IPL 2021, KKR vs RCB: Who won yesterday’s match?

The room for error on this ground is just so small. Full from Saini, Faf shuffles across and paddles the ball over the fine leg boundary for six. Chahal under pressure straight away. This indibet is an interesting battle, between the CSK openers and the RCB leg spinners.

SRH’s woes with the bat continued, as they posted a disappointing 134 for 9 after winning the toss. Abdul Samad (28 off 21) and Rashid Khan (22 off 19) were the only batters to cross the 20-run mark as DC’s bowlers dominated proceedings. Jadeja drags the ball onto Kohli’s pads and he flicks the ball to the fine-leg boundary for four.

• It was Venkatesh Iyer who started the big-hitting carnage, and ended up slamming 53 in 30 balls.
• The first two balls were length deliveries, which were easily dispatched over the ropes.
• RR lost further momentum as a tentative Jaiswal fell one short of his fifty.
• The Agarwal show continued as he clobbered Morris for two sixes in the 10th over.
• He welcomed Adil Rashid to the IPL by reverse-sweeping him for four and then launching him for a maximum over long-off.

The PBKS left-arm seamer copped some punishment early on but held his nerve and came up with a fantastic bowling spell. Mohammed Shami was highly impressive at the death to finish with 3 for 21. Pant, who lost his bat trying to hit Rashid Khan, slapped Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a six over deep square leg. He then followed that up with two cracking big hits off Khaleel Ahmed as DC marched towards victory.

IPL 2021 RCB vs CSK Live: PINCH-HITTER PADIKKAL?

Faf looks to sweep Maxwell’s first ball, the ball finds the top edge, his hand comes off the bat and Navdeep Saini takes a tricky catch at short fine leg. Devdutt Padikkal (22) and debutant Srikar Bharat (16) launched a mini-fight back for RCB. However, off the last ball of the powerplay, Padikkal edged a back-of-a-length delivery from Ferguson to the keeper, while trying the upper cut.

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The batter failed again, though, trapped in front by Nortje with one that angled in sharply. Jason Holder (10) and Samad threw their bats around, but did not last long. Rashid Khan then swung Rabada for a six over third man and a four over the keeper in the penultimate over to gather some handy runs for SRH. Ahmed had his revenge, though, when Shaw dragged a slog and was well caught by Kane Williamson, running back from mid-on.

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A short delivery was then pulled to deep midwicket, while a full ball was flicked in the same region. The runs kept flowing for KKR, though, as Rahul Tripathi joined Iyer. Both helped themselves to a six each off left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya. Iyer cleared the ropes at deep midwicket in the seventh over while Tripathi hammered one over long-on to start the ninth over. In between, Rahul Chahar also went for a couple of fours in his first over. The 10th over bowler by Bumrah went for 14, including five wides off a bouncer.