Kolkata Knight Riders end losing run with complete performance

After opening their account with two one-man shows “W”s, Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a flurry of losses before finally pulling off a complete team effort to defeat the Royal Challengers Bangalore comprehensively at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday, April 26. The win kept RCB at their fifth spot but KKR rose from No. 8 to No.7 on the points table, signifying a comeback of sorts for the visitors.

Brief scores:

Kolkata Knight Riders 200-5 (Jason Roy 56, Nitish Rana 48, Wanindu Hasaranga 2-24, Vijaykumar Vyshak 2-41 ) beat Royal Challenger Bangalore 179-8 (Virat Kohli 54, Mahipal Lomror 34, Varun Chakravarthy 3-27, Andre Russell 2-29, Suyash Sharma 2-30) by 21 runs