IPL: Kohli fails to make Bangalore champions as captain, Kolkata wins
Today was Virat Kohli's final match as captain in the IPL play-offs. After all, Virat Kohli has announced his resignation as captain of the IPL this season. However, even in this match, Virat Kohli as the captain pulled the team to the playoffs. But could not make him champion. Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first in the eliminator match between Bangalore and Kolkata today. At the end of 20 overs, Bangalore managed to score only 138 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. From Kolkata, Sunil Narine picked up four wickets to knock Bangalore to their knees. Kolkata were 139 for 6 in 19.4 overs. And thus with the victory of Kolkata, the dream of Captain Kohli has come true. Now Kolkata will take on Delhi and the winner will play Chennai in the final.
Captain Kohli could not make Bangalore the champion
Under Kohli's captaincy, the Bangalore team reached the final in 2016. It also took the team to the playoffs in 2015 and 2020. But even in his final season as captain, Virat Kohli could not give the Bangalore team a breakthrough. Whose abode will last him a lifetime.
Kolkata Knight Riders' innings:
Openers Shubhaman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer from Kolkata gave a good start. Gill scored 29 off 18 balls with the help of 4 fours. While Iyer scored 26 off 30 balls. However, Rahul Tripathi was dismissed for just 6 runs. Later, Nitish Rana and Sunil Narayan took charge of the team. Rana was dismissed for 23 off 25 balls. After a superb bowling performance, Sunil Narine also showed an aggressive approach in batting. Narayan scored 26 off 15 balls with the help of 3 sixes. Kolkata were 139 for 6 in 19.4 overs.
Innings of Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, who is playing his final match as the captain of Bangalore, gave a good start to the Bangalore team. But after four overs, opener Devdutt Padikkal was clean bowled for 21. However, Shrikar Bharat, who came down to bat, was sent back to the pavilion by Sunil Narine for 9. After which, once again, Sunil Narine bowled Glenn Maxwell for 15 runs. And later Sunil Narine dismissed Captain Kohli for 39 runs. Kohli was able to score 39 off 33 balls with the help of 5 fours. Narayan did not stop there, he bowled AB de Villiers for 11. Thus, Sunil Narine broke the waist of Bangalore's batting order. And at the end of 20 overs, Bangalore could only manage 138 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Shrikar Bharat (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers. Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Ahmed, George Garton, Hershal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubhaman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (captain), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narayan, Loki Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakra.
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