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Match 31 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders

 Royal Challengers Bangalore face a crashing collapse at the hands of a stronger Kolkata Knight Riders 

The opening game for a strong Royal Challengers Bangalore hasn't been so great. The team registers yet another lowest total of just 92 runs against KKR. The playing XI for the Virat Kohli led team have hurried to score runs. They have lacked to get a steady innings. Knight Varun Chakravarty gets a hat-trick 3/13 (4 overs) Andre Russell (3) and Lockie Ferguson combined efforts send the RCB squad back to the dressing room. Shubman Gill makes a strong comeback after backlash after a poor performance in the first phase. Debutant Venkatesh Iyer gets to 41* (27) makes his present felt on debut. 

Unfortunately, Devdutt Paddikal gets to 22 runs and the rest of the squad fails to support him after a string of low scores. Just 92 runs off 19 overs with all the 10 wickets taken!

Kolkata Knight Riders are back in the league. Shubman Gill makes is here to stay. Fans rejoice after the team gets to a better start in phase two. Trolls are here for the Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore team. They will have too many corrections to make to come back stronger in their next game. KKR have won this game by 9 wickets (60 balls left) against the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise. Knights have finished the game in 10 overs only!

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