to reverse sweep this but gets a top edge that lands safely, he gets a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 12 II Score: 63/2 Some drizzle in Ranchi. Rajat Bhatia is into the attack now. de Villiers gets a single off the first ball to sweeper cover. Gayle gets an inside edge this time for a single. de Villiers slaps the next one to sweeper cover again for a single. Gayle gets another single to long off this time. de Villiers hits this one in the air but the ball falls just short of long off, single taken. Another single for Gayle to long off. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 11 II Score: 57/2 Kallis continues as de Villiers hits the first ball to cover, no run taken. He tries to pull the next one but can't connect. Gets a single this time to cover. Gayle works this one to the leg side for another single. de Villiers slaps the last ball to sweeper cover for a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 10 II Score: 54/2 Yusuf Pathan comes into the attack now as de Villiers gets a single off the first ball. Gayle gets another single off the next ball. Another single off the next ball. RCB get to their fifty. Gayle gets another single, this time to deep mid wicket. de Villiers reverse sweeps the next one but can't the ball past short third man, single taken. Gayle gets a single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 9 II Score: 47/2 Kallis continues as Kohli guides the first one to third man for a single. Gayle works the next one towards the leg side for a single. Kohli flicks this one to deep mid wicket for two runs. Kohli drags this one onto the stumps and the stumps are rattled. de Villiers is the new man and he gets a single off the first ball to third man. Gayle defends the last ball to cover. Virat Kohli b Kallis 17(14) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 8 II Score: 42/1 Doeschate comes into the attack now. Gayle drives the first one to long off for a single. He gets a bit of width and Kohli cuts it for a boundary. Kohli gets a single off the next ball to deep mid wicket. Gayle hits this one to point, no run again for Gayle. This time he hits this over the bowler's head for a six. He hits the next one to long off for two runs. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 7 II Score: 28/1 Kallis it into the attack now. Gets a single off the first ball to third man. Gayle not looking comfortable in the middle, he defends this one to off side. Single this to short fine leg. Kohli gets another single off the next ball. Gayle gets a single to long on. Virat KOhli works this to the leg side and takes two runs. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 6 II Score: 22/1 Sunil Narine is into the attack and Gayle defends the first one back to the bowler. Gayle gets a single off the next ball to square leg. Kohli defends the next one to the bowler. Kohli hits this one to deep extra cover for a boundary. SIngle taken off the last delivery. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 5 II Score: 16/1 Senanayake into his third over. He defends the first one and gets a single to short fine leg off the second. Pujara gives the charge but can't connect and is easily taken at point. Gayle gets a single off the next ball. Kohli is the new man in the middle. No run off the next two balls. Pujara c Balaji b Senanayake 5(14) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 4 II Score: 14/0 Balaji continues as Pujara defends the first one. Appeal off the next ball for LBW, umpire says not out. He guides the next ball to third man for a boundary. Gayle leaves the next one through to the keeper. Gayle defends the next one, no run again. This one is wide outside off stump. This one was smashes by Gayle but the fielder at cover got a hand to it and the batsmen got just a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 3 II Score: 11/0 Senanayake continues as Gayle defends the first one. He edges the next one just wide off Kallis at slip and the ball goes for a boundary. He defends the next ball back to the bowler. Next ball is defended to cover, no run again. Flicks the next one to the leg side for a single.Single off the last ball to Pujara. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 2 II Score: 5/0 Balaji to bowl the second over. Pujara gets a single off the third ball. Gayle is beaten outside off stump off the next delivery. Gayle works the next delivery to mid wicket for a single. Pujara defends the last ball back to the bowler. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 1 II Score: 3/0 Senanayake has the new ball. Facing him is Pujara. At the non-striker's end is Gayle. Just three runs from the first over. ==================================================================================== TOSS: KKR won the toss and elected to field first. Inching closer to a playoff berth, Royal Challengers Bangalore will face an inconsistent Kolkata Knight Riders, who would be eyeing revenge, when the two sides clash in the city`s first Pepsi IPL game at the Jharkhand Cricket Association`s International stadium on Sunday. It is exactly a month since the two teams clashed in Bangalore where Chris Gayle blew away KKR with a 50-ball 85 that was laced with nine sixes. Riding on Gayle`s brilliance and some other notable performers, RCB are among the top-four in the points table while KKR are languishing in the bottom half.