Navi Mumbai: Royal Challengers
Bangalore batters overcame some nervy moments after leg-spinner Wanindu
Hasaranga spun his way to a four-wicket haul to register a three-wicket win
over Kolkata Knight Riders in a low-scoring IPL match here on Wednesday.
Hasaranga lived up to his Rs
10.75 crore price tag as his four-wicket burst helped RCB dismiss KKR for 128.
The Sri Lankan was ably
supported by the pace trio of Akash Deep (3/45), Harshal Patel (2/11) and
Mohammed Siraj (1/25) after RCB won the toss and elected to bowl at DY Patil
Stadium here.
In reply, Sherfane Rutherford
(28), David Willey (18) and Shahbaz Ahmed (27) played crucial innings as RCB
survived some anxious moments before overhauling the target, scoring 132 for 7
in 19.2 overs after Tim Southee (3/20) and Umesh Yadav (2/16) blew away their
top-order.
Yadav and Southee troubled the
top-order batters with their pace and bounce, leaving RCB at 17 for 3 at one
stage.
While Anuj Rawat (0) got a
thick outside edge off Umesh, Faf Du Plessis (5) got a leading edge to the
point fielder and Virat Kohli (12) paid the price for playing away from the
body.
Willey and Rutherford then
tried to rebuild the chase with a 45-run stand but Sunil Narine broke the
partnership in the 11th over as he had the former caught at midwicket.
Coming to the crease, Shahbaz
pulled Andre Russell for two maximums as RCB amassed 15 runs to ease the
pressure.Needing 36 off 30 balls, Shahbaz hit another six off Chakravarthy
before being deceived by the bowler as RCB slumped to 101 for 5.
With pressure mounting, Rutherford
went for a slog only to be caught behind off Southee.
Needing 17 off last two overs,
Harshal Patel smashed two fours, while Dinesh Karthik (14 not out) blasted a
six and a four in the first two balls of the last over to take the team home.
Earlier, KKR batters struggled
with the extra bounce and went for shots too many despite losing wickets at
regular intervals.
None of the batters could
capitalise on the starts as KKR lost six wickets for 57 runs to slip from 44
for 3 to 101 for 9 in 14.3 overs.
Big-hitting West Indies
all-rounder Andre Russell was the highest scorer for KKR with a 18-ball 25,
while Umesh Yadav (18) and Varun Chakravarthy (10) added 27 runs, the
fourth-highest for the 10th wicket in IPL history, to provide some
respectability to the total.
Venkatesh Iyer was the first
to be dismissed with Akash Deep striking on his first delivery, while Ajinkya
Rahane's shaky start ended when he was holed out in the fifth over off Siraj as
KKR slipped to 32 for 2.
Nitish Rana too perished quickly
with David Willey producing a stunning catch as KKR slipped to 44 for 3 in the
first six overs.
Skipper Shreyas Iyer then paid
the price for an irresponsible shot, hitting straight to Du Plessis at long-on
for Hasaranga's first wicket.
Despite the match situation,
West Indies all-rounder Sunil Narine went for his shots, sending Akash Deep
across mid-off before top-edging him for a maximum.
However, Hasaranga came back
to strike twice in two balls as KKR slumped to 67 for 6 in 9 overs.
While Narine ended up giving an easy catch to point fielder, Sheldon Jackson was cleaned up with a ripping googly. (Agencies)
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