Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bangalore bowled Kolkata Knight Riders out for 128 in their Indian Premier League match on Wednesday. Andre Russell top-scored for KKR with a 25 off 18 balls. For RCB, Wanindu Hasaranga took four wickets for 20 runs, while Akash Deep and Harshal Patel got three and two wickets respectively.
With this RCB also earned their first win of the season. Meanwhile, Wanindu Hasaranga emerged as the standout bowler from the RCB camp as they bundled out KKR on 128 after inviting them to bat first.
The spinner picked four wickets in his quota and conceded just 20 runs. KKR started on a poor note losing Venkatesh Iyer 10 (14), Ajinkya Rahane 9 (10), and Nitish Rana 10 (5) in the powerplay overs. Shreyas Iyer also failed to do much as he was dismissed on 13 (10).
Andre Russell did manage to light the stadium with some massive sixes but he could only score 25 off 18 balls. In response, RCB got off to a shaky start with Umesh Yadav and Tim Southee picking three wickets inside the powerplay overs.
David Willey and Sherfane Rutherfod then stitched a crucial partnership and Shahbaz Ahmed also chipped in with a vital 27 off 20 balls.
