a huge victory in the match against Bangalore. First the batsmen exploded,
then the bowlers boomed and Bengaluru were in a frenzy. Bengaluru suffered
their fourth defeat after scoring only 179 runs in the target of 201 runs.
Star batsman Virat Kohli once again shined with a half-century but it came
to nothing. Kohli scored 54 runs off 37 balls with 6 fours. Mahipal
Lomror scored 34 and Dinesh Karthik scored 22 runs. Apart from them, no
one else in the team could get into the crease. Kolkata’s bowlers bowled
with discipline and took wickets regularly as Bengaluru fell in a huge
chase. They managed to score only 179 runs in 20 overs, losing 8 wickets.
Among the Kolkata bowlers, Varun Chakraborty took three wickets, while
Suyash Sharma and Russell took two wickets each.
Batting first, Kolkata lost only 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and
achieved a huge score of 200 runs. Jason Roy and captain Nitish Rana
counter-attacked the bowlers and ran up the score board. Jason Roy scored
56 runs off 29 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes while Rana scored 48 runs off
21 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes.
Jagadeesan scored 27 runs, Venkatesh Iyer scored 31 runs, Rinku Singh
scored 18 runs and Veez scored 12 runs. Among the Bangalore bowlers,
Hasaranga and Vijaykumar Vaisakh took two wickets each. Varun Chakraborty
was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ award for taking three crucial
wickets and contributing to the team’s victory. Rajasthan Royals-Chennai
Super Kings match will be played in Jaipur today in IPL.
