That brings us to the end of our live coverage from this game. What a rollercoaster ride it was. Join us again tomorrow for RR vs MI at 4PM followed by DC vs KXIP at 8PM. Till then it's goodbye!
Playing XI:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna and Harry Gurney
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Heinrich Klaasen, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Dale Steyn, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini and Yuzvendra Chahal
Toss: KKR win Toss opt to bowl
Team News: Andre Russell is fit to play. AB de Villiers misses out and Dale Steyn returns to RCB
That brings us to the end of our live coverage from this game. What a rollercoaster ride it was. Join us again tomorrow for RR vs MI at 4PM followed by DC vs KXIP at 8PM. Till then it's goodbye!
(Winning Captain/Man of the Match):Felt really good, after what happened last year. Was important to have a win under our belt. There's no point in panicking in these types of situations, you got to leave it to the bowlers. Few good decisions by Stoinis and then Moeen in the end. They both showed composure and that's what you expect from our teams mates. Our communication was to get 170-175, we didn't think we could get 200-plus. Moeen changed the game completely and that allowed to play my game. Moeen said I am going to go now and I asked him to go for it. He targeted the small boundaries and changed the game in those few overs. It was important to bat along when AB is not here. In the end death overs are going to be difficult with this kind of ground. Credit to Russell for setting up those kind of games. Steyn getting those crucial overs was important for us. I think picking wickets in the Powerplay is crucial as it sets the tone for the rest of the innings.
It hasn't been great for us, but you enjoy the learnings and hopefully take that momentum. I just kept it simple and been working on bowling straight lines, I enjoy having a crack in the death overs and I really enjoyed it. You can't get too predictable and you just gotta accept that one will go for six or probably two will go for six, but you gotta keep trying.
(Losing Captain):I think the way Moeen batted, he took the game away from us. He played a few good shots and credit to him. I thought they were 20-25 runs too many and that's what happens when a player like Virat plays. It was a brilliant knock from him. The ball was seaming a little, and the new ball had a bit in it and it wasn't easy for stroke-making. If I had to look back, it was 20 runs too many. This is a hard wicket for the spinners and we were aware that we could take on their spinners and that brought the game close. I think RCB did the small things right today. If we play a couple of good games things will start to roll and I believe in my boys. If we do the right things we will be back on track.
Moeen Ali comes into the attack to bowl the final over. Rana moves across to sweep the 1st ball but misses. He then gets an inside edge to backward square leg for a single. Russell isn’t going to take the second. Moeen floats up the 3rd ball and Russell launches it over long-on for a SIX. He has a big swipe at the 4th ball and misses. RUN OUT! A brilliant innings come to an end as Russell clubs the ball to midwicket and falls short at the non-striker’s end. Dinesh Karthik walks out to bat. Rana launches the last ball straight down the ground for a SIX. That brings an end to a rollercoaster innings. KKR fall short of 10 runs in the end.
Rana ends the match with a maximum as KKR fall short of 10 runs.
Russell swings the 5th ball towards midwicket and sets off for a single but is short at the non-striker's end.
Russell tonks the 3rd ball straight over the bowler's head for a maximum.
Russell backs away and launches the last ball straight down the ground for a third consecutive six.
The 5th ball is right in the slot and this time Russell sends it flying over the bowler's head for a six.
The 4th ball is short and Russell slaps it for a flat six over midwicket.
Dale Steyn comes back for his final over. He starts well with a dot ball as Rana finds the man at extra cover. Rana then launches the 2nd ball over long-off for a SIX. The 3rd ball is sliced over extra cover for 2 runs. Steyn goes for the slower ball but Rana launches it straight over the bowler for a SIX. Rana shuffles across and swings at the 5th ball but misses. Rana works the last ball beautifully over extra cover for a FOUR. 18 off the over. KKR need 43 from 12 balls to win. Can Russell and Rana pull off another great escape?
