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For Royal Challengers Bangalore, the M Chinnaswamy Stadium was not\u00a0a happy hunting ground on Wednesday as they tasted loss at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL 2023 match. On a batting paradise, KKR set RCB a 201-run target. The start of RCB’s chase was fine with Virat Kohli<\/a> and Faf du Plessis<\/a> finding the gaps easily. Though the latter departed, the former continued his onslaught despite wickets falling in regular intervals at the other end. Kohli reached his fifth half-century of the IPL 2023 off just 33 balls. Despite RCB being four wickets down in 12 overs, Kohli’s presence meant that RCB were in with a chance.<\/p>\n However, on\u00a0the first ball of the 13th over by Andre Russell<\/a>, the turning point happened.\u00a0\u00a0Against a short ball, Kohli hit a pull shot as Venkatesh Iyer<\/a> dived to his left to take a stunning catch at deep midwicket.<\/p>\n Watch – Game-changer: Kohli Departs vs KKR After Stunning Catch From Iyer<\/strong><\/p>\n WHAT. A. CATCH @Russell12A<\/a> gets the big wicket of Virat Kohli as @venkateshiyer<\/a> takes a stunning catch#TATAIPL<\/a> | #RCBvKKR<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RNrIKSaqTs<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Even\u00a0Anushka Sharma was shell-shocked to see Virat’s dismissal.<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/EgnHp1d2J2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Guess Karo (@KuchNahiUkhada) April 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Talking about the game, Kolkata Knight Riders conjured up spin magic after Jason Roy<\/a>‘s sterling fifty to snap their four-match losing streak with a 21-win over Royal Challengers Bangalore. The English opener led the show with a 29-ball 56 as Kolkata Knight Riders batters fired in unison to notch up a fighting 200\/5 after RCB captain Virat Kohli opted to bowl at their home den.<\/p>\n But the spin duo of Varun Chakravarthy (3\/24) and rookie Suyash Sharma<\/a> (2\/30) created a top-order mayhem, before Andre Russell (2\/29) broke Kohli’s resistance to restrict RCB to 179 for eight.<\/p>\n The win took KKR (six points; eight matches) up from the bottom-half of the table to seventh spot, ahead of Mumbai Indians on net run-rate. MI have a match in hand.<\/p>\n RCB remained fifth with eight points from eight matches.<\/p>\n Leading the side in absence of Faf Du Plessis, Kohli struck a 34-ball 54 and kept their hopes up in the 201-run chase after du Plessis (17) Glenn Maxwell<\/a> (5) fell cheaply.<\/p>\n But all hell broke loose when Venkatesh Iyer took a game-changing catch at deep midwicket boundary to dismiss Kohli, off Russell.<\/p>\n He dived to his left and rolled over but held the ball firmly as Kohli walked back in disbelief.<\/p>\n With 86 needed from 48 balls, it was left for Dinesh Karthik<\/a> (22) to keep up their chase but Chakravarthy had the last laugh when he had the veteran RCB keeper-batter en route to his three-for, and it seemed all over for RCB.<\/p>\n With PTI inputs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Topics mentioned in this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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