RCB vs KKR, IPL 2024 Highlights: KKR beat RCB by seven wickets for first away win of season

KKR have finally broken the jinx as they become the first team to win an away match in the IPL 2024. They have beaten RCB by seven wickets with 19 balls to spare. What a match though for KKR fans. Hope you have enjoyed the coverage, join us again next time, until then goodbye and thanks for joining. 

KKR’s openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine’s partnership coupled with Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer’s knocks have seen them near first away win of IPL 2024.

Live Score – KKR: 150/2 in 14 Overs

KKR have reached 100 as they firmly sit in the driver’s seat as they target first away win of the season.

Live Score – KKR: 122/2 in 10 Overs

KKR openers Sunil Narine (47) and Phil Salt (30) have set a perfect platform for the first away win of the IPL 2024 season.

Live Score – KKR: 89/1 in 7 Overs

KKR have started the run cahse with Phil Salt and Sunil Narine as they look for a good start with bat.

Live Score – KKR: 32/0 in 2 Overs

Virat Kohli's unbeaten 83 has helped RCB score 182/6 in their 20 overs as KKR are set to chase 183 to win the first away match of the IPL 2024.

Virat Kohli is in great form as he leads the charge for RCB with another fifty in the IPL 2024.

Live Score: 149/4 in 17 Overs

OUT! Finally KKR hold onto a catch as dangerman Maxwell departs. A slower one, outside off, from Narine tempted Maxi to go for a biggie and he didn't connect as Rinku Singh plucks an easy catch. RCB 124/3 (14.1 overs).

Sloppy fielding from KKR keeps RCB oncourse for 200-plus score after 14 overs. Two dropped catches as the partnership between Maxwell-Kohli is now flourishing. RCB 124/2 (14).

Tight overs and Green's wicket brings KKR back as the last two overs have only conceded 5 runs. Will Maxwell-Kohli take more time or go on the attack? RCB 87/2 (11).

Green, who was looking so good in the middle, goes back being clean bowled by Andre Russell. The West Indian had the last laugh after being hit for a huge six as RCB 82-2 (9).

Sunil Narine comes onto bowl the last over of the powerplays and goes for 15. After Anukul Roy conceded only 3 off his first over, Green took on Narine -- who became the 4th player to play 500 T20 games this evening -- and smashed him to all parts for two fours and a huge six straight down the ground. RCB are off to a flier. They are 61-1 (6).

Runs keep flowing despite Du Plessis' departure. Kohli has got his eye in and looks determined. He loves playing against KKR. Meanwhile, Green also got off the mark with a four off the edge. Kolkata, meanwhile, are playing their all on the field. KKR 39-1 (3.4 overs).

OUT! Faf du Plessis goes for a scoop and misses as Harshit Rana's off-cutter outside off dismantles his stumps as Chinnaswamy goes silent. RCB 17-1 (2).

Kolkata Knight Riders Subs: Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Subs: Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat(w), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

Faf du Plessis: The same (would have bowled first). It's a fresh wicket, looks a good wicket, you have to see how it plays in the first innings. It's important to close games early in the season. All the great crickets adapt, it's important to assess the conditions. We love the support and atmosphere. Same team.

Shreyas Iyer: We are going to bowl first. Had a brief chat with the curator, she was like the ball will spin as well. (Morale) It is fantastic, everyone is in high spirits. We have to carry forward the same momentum. It is important to be in the present. My role is to play an anchor role. It's always good to have a lethal bowling line-up. It is important to stay in the present. We have to see to it that we capitalize on the start. The bowling - Anukul comes in. I am seriously confused. There are two teams given to me.

TOSS UPDATE: KKR win the toss, opt to bowl first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

This is no less than El Classico in IPL. KKR vs RCB have been a brilliant rivalry over the years. In head-to-head, KKR lead 18-14 and the Kolkata franchise pulled off a double over RCB last year. In fact, RCB have not beaten KKR on home turf since IPL 2015.

However, this season every game has been won by the home team. Will that trend continue this evening and come to bail out RCB?

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Sakib Hussain, Anukul Roy, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera, Allah Ghazanfar

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, Tom Curran, Reece Topley

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