IPL 2021, RCB Vs KKR, Live Cricket Scores: Chasing 204, Kolkata Knight Riders Lose Shubman Gill Early

Glenn Maxwell and AB De Villiers hit scintillating fifties to help Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 204 for four against Kolkata Kight Riders in the 10th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Sunday. Chasing a hat-trick of wins, Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first against the two-time champions. But they lost both Kohli and Rajat Patidar in the second over to Varun Chakravarthy. Maxwell (78 off 49) and Devdutt Padikkal (25 off 28) then steadied the innings, before finishing touches from De Villiers (76 off 34) and Kyle Jamieson (11 off 4). The duo added 56 runs in 20 balls, including 21 from the last over by Andre Russell. Get here live cricket scores of RCB v KKR in Chennai.

5:24 PM IST: RCB innings! Glenn Maxwell top-scored for RCB with 78 off 49 balls while AB de Villiers remained unbeaten on 76 off 34 balls.

Brief Scores:

RCB: 204 for 4 in 20 overs (Glenn Maxwell 78, AB de Villiers 76 not out; Varun Chakravarthy 2/39).

3:05 PM IST: One change for RCB. Rajat Patidar comes in for Dan Christian as they rather bravely prefer to play with three foreigners instead of four. KKR are unchanged.

Playing XIs:

RCB: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.

KKR: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.

3:02 PM IST: Virat Kohli wins the toss, and Royal Challengers Bangalore bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders.