IPL 2018 Live Cricket Score KKR vs RCB Live Streaming: Nitish Rana starred for KKR. (IPL Photo)
IPL 2018 Live Cricket Score KKR vs RCB Live Streaming: Umesh Yadav removed Sunil Narine after he had scored a fifty off 17 balls to bring back RCB in the game. Lynn but the latter was dismissed by Woakes in the second over while the former continues to play his shots. KKR are chasing 177 runs to win this game. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers were taking Bangalore towards a big total but Nitish Rana dismissed them off consecutive deliveries to pull KKR back in the game. Bangalore managed to finish on 176 for 7 from their 20 overs. This is after McCullum gave a strong start. KKR won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens on Sunday for Match 3 of Indian Premier League. Catch IPL 2018 Live Score KKR vs RCB Live Streaming here. (IPL 2018 KKR vs RCB Live Scorecard)
IPL 2018 Live Cricket Score KKR vs RCB Live Streaming: Kolkata Knight Riders take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens at Eden Gardens on Sunday. KKR vs RCB Live will be available on Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1, Star Sports Hindi. The IPL 2018 Live Streaming can be accessed on Hotstar.
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WICKET! Sunil Narine b Umesh Yadav 51
Umesh Yadav into the attack and he bowls Sunil Narine off the second ball! Narine made room for himself but drags it back onto the stumps. RCB break the stand
RCB post 176/7 at Eden
Brendon McCullum gave RCB a fiery start and then there was the Virat-AB stand which lifted Bangalore. Nitish Rana removed both of them on back-to-back deliveries. Mandeep made 37 off 18 balls to push Bangalore's score to 176/7 at Eden Gardens.
WICKET! Virat Kohli b Nitish Rana
WICKEt! Virat Kohli is bowled. Back-to-bacl wickets for Nitish Rana. He has yorked Kohli. The RCB captain cannot believe he is bowled. Eden has gone mad. Rana has done it for his team and he is on a hat-trick. KKR are well and truly alive in this
WICKET! AB de Villiers c Mitchell Johnson b Nitish Rana
WICKET! BIG BIG WICKET FOR KOLKATA! AB DE VILLIERS IS CAUGHT IN THE DEEP. The part-timer Nitish Rana has broken the stand betwee Kohli and De Villiers
SIX, AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers goes for the big shot again and gets SIX! This is straighter but it is still six. RCB are 82 for 2 after 10 overs and these two can take them to a big total. Narine back!
TOSS: KKR win toss, elect to field
Kolkata Knight Riders win toss and elect to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens. Dinesh Karthik says it is better to chase at Eden Gardens. Virat Kohli to chase as well but did not call the right side of the coin.
Russell goes for the pull, gets the top edge and it goes many a miles up in the air. De Villiers running back from mid-off, McCullum running from long-on both utterly clueless of each other's existence. McCullum goes for the dive early and De Villiers completes the catch and somehow jumps over McCullum. That would have been one nasty collision, instead, it has turned out to be a great catch from De Villiers.
Andre Russell gives the crowd what it wants, six off the very first ball of the 17th over bolwed by Umesh Yadav. Yadav follows up with a couple of short balls and Russell is as clueless as a lost detective. But then he hits a four and six off the last two balls and the deficit is down to 14 required off 17 balls.
KKR are still ahead despite the two wickets that they lost in these last two overs. There seems to be little sign of panic in the home camp and they have two more than capable players to chase down 30 runs in 24 balls in the middle in the form of Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik.
Rinku Singh tries to pull a bouncer and the keeper catches it, RCB go up, the umpire shakes his head and Kohli immediately goes for the review. That is one confident captain and replay shows a clear spike in the snicko when the ball goes near the bat. Rinku Singh is already back in the dug out by the time the decision is communicated, Andre Russell in the middle now.
Nitish Rana goes for the slog and the ball hits him on the leg in front of the stumps. Umpire lifts the finger and Rana goes for the review after a short conference with Karthik. No nick there in the replays and Rana seems to be convinced by that and walks all the way back to the dugout even before the decision is communicated. Ball tracking shows that he was not as plumb as Rana thought and the dismissal was umpire's call. It is a welcome wicket for RCB.
Easy does it for KKR, Karthik hits consecutive fours off the 14th over bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal. A double, dot ball and a single and KKR are purring along nicely. Karthik and Rana are taking their own time and they can afford to do so.
Just 5 runs from the 12th over bowled by Chahal but this is sensible batting from Karthk and Rana. They are building a good partnership here, conserving wickets and KKR now need 65 from 48.
Nitish Rana and Dinesh Karthik are the two batsmen out in the middle for Kolkata. Karthik knows how to build a chase. Kolkata need 85 runs from 66 balls so no need to take any risk
Umesh Yadav gets another! Robin Uthappa is in no position to play that shot. Short and wide and Uthappa tries to play it over mid-wicket. Only a top edge and McCullum completes a good catch at backward point
Seven overs bowled in the innings and Kolkata are 81 for the loss of two wickets. Nitish Rana picked up a six and a four off Khejroliya and KKR are on course in this chase
Umesh Yadav has his tail up after getting that wicket. He is bowling very quick and Nitish Rana is hit on the helmet. Kolkata Knight Riders reach 68 for after 6 overs. End of the powerplay and there is the strategic timeout!
Umesh Yadav into the attack and he bowls Sunil Narine off the second ball! Narine made room for himself but drags it back onto the stumps. RCB break the stand
Sunil Narine gets another six to move to 49 off 16 balls and then takes a single to reach his half century off 17 balls! Brilliant innings from Narine. RCB have no answer to him
Sunil Narine now taking on Washington Sundar! First a four and then a six. Brilliant hitting from Sunil Narine. He moves on to 43 off just 15 balls. De Kock, De Villiers and Kohli have a meeting in the middle
SIX! Sunil Narine gets a short ball from Woakes and cruches it over square leg for a six. Powerful pull shot from Narine. He is taking the game away from RCB. KKR 46/1 after 4 overs
Sunil Narine is taking on Chris Woakes in the fourth over. 2nd ball - six, 3rd ball - four over covers, 4th ball - four through covers. Woakes need to come back and stop the run flow
Beautiful six from Robin Uthappa to finish the third over! Washington Sundar bowled a full delivery and Uthappa just timed it back over the bowler's head for a six. KKR 26/1 after 3 overs
WICKET! Big wicket for RCB. Chris Lynn is caught by De Villiers. Lynn tries to play a big shot but that slash has gone high up in the air towards off side. AB runs towards the boundary and takes a good catch. KKR 1 down
Sunil Narine begins the KKR chase with a four and a six! Kolkata take 12 runs from the first over bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal. But RCB need wickets early
Shah Rukh Khan comes to Eden Gardens to cheer for Kolkata Knight Riders. On Sunday, he had his daughter Suhana and son AbRam with him. Here he is cheering for KKR
Brendon McCullum gave RCB a fiery start and then there was the Virat-AB stand which lifted Bangalore. Nitish Rana removed both of them on back-to-back deliveries. Mandeep made 37 off 18 balls to push Bangalore's score to 176/7 at Eden Gardens.
WICKET! Vinay Kumar gets another. Final ball of the innings it a full delivery, Woakes goes for a big shot but has skied it. Russell runs back and takes a good catch. RCB finish at 176 for 7. Kumar gets 2 wickets
WICKET! Mandeep Singh connects again but cannot clear the deep cover fielder! He is caught in the deep and that will be end of his cameo. He made 37 off 17 balls.
Vinay Kumar gets this one right! Outside off and full. Mandeep cannot get under it and plays it back to Vinay Kumar. A dot ball after three boudaries. Good comeback
Mandeep Singh hits second six of the over! Vinay Kumar comes over the wicket and bowls short. Mandeep with a powerful pull shot which has sent the ball into the crowd. SIX
Vinay Kumar is coming round the wicket and bowls a leg stumps line. Mandeep Singh just flicks it over fine-leg and gets a four. That was a good shot and pressure is on Vinay now
Mandeep connects the first ball from Vinay Kumar! In the slot and Mandeep clears his front leg to send it over mid wicket for a big big six
Sarfarz Khan cannot get the distance on his big hit. The bat turns in his hand and he is caught at long-on. Johnson gets a wicket. Virat Kohli is livid with Sarfaraz. RCB 5 down
Mandeep hits two fours in the 18th over from Narine and four singles on the remaining deliveries take RCB's total to 154 for 4 with two more overs to go in the innings. Johnson to continue
Kolkata continue with Johnson after the timeout. Mandeep and Sarfaraz are not going at a pace at which AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli were going. Suddenly, this looks a dull game
Nitish Rana has brought Kolkata back in this. Two wickets on two balls and that of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Mandeep Singh and Sarfaraz Khan are the two batsmen out in the middle for RCB now!
WICKEt! Virat Kohli is bowled. Back-to-bacl wickets for Nitish Rana. He has yorked Kohli. The RCB captain cannot believe he is bowled. Eden has gone mad. Rana has done it for his team and he is on a hat-trick. KKR are well and truly alive in this
WICKET! BIG BIG WICKET FOR KOLKATA! AB DE VILLIERS IS CAUGHT IN THE DEEP. The part-timer Nitish Rana has broken the stand betwee Kohli and De Villiers
A whip, just a whip and it has sailed over mid-wicket fence for a six. Effortless from Kohli! Chawla is clueless how he did it. Bottom hand coming into the play from Kohli. RCB reach 116 for 2 after 13 overs
No respect for Mitchell Johnson from AB de Villiers. A four then a six over covers! That is just gorgeous. Tremendous batting from the South Africa star. Wow!
AB de Villiers has reviewed an onfield out decision for caught behind. Is there a knick? Is there just the pad? Johnson and KKR are celebrating. There is no edge. Impact is outside the off stump. AB survives
AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli have put RCB on top. They are scoring close to 9 runs per over. Kolkata trying to find ways to get one of them out. They need to break this stand
AB de Villiers goes for the big shot again and gets SIX! This is straighter but it is still six. RCB are 82 for 2 after 10 overs and these two can take them to a big total. Narine back!
AB de Villiers steps out and launches one over extra cover for a big six! It has sailed into the crowd. Brilliant, brilliant hit. Kuldeep missing his line there
AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli at the crease for Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are 66 for the loss of two wickets after nine overs. Kuldeep Yadav is back into the attack for Kolkata