NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first team to lose a home game in IPL 2024. Despite Virat Kohli's unbeaten 83, RCB went down to Kolkata Knight Riders losing by 7 wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday.
A day after losing the match, RCB posted a video of their coach Andy Flower discussing and reviewing the performances of the players in the match.
"One of the great things about this game are, we are constantly challenged. And no matter how experienced or inexperienced we are, we always have to find solutions," Flower says in the video.
Kohli's meticulous unbeaten 59-ball knock anchored RCB to 182/6 on a two-paced pitch that became easier to bat on later.
KKR openers Sunil Narine, playing his 500th Twenty20, and Phil Salt made a rocket start of 85 in the power play as the visitors reached 186/3 with 3.1 overs to spare.
Such was KKR top order's dominance that they did not need their showstopper Andre Russell to pad up.
KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer (39; 24b; 2x4; 2x6) signalled the victory with a maximum.
KKR have two wins from two matches, and RCB one victory from three games.
1/10:IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders cruise to victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru
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2/10:Virat Kohli
<p>Virat Kohli's consecutive IPL half-century wasn't enough for Royal Challengers Bangalore as Kolkata Knight Riders secured a comfortable seven-wicket victory.<br /></p>PTI
3/10:Shreyas Iyer
<p>Kolkata chased down the home side's 182-6 with 19 balls to spare, as skipper Shreyas Iyer sealed the win with a calm six off Mayank Dagar.<br /></p>PTI
4/10:Phil Salt and Sunil Narine
<p>KKR's chase began strongly with Phil Salt (30) and all-rounder Sunil Narine (47) sharing an 86-run partnership for the visitors.<br /><br /><br /></p>AP
5/10:Sunil Narine
<p>Narine smashed five sixes in his 22-ball innings before Dagar dismissed him in the seventh over. Salt was caught at deep square leg in the next over.<br /></p>PTI
6/10:Venkatesh Iyer
<p>Venkatesh Iyer's 50 maintained the momentum until he was caught by Kohli, while Shreyas finished the innings with his 39.<br /></p>PTI
7/10:Mitchell Starc
<p>IPL's most expensive player Starc conceded 47 runs for KKR. In two matches, he bowled 8 overs, conceding 100 runs without taking any wickets.<br /></p>PTI
8/10:Faf du Plessis
<p>Du Plessis fell for eight at the end of the second over, scooping a perplexing delivery from Harshit Rana straight into the arms of Mitchell Starc.<br /></p>AFP
9/10:Cameron Green
<p>Cameron Green was the second-highest scorer with 33 runs but was dismissed when he missed a lightning delivery from Andre Russell, crashing off his back pad onto the stumps.<br /></p>AFP
