Salt & Kohli's brilliant start helped RCB beat KKR..!!

The opening ceremony of the 18th Premier League cricket season began with a spectacular performance. Playback singer Shreya Ghoshal sang a song and wowed the audience. This was followed by a dance performance by actress Disha Patani. kolkata team owner and actor Shah Rukh Khan attended the opening ceremony. Star player virat kohli danced with him and cheered the fans. Later, Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl. As soon as the match started, Bengaluru lost the wicket in the first over. Suyash Sharma missed the catch given by de Kock in the 3rd ball of the first over bowled by Hazlewood. However, Hazlewood took the wicket of de Kock in the 5th ball itself. The Bengaluru bowlers bowled well in the first 3 overs. The kolkata team scored only 9 runs for one wicket.
However, captain Rahane started to show his impressive performance. As a result, the kolkata team scored 60 runs for the loss of one wicket at the end of the power play. Rahane played with great speed and scored a half-century in 25 balls. sunil Narine, who played at the other end, although he was slow in the beginning, showed his brilliance. Narine (44) was dismissed by Rashid Salam in the last ball of the 10th over. In the very next over after sunil Narine was dismissed, captain Rahane (56) was dismissed by Krunal Pandya. The players who followed this did not score many runs. Only young player Raghuvanshi (30) scored some runs. In the end, the kolkata team scored 174 runs for the loss of 8 wickets at the end of 20 overs. For the Bangalore team, krunal pandya took 3 wickets, Hazlewood took 2 wickets, and yash Dayal, Rashid Dar Salam, and Suyash Sharma took one wicket each. Chasing a target of 175 runs, the Bangalore team scored 177 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 16.2 overs and won by 7 wickets. salt and kohli gave a strong start. They added 80 runs for the loss of wickets in the Power Play. This is the team's 2nd highest score in the Power Play. The highest was 92 runs scored against gujarat last year.

Salt, who played aggressively, scored a half-century in 25 balls. He was dismissed for 56 runs. At the other end, kohli also scored a half-century. Not only that, he has reached the milestone of 1,000 runs against Kolkata. He has previously crossed 1000 runs against Chennai, delhi and Punjab. If they play like this, the Bengaluru team will win easily.
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Sowmiya Sriram

22/03/2025 11:03 PM