Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Indian Premier League 2020 Match 39: In Pics

Virat Kohli and Gurkeerat Mann wrapped up the victory for their side in just 13.2 overs which will surely boost their net run-rate. The fate of the match was already decided in the first half of KKR innings where they totally collapsed. 

KKR looked as if they would be losing a wicket at every ball once the RCB psinners were operating. The unfortunate thing for KKR was that even their run-rate was dismal on the day as they ambled along at pedestrian pace.

RCB thus reached the second position in the points table for the time being.

 

Lockie Ferguson, bowling his first over, removed the well set Aaron Finch on his second ball and then just two balls later, there was a terrible mix-up between Gurkeerat Mann and Devdutt Padikkal.

Gurkeerat defended a ball and Padikkal came too far down the track to go back and Cummins just jogged to the non-striker's end and ran him out.

It was a poor show from KKR but Lockie Ferguson still had a good day. He finished an economical spell of 4-0-17-1 and had also scored a valuable 19 runs with the bat.

Chasing a paltry 85 runs to win, Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch gave a very strong start to RCB - Perhaps, giving a lesson to the KKR batsmen on how to go about batting in the powerplay. 

In the first six overs, the RCB duo raced away to 44/0. They didn't take any unnecessary risks and relied on rotating the strike initially and then went for their shots.

The duo engaged in a 46-run stand for the opening wicket which was the final nail in the coffin.

A complete top-order collapse saw KKR managing a paltry 84/8 on the board. Only Eoin Morgan (30 off 34 balls) and Lockie Ferguson (19 off 16 balls) could handle the RCB bowling to some extent. 

KKR played like amateur school cricketers on the day and when the RCB spinners were operating, it looked like a wicket going down on almost every ball.

Mohammad Siraj was the pick of the bowlers with a spell of 4-2-8-3.

KKR were batting in the game like amateur school cricketers. They were simply crushed on the day by the bulldozer like bowling attack from RCB.

It was one way show all along with no batsmen being able to negotiate the RCB bowlers. Dinesh Karthik and Eoin Morgan were looking steady at the crease but Chahal removed Karthik lbw, where the umpire had to change his decision after a succesful review from Virat Kohli. 

Mohammad Siraj picked-up three wickets from his first two overs - which were also maidens to hand the reigns of the game to his side. 

Navdeep Saini dismissed Shubman Gill to add the cherry on the top. The score read 3/3 first and then 14/4. 

Mohammad Siraj bowled two maidens and pickes up three wickets with a spell that is sure to go down in IPL's highlight reels. 

He first dismissed Rahul Tripathi caught behind and then bowled out Nitish Rana with an absolute peach, that was perhaps the ball of the tournament. 

Although, he couldn't complete his hat-trick, in his next over - he dismissed Tom Banton caught behind to take his side well on top. After two overs his figures read 2-2-0-3.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bat first.

AB de Villiers 55* off 22 balls had powered them to a late victory against Rajasthan in their last outing.

They made just one change to their playing XI. Pacer Mohammad Siraj replaced spinner Shahbaz Ahmed.

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Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bat first.

KKR were coming into the game on the back of a thrilling Super Over win against SRH, where Lockie Ferguson emerged as the hero. 

KKR made two changes to their playing XI: Tom Banton and Prasidh Krishna replaced Andre Russell and Shivam Mavi respectively.

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