Kolkata Knight Riders beats RCB by 5 wickets

PTI Updated - January 27, 2018 at 12:09 PM.

KKR Skipper Gautam Gambhir plays a shot during the IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru on Monday. - PTI

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets in their Indian Premier League match here today.

Sent into bat, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 185/7 in the stipulated 20 overs, and then saw KKR chase down the target of 186 with five balls to spare.

Brief Scores:

RCB: 185/7 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 52, Virat Kohli 52, Shane Watson 34; Morne Morkel 2/28, Piyush Chawla 2/32)

KKR: 186/5 in 19.1 overs (Yusuf Pathan 60 not out, Andre Russell 39; Yuzvendra Chahal 2/27).

Published on May 2, 2016 18:36