As it happened: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore It's all over! KKR beat RCB by four wicketsSunil Narine slammed a quick-fire fifty to help
Kolkata Knight Riders
beat
Royal Challengers Bangalore
by four wickets in their opening match of Indian Premier League season 11 at the Edens Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Hosts KKR chased down the target in 18.5 overs. Skipper Dinesh Karthik, 35 not out off 29 balls, took the team home with seven balls to spare. Chris Woakes (3/36) and Umesh Yadav (2/27) shared five KKR wickets.
OVERS 17.4: OUT! Third wicket for Chris Woakes, Andre Russell gone for 15. KKR 164/6, in chase of 177
OVERS 17: 15 RUNS! Andre Russell smacked two fours and a six off Umesh Yadav as KKR reached 162/5. Need 15 more off 18 balls
150 up for KKR in 16.1 oversOVERS 15.4: OUT! Chris Woakes struck again, Rinku Singh gone for 6. KKR 146/5, in chase of 177
OVERS 14.3: OUT! Washington Sundar got rid of Nitish Rana (34). KKR 138/4
Rana hit couple of sixes and fours in his 25-ball innings and added 55 runs for the fourth wicket with Dinesh Karthik
OVERS 13: Kolkata Knight Riders 119/3, need 58 off 42 balls to win. Nitish Rana 27*, Dinesh Karthik 15*
100 up for KKR in 10.2 oversOVERS 9: Nitish Rana 15*, Dinesh Karthik 4* take KKR to 92/3. Need 85 more off 66 balls.
OVERS 7.3: OUT! Second wicket for Umesh Yadav, Robin Uthappa gone for 13. KKR 83/3
OVERS 7: 13 RUNS! Big over for the hosts as Nitish Rana hit a six and a four in consecutive balls. KKR 81/2, in chase of 177
OVERS 6: Strategic Time-out! KKR 68/2, need 109 runs more off 84 balls
OVERS 5.2: OUT! Umesh Yadav struck, Sunil Narine fell after 19-ball 50. KKR 65/2
OVERS 5: FIFTY for Sunil Narine off 17 balls with the help of five sixes and four fours. KKR 65/1, target 177
50 up for KKR in 4.3 oversOVERS 4: 20 RUNS! 0,6,4,4,0,6 - Sunil Narine smacked 20 off Chris Woakes. KKR 46/1, in chase of 177
OVERS 1.5: OUT! Brilliant running catch by AB de Villiers. Chris Woakes scalped Chris Lynn (5). KKR 16/1, in chase of 177
OVER 1: Sunil Narine started the run chase with a four and a six off Yuzvendra Chahal in the first two balls. KKR 12/0
Mandeep Singh smacked 6, 4, 6 off Vinay Kumar's first three balls of the final over, but the experienced bowler came back strongly and took two wickets in the last two balls. KKR set to chase 177 in their IPL 11 season opener
OVERS 20: OUT! Vinay Kumar dismissed Chris Woakes (5) with the last ball. RCB posted 176/7 against the hosts
OVERS 19.5: OUT! Mandeep Singh gone after 18-ball 37. RCB 176/6
OVERS 19: RCB 160/5 after the penultimate over. They must be aiming for a big final over
OVERS 18.1: OUT! Mitchell Johnson dismissed Sarfaraz Khan (6). RCB 154/5
150 up for RCB in 17.4 oversOVERS 16: Royal Challengers Bangalore 137/4 with four overs to go as the visitors took their Strategic Time-out
OVERS 14.3: OUT! Two in two for Nitish Rana, got rid of Virat Kohli (31). RCB 127/4
What an over from the part-timer. Two big wickets in two balls. IMPRESSIVE!
OVERS 14.2: OUT! Nitish Rana got the big wicket, AB de Villiers gone for 44. RCB 127/3
OVERS 13: AB de Villiers 35* and Virat Kohli 29* take RCB to 116/2
This is the 15th time the pair of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers has put on a fifty-run stand in the IPL
OVERS 11.2: Just after winning the review, AB de Villiers hit a four to take RCB to 100/2
OVERS 11: Another big over for RCB. De Villiers and Kohli scored 14 off Sunil Narine. RCB 96/2
OVERS 10: SIX! AB de Villiers hit back-to-back sixes off Kuldeep Yadav to take RCB to 82/2 at the half-way mark. Virat Kohli though is struggling to get going and batting at 15 off 24 balls
OVERS 8.2: OUT! Big Wicket. Sunil Narine clean bowled Brendon McCullum for 43. RCB 63/2
KKR are also taking their 'Strategic Time-out' as McCullum head back to the pavilion. McCullum hit two sixes and six fours in his 27-ball knock
OVERS 8: RCB 63/1 as Brendon McCullum 43*, Virat Kohli 11* build the innings
OVERS 6: SIX! Royal Challengers Bangalore 52/1 after Powerplay overs
. Brendon McCullum 33*, Virat Kohli 10*
OVERS 4: Brendon McCullum 21*, Virat Kohli 9* take RCB to 34/1
OVERS 1.4: OUT! Piyush Chawla struck early, Quinton de Kock gone for 4. RCB 18/1
OVERS 0.4: SIX! Brendon McCullum went past 9000 runs in T20s, second player to achieve the feat after Chris Gayle. RCB 10/0
Here we go...Quinton de Kock and Brendon McCullum start the RCB innings. R Vinay Kumar with the ball for KKR
TOSS - Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to field against Royal Challengers BangalorePLAYING XIsKolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik (w/c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Mitchell Johnson, Kuldeep Yadav
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Quinton de Kock (w), Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Chris Woakes, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal