Kolkata Knight Riders hand Royal Challengers Bengaluru one-run heartbreak at Eden Gardens

In yet another high-scoring game this season, Kolkata Knight Riders held their nerve at the end to seal a thrilling one-run win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens on Sunday (April 21).

Chasing a big target of 223, RCB were cruising at one point through fifties from Will Jacks and Rajat Patidar but Andre Russell removed them in the same over to twist the contest. RCB continued to stay in the hunt through Dinesh Karthik, and a late cameo from Karn Sharma almost pulled it off. With three needed off the last ball, Mitchell Starc delivered a wide yorker and then Phil Salt produced an acrobatic run out to catch Lockie Ferguson well short on the second run, to give KKR crucial two points.

Brief scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders  222/5 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 50, Phil Salt 48, Rinku Singh 24, Andre Russel 27*, Ramandeep Singh 24*; Cameron Green 2-35, Mohammed Siraj 1-40, Lockie Ferguson 1-47, Yash Dayal 2-56 ) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru 221 in 20 overs (Will Jacks 55, Rajat Patidar 52, Suyash Prabhudessai 24, Dinesh Karthik 25, Karn Sharma 20; Andre Russell 3-25, Harshit Rana 2-53, Mitchell Starc 1-55, Varun Chakravarthy 1-36,  Sunil Narine 2-34) by 1 run.