Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers by a big margin with great batting-bowling skills. Kolkata beat Bengaluru by a huge margin of 81 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday (April 6). In response to 205 runs, Kohli’s innings stopped at just 123 runs after losing all wickets in 17.4 overs. Shardul Thakur, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Rinku Singh shone for Kolkata with the bat. The top three batsmen Venkatesh Iyer 3, Mandeep Singh 0, and Nitish Rana were out for only 1 run but Gurbaz’s excellent batting made Kolkata score 47 runs in 6 overs. Then Gurbaz made a partnership of 42 runs with Rinku in the fourth wicket partnership. On the second ball of the 12th over, the Afghan batsman got out after playing an inning of 57 runs with 6 fours and 3 sixes off 44 balls. The Raiders camp was under some pressure when Andre Russell returned to the golden duck in the next over. However, Shardul Thakur created a storm with the bat by forming a pair with Rinku in the sixth wicket pair. In the 19th over, Rinku was dismissed for 46 runs off 33 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes. On the other hand, before getting out, Shardul played an excellent inning of 68 runs with 9 fours and 3 sixes. This is the highest innings in his IPL career.

At the end of the scheduled over, Kolkata lost 7 wickets and scored 204 runs. David Willey and Karan Sharma took two wickets each for Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Bangalore’s batters fell under the fire of Kolkata’s spinners. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis scored 44 runs in the opening pair. After Kohli was bowled by Sunil Narine in the fifth over of the innings, Bengaluru lost the chance. Kohli was dismissed for 21 off 18 balls. In the next over, Bharun Chakraborty took the wicket of du Plessisser. 23 runs from 12 balls with 2 sixes and 2 fours came from the bat of the Protea batsman. After Michael Bracewell tried to take control of the match, Max Well, Harshal Patel, or Shahbaz Ahmed could not accompany him. Bharun and Narin show them the way to the dressing room. Bracewell, who scored 19 runs from 18 balls on their way, also left the crease. In the end, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, and Karan Sharma were defeated by Suyash Sharma’s spin. In the end, Akash Deep played a short stormy inning of 17 runs off 8 balls but it did not help. Guide him to the dressing room. David Willey, who scored 20 runs from 20 balls, did not just surrender to the Kolkata bowlers. Bengaluru’s innings ended at 123 runs. Bharun picked up 4 wickets for just 15 runs in 3.4 overs. Suyash took 3 wickets and Narine pocketed 2 wickets. Pacer Shardul took only one wicket in the crowd of three spinners. Kolkata took the first win of the season with great bat-bowl skills. Earlier they lost their first match against Punjab Kings by 7 runs.