Dinesh Kartik leading his first career match as captain delivers for KKR, he was in control guiding the bowlers and setting the field frequently, batting first RCB set a total of 176 which was well short of 15-20 runs according to Virat Kohli. Eden gardens was full house and incredibly loud, Virat Kohli and ABD were batting beautifully when brakes were applied by DK deciding to hand over an over to a part time bowler Nitish Rana who took the wickets of ABD and Virat kohli in successive balls, this derailed RCB’s momentum with wickets falling frequently. Mandeep contributed to a decent RCB total in the end.
But it was Sunil Narine’s day who delivered a match winning performance with both bat and ball, he stepped up the momentum right from the first ball, RCB bowlers were offering length balls more than often and Narine was hitting them with ease. In the end Dinesh Kartik delivered a captains knock batting with maturity, taking singles and running hard between the wickets, with Nitish Rana contributing with the bat as well saw KKR home in 19 overs. Andre Russell came off an injury after skipping a few matches from PSL but showed no signs of hamstring issues, he contributed well with both bat and ball.
