AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli

Virat Kohl and AB de Villiers steer RCB win

AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli
Gayle back in form
Gayle back in form

Indian Premier League, 48th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, May 16, 2016

Kolkata Knight Riders 183/5 (20/20 ov) G Gambir 51 off 34, 7 fours, MK Pandy 50 off 35, 5 fours,  2 sixes, AD Russell 39 not out off 19, 2 fours, 3 sixes, Shakib Al Hasan 18 off 11, 1 four, 1six, S Aravind 41-2, Iqbal Abdulla 22-1, YS Chahal 38-1.

RCB 186/1 (18.4/20 ov) Virat Kohli 75 off 51, 5 fours, 3 sixes, Gayle 49 off 31, 5 fours, 4 sixes,AB de Villiers 59 off 31, 5 fours, 3 sixes, SP Narine 34-1

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets with 8 balls remaining.

Knight Riders led by Gautam Gambir 51 off 34 and MK Pandy 50 off 35 helped to post 183 for 5. RCB pulled back by taking 3 wickets in 10 balls.

RCB’s top order made light work of the chase first gale scoring 49 off 31 then Virat Kholi’s 51 ball 75 picked up runs against Andre Russell and Piyush Chawla,   AB d Villiers 59 off 31, 28 ball fifty, targeted Ankit Rajpoot and Shakib Al Hasan. Viral Kohli, however offered a chance when he was on 32 off Shakib but Gautham Gambir put it own at backward on the 11th over, with RCB needing 90 off 56.