Royal Challengers Bangalore registered a hat-trick of wins in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by 38 runs in the 10th match of the season in Chennai on Sunday. Opting to bat, RCB made 204 for four after Glenn Maxwell top-scored with 78 off 49 balls while AB de Villiers remained unbeaten on 76 off 34 balls. Chasing a stiff target, KKR could only score 166 for 8 with Andre Russell top-scoring with 31 off 20 balls. For RCB, Kyle Jamieson took three wickets for 41 runs while Yuzvendra Chahal bagged two wickets for 34 runs. Get highlights and cricket scores of RCB v KKR in Chennai.
7:20 PM IST: Result! Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 38 runs.
Brief Scores:
RCB: 204 for 4 in 20 overs (Glenn Maxwell 78, AB de Villiers 76 not out; Varun Chakravarthy 2/39).
KKR: 166 for 8 in 20 overs (Andre Russell 31; Yuzvendra Chahal 2/34, Kyle Jamieson 3/41).
5:24 PM IST: RCB innings! Glenn Maxwell top-scored for RCB with 78 off 49 balls while AB de Villiers remained unbeaten on 76 off 34 balls.
Brief Scores:
RCB: 204 for 4 in 20 overs (Glenn Maxwell 78, AB de Villiers 76 not out; Varun Chakravarthy 2/39).
3:05 PM IST: One change for RCB. Rajat Patidar comes in for Dan Christian as they rather bravely prefer to play with three foreigners instead of four. KKR are unchanged.
Playing XIs:
RCB: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
KKR: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
3:02 PM IST: Virat Kohli wins the toss, and Royal Challengers Bangalore bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders.
