Kolkata would look to usher in a fresh era under new captain Dinesh Karthik with a victory when they open their campaign against heavyweights Bangalore led by Virat Kohli.
Kolkata would look to usher in a fresh era under new captain Dinesh Karthik with a victory when they open their campaign against heavyweights Bangalore led by Virat Kohli.
Here is what's happening in Kolkata v/s Bangalore T20:
Dinesh Karthik guides Kolkata home in his first match as captain.
23:34
Andre Russell is out too- some late drama. Russell goes for the pull, gets the top edge and it goes many a miles up in the air.
De Villiers and McCullum avoid a nasty collision and De Villiers takes a great catch .
Kolkata: 164/6 after 17.4 overs
23:17
OUT
Rinku Singh is out- Singh tries to pull a bouncer and the keeper catches it. Kohli goes for the review. OUT.
Kolkata: 146/5 after 15.4 overs
23:09
OUT
Nitish Rana is gone- Rana goes for the slog and the ball hits him on the leg in front of the stumps. Rana takes the review but it's stays OUT.
Kolkata: 138/4 after 14.3 overs
23:05
Captain Dinesh Karthik and Nitish Rana are slowly but steadily bringing the ship home. Kolkata need 46 runs in 36 balls.
Kolkata- 131/3 after 14 overs
22:45
Meanwhile, Sourav Ganguly is having fun at his favourite ground.
22:32
OUT
Umesh Yadav has another wicket- Robin Uthappa is gone.
Kolkata- 83/3 after 7.3 overs
22:19
OUT
Sunil Narine is gone- Umesh Yadav removes him just after his fifty. Narine made room but drags it back onto the stumps.
Kolkata- 65/2 after 5.2 overs
22:15
FIFTY
Sunil Narine has scored 50 off 17 balls. He had his 15-ball-fifty record broken today. He won't set a new record today but this has been brilliant.
22:01
Kolkata lose first wicket early, Chris Lynn is gone.
Lynn tries to play a big shot but that slash has gone high up in the air towards off side. AB runs towards the boundary and takes a good catch.
Kolkata: 16/1 after 1.5 overs
21:35
Some good hitting by Mandeep Singh in the final over takes Bangalore to par score. However they lose two wickets on final two balls. Bangalore post 176 for 7 in their 20 overs.
Bangalore: 176/7 after 20 overs
21:09
Oh! Two wickets fall together.
Virat Kohli is bowled by Nitish Rana. And he has yorked Virat Kohli. Brilliant.
BAN: 127/4 after 14.3 overs
21:07
OUT
Another big wicket. They all are in this Bangalore line-up.
Bangalore 127/3 after 14.2 overs
20:52
ABD is out-- no he survives on DRS.
20:37
OUT
Brendon McCullum is gone. Sunil Narine takes the wicket. McCullum tries to hits, misses and he is bowled.
Bangalore: 63/2 after 8.2 overs
20:30
Brendon McCullum is leading the way here while Kohli is taking some time to settle.
Bangalore: 54/1 after 7 overs
20:10
OUT
Quinton de Kock is gone.
Piyush Chawla doing what he does best- De Kock tries to hit a reverse sweep off the leg-spinner but gets a top edge and it goes straight to short third-man.
20:00
Virat Kohli is not opening. Bangalore will open with Quinton De Kock and Brendon McCullum.
19:50
Here is the Bangalore Playing XI:
Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock (wk), Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Sarfraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Chris Woakes, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kulwinder Khejroliya
Here is the Kolkata Playing XI:
KKR XI: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, R Singh, Vinay Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Mitchell Johnson
19:40
Kolkata win toss, elect to bowl against Bangalore at Eden Gardens.
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