RCB STUNS KKR AT HOME: VIRAT KOHLI AND PHIL SALT STAR IN BIG WIN

RCB STUNS KKR AT HOME: VIRAT KOHLI AND PHIL SALT STAR IN BIG WIN


The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 started with a thrilling match, where Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by seven wickets at their home ground Eden Gardens. Strong innings from Virat Kohli and Phil Salt gave the team a spectacular victory.

KKR GOT OFF TO A SOLID START, BUT THE INNINGS FALTERED

After losing the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders, who came out to bat first, did not have a good start. The team lost the wicket of Quinton de Kock (4 runs) in the very first over, who was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood. After this, Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine took charge of the innings and made a century partnership.

Rahane scored 56 runs in 31 balls, while Narine played a useful innings of 44 runs. However, after their dismissal, KKR's batting fell apart. The team lost wickets at regular intervals and scored 174 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. For RCB, Krunal Pandya took three wickets, Josh Hazlewood took two, and Yash Dayal, Rasikh Salam and Suyash Sharma took one wicket each.

STORMY BATTING BY PHIL SALT AND VIRAT KOHLI

RCB got off to a great start chasing the target. Virat Kohli and Phil Salt batted aggressively and shared a 95-run partnership for the first wicket. England's star batsman Salt completed his half-century in just 25 balls and was dismissed after scoring 56 runs. He was sent to the pavilion by Varun Chakraborty.

RCB scored 80 runs without loss in the powerplay, which was their second-highest powerplay score in IPL history. Earlier, they had scored 92 runs against Gujarat Titans last year.

KOHLI'S UNBEATEN INNINGS BROUGHT VICTORY


After Phil Salt was out, Devdutt Padikkal (10 runs) and captain Rajat Patidar (34 runs) played flamboyant innings. But the real guarantee of victory was Virat Kohli, who completed his 56th IPL half-century in 30 balls. He remained unbeaten on 59 runs and led the team to victory in just 16.2 overs. Liam Livingstone played an innings of 15* runs and took the team to the target of 177 runs.

RCB'S TREMENDOUS START

With this win, RCB made a great start to IPL 2025. Virat Kohli appeared in his form and surpassed Australia's David Warner in the list of highest run-scorers in T20 cricket.

The fans of the team are very happy with this victory of RCB and they are hoping that the team will continue to perform well this season. Will RCB be able to win the trophy this time? It will be interesting to see!

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