Narine, Karthik guide Kolkata to its first IPL 2018 victory against Bangalore
Dinesh
Karthik slammed 35 runs off 29 balls.
Dinesh Karthik played an inning of a skipper to lead his side to victory against Bangalore at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Karthik played the winning shot to clinch its first victory in the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018.
Karthik slammed 35 runs off 29 balls.
Left-handed batsman Sunil Narine also smashed Bangalore bowlers in the powerplay. The left-handed batsman entertained the crowd to the fullest as he got his team off to a blazing start.
Narine, who held the record of 15-ball fifty in IPL history, on Sunday slammed another half-century but in 17 balls.
However, two balls later he was bowled by pacer Umesh Yadav.
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For Bangalore, Brendon McCullum and AB de Villiers' frenetic innings helped Bangalore set a target of 177 runs for Kolkata in the 3rd match of Indian Premier League 2018.
McCullum scored 43 off 27 balls while de Villers smashed 44 off just 23 balls.
Skipper Virat Kohli also contributed 31 runs to help his side reach a decent total.
However, the downline failed to capitalise on the foundation built by McCullum and deVilliers.
Constant fall of wickets kept the run rate in check.
However, Mandeep Singh played a brilliant cameo in the death overs and smashed Vinay Kumar for 16 runs in the last over.
However, host Kolkata pulled things back in the death overs after Nitish Rana dismissed de Villiers and Kohli on consecutive deliveries.
Kolkata won the toss and have invited Royal Challengers Banglore to bat in the third game of IPL 2018.