IPL 2021, RCB vs KKR Live Score: Eoin Morgan has not had a good record against RCB so far IPL 2021, RCB vs KKR Live Cricket Match Score Online Updates: IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders will be broadcast on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD and the live streaming will be available on Hotstar. Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first. Half-centuries from Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers helped RCB post a total of 204/4 in the first innings. Maxwell scored 78 runs from 49 deliveries whereas De Villiers scored an unbeaten 76 from 34 deliveries. Both batsmen hit nine fours and three sixes each in their innings. The late charge helped RCB get past 200 and nullify Andre Russell threat in the final overs. Kyle Jamieson with a 4-ball 11 cameo as well batting at number 6.
Earlier in the innings, KKR got off to a great start as spinner Varun Chakravarthy got the wickets of RCB skipper Kohli and Rajat Patidar in his first over. Kohli included Patidar in the side replacing Australian all-rounder Daniel Christian as RCB went into the game with three overseas players. Apart from Chakravarthy, fast bowlers Krishna and Cummins took one wicket each. Russell was the most expensive bowler considering an economy rate of 19 bowling in death overs.
Shakib Al Hasan is the new batsman in. Yuzvendra Chahal beats him with a googly that zipped past his bat. Shakib gets a single off the next ball. A dot ball to finish off the over. KKR 75/4 after 9 overs
Yuzvendra Chahal continues. Eoin Morgan takes a single off the first ball. Dinesh Karthik plays a dot ball. LBW! Chahal traps Karthik in front of the wicket. The leg spinner has been excellent in today's game. KKR 74/4 after 8.3 overs
Washington Sundar continues. Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman in. Big task for him and skipper Morgan here. He starts off with a wide and Morgan gets a single as well. Excellent over from Sundar after that, just four more singles. KKR 73/3 after 8 overs
Yuzvendra Chahal back in attack. Eoin Morgan gets a single off the first ball. FOUR! Rana teases first slip fielder Virat Kohli with that one. A dot ball to follow. FOUR! This time he plays the scoop shot and beats Kohli once again. WICKET! This time Rana goes for a slog sweep and finds the fielder in the deep. Chahal has his first wicket this season. Rana departs for 18. KKR 66/3 ater 6.5 overs
Washington Sundar continues. A quick single for Tripathi off the first ball. SIX! Nitish Rana comes down the wicket and hits the ball over long-on for a six. That is the sixth delivery he has faced in this innings. He has not got enough strike so far. Rana plays the cut shot but Siraj gets hands on it, just a single. FOUR! Tripathi sweeps that one towards the square leg, another boundary. He hits the pads on next one, a dot ball. WICKET! Tripathi miscues that one badly and Siraj takes the catch comfortably. He departs for 25. KKR 57/2 after 6 overs
Mohammed Siraj back in attack. FOUR! Tripathi gets one knee and scoops it fine of the fine leg fielder for a boundary. A dot ball to follow. FOUR! Tripathi lofts it comfortably over the in-field for a one-bounce boundary. Tripathi tries to guide the ball fine but mistimes, a dot ball. Just a single more from the over. KKR 45/1 after 5 overs
Washington Sundar into the attack. FOUR! Rahul Tripathi hits it straight over his head for a boundary. A dot ball to follow. Tripathi takes a quick single and almost loses his wicket. Direct hit and he would have been a goner. Rana goes for a slog sweep but did not get enough bat on it, just a single. Tripathi moves towards leg side but Sundar follows him, another dot ball. A single to end the over. KKR 36/1 after 4 overs
Rahul Tripathi is the new batsman in. FOUR! Tripathi hits the ball through covers for a boundary. Great start to his innings. Expensive over from Jamieson, 20 runs and a wicket from it. Yuzvendra Chahal into the attack in powerplay overs. Nitish Rana gets a single off the first delivery. Tripathi struggles to get off strike after getting a boundary in the previous over. He takes a single after three dot balls. Rana defends on the front foot. Just two singles from Chahal's over. KKR 29/1 after 3 overs
Kyle Jamieson opens the bowling from the other end. FOUR! Shubman Gill creates room for himself, takes a couple of steps down the wicket and hits the ball through off side for a boundary. Gill plays the next ball back to the bowler, a dot ball. SIX! That is a flat six from Gill as he pulled the short ball off the front foot. SIX! This time he backs away and hits the short ball backward point boundary for a maximum. WICKET! Gill goes for another but this time Daniel Christian takes a stunning catch to get RCB their first breakthrough. Gill departs for 21. KKR 23/1 after 1.5 overs
Mohammed Siraj bowls the first over of KKR's innings. Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana are the opening batsman. He starts off with a dot ball. Rana gets an inside edge and scampers for a quick single. Siraj bowls a wide down the leg side. FOUR! Gill hits it past the covers fielder for a boundary. Two dot balls to follow. A single to end the over. KKR 7/0 after 1 over
Andre Russell bowls the final over. FOUR! AB de Villiers hits it over Russell's head for a boundary. SIX! Russell makes the mistake of bowling a full toss on ABD's legs and it gets the treatment it deserves. Russell bowls it in the block hole but ABD still manages to get a couple of runs. The Caribbean bowler follows it up with a wide. FOUR! Russell bowls a slightly short delivery but ABD guides it over the slip fielder for a boundary. A dot ball to follow as he fields the ball on his follow-through. FOUR! ABD ends the innings with a boundary. He remains unbeaten for 76 from 34 balls. RCB 204/4 after 20 overs
Harbhajan Singh bowls the penultimate over. Interesting choice from Eoin Morgan. Kyle Jamieson gets beaten on the first ball as Harbhajan slows it up. FOUR! This time Jamieson waits for the ball and slaps it towards covers for a boundary. SIX! Jamieson gets to the pitch of the ball with his long levers and hits it over long-off fielder for a maximum. Excellent hitting from Jamieson. A single off the next delivery. SIX! That is as good as any shot you will see. Fifty for ABD from just 27 deliveries. A single to end the over, 18 runs from it. RCB 182/4 after 19 overs
Andre Russell comes in to bowl the 18th over, as expected. He starts off with a dot ball coming around the wicket to AB de Villiers. He follows it up with a wide. SIX! ABD cracks the code and hits the ball deep into the stands. 89-metre six from ABD's bat. Meanwhile, Kyle Jamieson is the new batter in on the non-striker's end. FOUR! ABD finds the gap as he slices it away towards backward point boundary. A couple of runs off the next ball. Excellent piece of running. FOUR! Full toss and ABD guides it past the wicketkeeper for another boundary. A dot ball to end the over. RCB get 17 runs from Russell's over. RCB 165/4 after 18 overs
Pat Cummins final over. A perfect over from Cummins, just three singles from the first five deliveries. WICKET! Maxwell goes for the pull shot but the top edge ends up in fine leg fielder's hands. Maxwell's innings comes to an end. He scored 78 runs from 49 deliveries including 9 fours and 3 sixes. RCB 148/4 after 17 overs
Prasidh Krishna to bowl his final over. Just two singles from the first three deliveries. FOUR! AB de Villiers hits it to the extra cover boundary. He looks in phenomenal touch today. FOUR! This time he hits it towards midwicket boundary. This partnership is straight out of KKR bowlers' worst nightmare. A single to end the over. 50-run partnership for the two. Meanwhile, Maxwell has moved to 77. Maiden IPL hundred on cards? RCB 145/3 after 16 overs
Get ready for a big finish from RCB if these two batters stay at the crease till the end. Varun Chakravarthy into the attack and he takes a beating from AB de Villiers who hits him for two consecutive boundaries. SIX! Maxwell goes for the switch hit again and this time gets the maximum result. Horrible over from Varun as he leaks 17 runs from it. Eoin Morgan running out of bowling options in death overs. Time to bring Andre Russell into the attack. RCB 134/3 after 15 overs
What a shot by AB de Villiers! After a streaky boundary, he dances down the track to Chakravarthy and hits it straight back past the bowler. No one moved there. Thereafter Maxwell then ends the over with a six! 17 off the over and RCB 134/3 after 15 overs. In IPL since 2019, When AB de Villiers has come to bat in between overs 10-15, he has scored over 300 runs at a strike rate of 188.2. Ominous signs for KKR!
The next 7 overs could prove decisive as to how much RCB put on the board. A well-set Maxwell and ABD could change the contest in a jiffy but the loss of wickets can bring KKR right back into the contest. One also has to keep an eye on the pitch -- if it does slow down, as it has throughout the tournament, it could still be hard work for the batsmen.