KKR vs RCB, IPL 2020/21, 39th Match at Abu Dhabi, October 21, 2020

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shubman Gill	c Morris b Saini	1	6	-	0	0	16.66

Rahul Tripathi	c †de Villiers b Mohammed Siraj	1	5	-	0	0	20.00

Nitish Rana	b Mohammed Siraj	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Tom Banton	c †de Villiers b Mohammed Siraj	10	8	-	1	1	125.00

Dinesh Karthik †	lbw b Chahal	4	14	-	0	0	28.57

Eoin Morgan (c)	c Gurkeerat Singh b Washington Sundar	30	34	-	3	1	88.23

Pat Cummins	c Padikkal b Chahal	4	17	-	0	0	23.52

Kuldeep Yadav	run out (Gurkeerat Singh/Morris)	12	19	-	1	0	63.15

Lockie Ferguson	not out	19	16	-	1	0	118.75
Extras	(lb 2, w 1)	3
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 4.20)	84/8
Did not bat: Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rahul Tripathi, 1.3 ov), 2-3 (Nitish Rana, 1.4 ov), 3-3 (Shubman Gill, 2.2 ov), 4-14 (Tom Banton, 3.3 ov), 5-32 (Dinesh Karthik, 8.4 ov), 6-40 (Pat Cummins, 12.3 ov), 7-57 (Eoin Morgan, 15.4 ov), 8-84 (Kuldeep Yadav, 19.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Morris	4	1	16	0	4.00	15	1	0	1	0
Mohammed Siraj	4	2	8	3	2.00	16	0	0	0	0
1.3 to RA Tripathi, they have strangled Tripathi. He has been given no width at all all innings. This is short of a length, just outside off, and he can only push at it with an open face. The ball swings to take the edge. 3/1 1.4 to N Rana, Bluffmaster. Siraj has bluffed Rana. He has shown him the field for a bouncer, and slipped in the full swinging ball to knock him over. Rana's feet are stuck behind, he makes no attempt to get in line, and the ball swings back to make its way through the big gate. 3/2 3.3 to T Banton, Siraj on an absolute roll. Repeat of 2017 anyone? On a length, scrambled seam, and I am not sure this has moved away after pitching. Seems like Banton has just driven inside the line to edge it through to the keeper. 14/4
Navdeep Saini	3	0	23	1	7.66	11	2	2	0	0
2.2 to Shubman Gill, and on a night when KKR need Gill to be circumspect, he plays an ambitious shot to make it nothing for 3. Gill is having a horror season: slow when quick runs are needed, reckless when you need to rebuild. This is short, outside off, and he plays the pull, only to top-edge it to midwicket. 3/3
Isuru Udana	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0	0	0
Yuzvendra Chahal	4	0	15	2	3.75	13	1	0	0	0
8.4 to KD Karthik, big appeal for lbw but this is headed down leg according to the umpire, and me. But Kohli reviews it with one second to go. This is the wrong'un, Karthik defends for the legbreak, but it turns the other way ever so slightly. And RCB and Chahal have got it spot on. This pitches on middle, doesn't turn too much, just enough to beat his inside edge and it is going on to hit the leg stump. 32/5 12.3 to PJ Cummins, Chahal is so good at teasing them out. Cummins has been tied up for so long that he throws his arms at the first ball tossed up. Chahal is a wily bowler. Not only does he toss this up over his eyeline, he bowls it wide of his reach. All Cummins manages to do is hole out to long-off. 40/6
Washington Sundar	4	1	14	1	3.50	14	1	0	0	0
15.4 to EJG Morgan, and Morgan perishes. I think the lure is the short boundary, but Sundar doesn't give him the length to pepper it. Morgan goes deep into the crease to try to pull this short-of-a-length ball, and gets no power into it because it is not short enough. Caught at deep midwicket. 57/7

Royal Challengers Bangalore (T: 85 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Devdutt Padikkal	run out (Cummins)	25	17	-	3	0	147.05

Aaron Finch	c †Karthik b Ferguson	16	21	-	2	0	76.19

Gurkeerat Singh Mann	not out	21	26	-	4	0	80.76
Virat Kohli (c)	not out	18	17	-	2	0	105.88
Extras	(lb 2, w 3)	5
TOTAL	13.3 Ov (RR: 6.29)	85/2
Did not bat: AB de Villiers †, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Aaron Finch, 6.2 ov), 2-46 (Devdutt Padikkal, 6.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Pat Cummins	3	0	18	0	6.00	9	2	0	1	0
Prasidh Krishna	2.3	0	20	0	8.00	5	2	0	1	0
Varun Chakravarthy	4	0	28	0	7.00	11	5	0	0	0
Lockie Ferguson	4	0	17	1	4.25	14	2	0	1	0
6.2 to AJ Finch, and Ferguson produces the wicket immediately. These things always happen just to show up your captaincy even further. The extra pace from Ferguson, Finch stays back to a length ball, and it holds its line to take the edge. 46/1

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Kolkata Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 17 runs, 4 wickets)
Over 4.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - KD Karthik (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 32/5 in 8.4 overs (EJG Morgan 13)
Over 8.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - KD Karthik (Upheld)
Over 8.5: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - PJ Cummins (Upheld)
Over 11.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batsman - PJ Cummins (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 3
Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 52/6 in 15.0 overs (EJG Morgan 26, Kuldeep Yadav 3)
Over 18.5: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - LH Ferguson (Struck down)
Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 84/8 in 20.0 overs (LH Ferguson 19)

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 0 wicket)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 5
Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 54/2 in 9.0 overs (Gurkeerat Singh 6, V Kohli 2)

MATCH DETAILS

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss	Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to bat first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2020/21
Player Of The Match	Mohammed Siraj
Hours of play (local time)	18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20
Match days	21 October 2020 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Sundaram Ravi Virender Sharma
TV Umpire	Chris Gaffaney
Reserve Umpire	Ulhas Gandhe
Match Referee	Shakti Singh
Points	Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0