Virat Kohli bowled, Varun Chakravarthy rattles RCB’s top order (IPL Twitter)
Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy combined to lethal effect as Kolkata Knight Riders’ spin duo rattled Royal Challengers Bangalore’s top order
Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy combined to lethal effect as Kolkata Knight Riders’ spin duo derailed Royal Challengers Bangalore’s chase at the Eden Gardens on April 6, Thursday. Narine drew first blood for KKR, getting the all-important wicket of Virat Kohli, Varun got the wicket of RCB skipper Faf du Plessis, and a couple of overs later, the Bengaluru-based franchise lost half their batters as they slumped to 61-5.
Needing 205 to win, RCB began their chase with a bang as Kohli and Du Plessis stitched together an opening stand of 44 runs but just when it appeared that the Royal Challengers were running away with the contest, KKR’s spin-wizard Narine struck to mark the start of RCB’s collapse.
Narine completely deceived Kohli who was batting at 21 and was looking good but his innings came to an abrupt halt.
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Du Plessis was dismissed just three balls later, Chakravarthy joining hands with Narine, as the Indian youngster got the legendary Proteas batter.
With RCB reeling at 46/2, Glenn Maxwell tried to rebuild, however, he could only score just five runs, as Chakravarthy did his magic to remove Maxwell.
Varun also got the wicket of Harshal Patel shortly afterwards, and Narine got Shahbaz Ahmed in quick succession to rattle the top order of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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