Bangalore vs Kolkata Head to Head Records & Stats
Bangalore and Kolkata have faced each other in 34 matches in IPL. Out of these 34 games, Bangalore have won 14 whereas Kolkata have come out victorious on 20 occasion.
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Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run
KKR
222/6(20)
RCB
221(20)
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Andre Russell
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Another heartbreak, RCB lose to KKR by 1 run; Cricbuzz Live reacts
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Punjab losing close thrillers could be concerning: Simon Doull
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RCB bowled well but stepped off the pedal at crucial moments: Simon Doull
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Green chipping with 4 overs, great signs for RCB: Rohan Gavaskar
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KKR have adopted the modern template of T20 batting: Joy Bhattacharjya
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Shreyas' knock defines the role he has set himself in KKR: Virender Sehwag
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Answered: Should Dinesh Karthik be selected for the upcoming T20 WC?
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Rinku's X-Factor makes him an automatic selection for T20 WC: Simon Doull
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Don't see RCB making the playoffs if they lose to KKR: Simon Doull
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Maxwell's break might now hurt RCB's auction tactics: Joy Bhattacharjya
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Understand Kohli's frustration but he was clearly out: Simon Doull
An absolute roller-coaster of a game. Went one way, the other, then back the other way and you weren't sure who was going to win it right up until the last ball. RCB gave it their everything today but they'll look back on that period where they lost 4 wickets in 2 overs. Have to feel for Karn Sharma too, he nearly forged his name into the IPL annals but it just wasn't to be tonight. As it always is, joy for one side means heartbreak for the other. KKR were on the wrong side of a last-ball thriller just in their last game so it'll feel good to win this one. They move up to 2nd place on the table and things are looking bright. Can't say the same for RCB as they're firmly rooted to the bottom of the table and it's going to be a hard way up. That's it from us for this game but there's already another game happening between Gujarat and Punjab so make sure you switch tabs. For now, this is Anurag Hegde signing off on behalf of Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Praveen Kumar.
Andre Russell | Player of the Match: Thanks to the almighty. I always back my bowling as I said earlier. Getting the ball at a crucial time, I knew that I had to come good and thankfully it happened today. Happy for the two points. When I was batting earlier, change of pace was difficult to hit. As a bowler that’s what I wanted to do. The slower balls were gripping and holding. Was happy to get the two set batters out and I think that’s what changed the game. Those two wickets from Narine were also very important and that’s what started the slide for RCB. When I look at the bowling equation, I had two left and I conditioned myself to bowl that (19th) over. Tried to give Starc as many runs as I could. DK wasn’t getting off strike so I looked at bowling 6 deliveries to him and mix it up, thankfully it worked.
Shreyas Iyer | KKR Captain: (On close games like these) It takes a lot off your body and drains you out completely because you go through so many emotions. It’s tough to stay calm but I’m elated. We got two points on the board and that’s all that matters. It’s extremely tough when the pressure is on, I feel that every individual should put their hands up and take the responsibility. Russell did that by picking up two wickets and completely changed the game in our favor, that kind of attitude is needed in the team. It’s a funny game, when you need 18 runs off 6 balls, the pressure is on the bowler. One six here and there, it completely changes the momentum. It is important that we maintain our calmness and stay in the present and make the batter hit where you want them to hit. We need to stick to our routines and processes and see to it that we execute the things we want. It was a pivotal knock, I wanted to stay till the end and steady the ship. We were losing wickets and I wanted to stay till the end and see it off. We got some important boundaries towards the end and I was very happy about that.
Stats by Deepu Narayanan
Highest all out totals in T20 cricket
221 RCB vs KKR Kolkata 2024
218 SL Army vs Negambo CC Welisara 2018
217 Kent vs Gloucestershire Gloucester 2015
215 Surrey vs Glamorgan The Oval 2015
Narrowest margin of defeat for RCB in IPL (by runs)
1 vs KKR Kolkata 2024 *
2 vs KKR Sharjah 2014
4 vs SRH Abu Dhabi 2021
5 vs KKR Kolkata 2008
5 vs SRH Hyderabad 2018
Narrowest margin of win for KKR in IPL (by runs)
1 vs RCB Kolkata 2024 *
2 vs RCB Sharjah 2014
2 vs PBKS Abu Dhabi 2020
4 vs SRH Kolkata 2024
This is the 13th one-run win in India and the first such instance in a 200+ chase.
Faf du Plessis | RCB captain: It was crazy, rules are rules, Virat and myself thought that the ball was higher than the waist (on Kohli's dismissal), I guess they measured from the popping crease, one team thinks it's high, the other doesn't. That's how the game goes at times. Then the partnership, it was magnificent (on the Jacks-Patidar partnership), but when you don't win too many games, some sort of panic sets in and the Narine over was game-changing. You don't feel that you have time to settle down and bat (on the evolution of the IPL this season), the game doesn't allow it to do that, obviously you have an extra batter, but in chases like these, you have to keep going. The match-up against Narine, I thought that was the game changing over. The small things, I am actually proud of the boys tonight, the way we bowled and fielded, we did give away a couple of big overs towards the end, but I thought we kept them down to a par score. We thought we'll go hard in the batting powerplay, find those boundaries at the start of the innings. We were desperate, 10/10 from an effort perspective, the way we put up the effort in the ground, the faces told the story. We've got an unbelievable fanbase, we want to make them happy, we want them to have a smile on their face. We'll have to continue putting in our efforts and try to change things around.
Harshit Rana (translated from Hindi): The plan was to take the pace off and that's what I did. Whenever I have the ball, different thoughts come into my mind, but I try to keep a calm head and execute. Cannot describe what happened in the last over as it was a very intense game till the end.
They went from 137/2 to 155/6 and suddenly, RCB's hopes were once again pinned on Dinesh Karthik. Suyash Prabhudessai played a couple of neat shots but he too perished as the scoreboard pressure caught up with RCB. With 31 needed off the last 2 overs, Karthik tried his best but fell to Russell in the 19th over. Just when it seemed like the drama was over though, Karn Sharma smashed Starc for 3 sixes in the 20th to bring it down to 3 needed off 2. Then Starc held on to a superb return catch and Ferguson simply couldn't sprint back for the second run quick enough on the last ball. Presentations coming up shortly.
19:40 Local Time, 14:10 GMT, 19:40 IST: What an absolute thriller we got to witness here! Mitch Starc and KKR hold on to dear life and just about keep RCB at bay to win by 1 run! So much to dissect there. Chasing 223 to win, Kohli got off to a bit of a flier before being dismissed by a loopy full-toss. He was absolutely livid as he walked off and his dismissal was the first of many talking points of the game. Faf followed soon after but Patidar and Jacks kept RCB going. They ensured that RCB remained on par if not ahead of the asking rate and accelerated swiftly in the middle overs. At the halfway stage, it looked like RCB were well ahead but that's when things took a drastic turn for the worse. Andre Russell got rid of both set batters in the same over and RCB ended up throwing a couple more wickets away in the next over bowled by Narine.
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