Padma Mohanty
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Toss: Won by Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to field first.
Captain of KKR: Dinesh Karthik
Captain of RCB: Virat Kohli
The score of RCB: 205/3 (20.0 overs)
The score of KKR: 206 /5 (19.1 overs)
Man of the match: Andre Russell
In spite of giving a good target to KKR, RCB lost. And this time because of its poor bowling, in the last 4 overs they gave a lot of runs to KKR which was the reason for their loss. Virat Kohli became the fastest Indian to score 8,000 runs in T20 cricket. In this match A Russell was extraordinary, the credit of KKR wininng this game goes to him.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Report Card
Top 4 batsman of RCB:
| Batsmen | R(B) | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Parthiv Patel (lbw b: Nitish Rana) | 25(24) | 3 | 0 | 104.17 |
| Kohli (c & b: Kuldeep Yadav) | 84(49) | 9 | 2 | 171.43 |
| De Villiers (c: Shubman Gill, b: Narine) | 63(32) | 5 | 4 | 196.88 |
| Stoinis (NOT OUT) | 28(13) | 3 | 1 | 215.38 |
EXTRAS (w: 4; lb: 1)——————————5
TOTAL—————————–205(20 overs, 3 wickets) RR: 10.25
DID NOT BAT (Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj)
Top 3 bowlers of KKR who took wickets of RCB:
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Narine | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Nitish Rana | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Report Card
Top 4 batsman of KKR:
| Batsman | R(B) | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Uthappa (c: Southee; b: Negi) | 33(25) | 6 | 0 | 132.00 |
| Nitish Rana (c: Klaasen; b: Chahal) | 37(23) | 1 | 2 | 160.87 |
| Karthik (c: Chahal; b: Navdeep Saini) | 19(15) | 1 | 1 | 126.67 |
| A Russell (NOT OUT) | 48(13) | 1 | 7 | 369.23 |
EXTRAS (lb: 2; w: 8; nb: 3)——————————13
TOTAL—————————–206(19.1 overs, 5 wickets) RR: 10.75
DID NOT BAT (Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna)
Top 3 bowlers of RCB who took wickets of KKR:
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Navdeep Saini | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Chahal | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Negi | 3.1 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
