Kolkata Knight Riders won against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) with great performances from Shardul Thakur’s batting and the spin bowlers. Shardul scored 68 runs in 29 balls, Varun Chakraborty took 4 wickets, Suyas Sharma took 3 wickets, and Sunil Narine took 2 wickets.
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Kolkata has now collected 2 points from two matches after losing to Punjab in their first match. Bangalore, who defeated Mumbai in their first match, suffered their first defeat.
Kolkata batted first and scored 204 runs for losing 7 wickets with half-centuries from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Shardul Thakur. Shardul and Rinku Singh had a partnership of 103 runs for Kolkata. In the bowling department, Varun Chakraborty took 4 wickets, Suyas Sharma took 3 wickets, and Sunil Narine took 2 wickets.
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Bangalore was bowled out for 123 runs in 17.4 overs while chasing a target of 205 runs. Kolkata’s spinners were excellent in the second innings with Varun Chakraborty taking 4 wickets, Suyas Sharma taking 3 wickets, Sunil Narine took 2 wickets, and Shardul Thakur taking 1 wicket.