Kolkata vs Bangalore Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard KKR vs RCB, Match 1, Indian Premier League, 2025, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Kolkata vs Bangalore MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Kolkata vs Bangalore MATCH INFO
- Toss:RCB, who chose to field
- Series:IPL, 2025
- Venue:Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Umpires:Abhijeet Bengeri (IND), Vinod Seshan (IND) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND)
- Match Referee:Prakash Bhatt (IND)
- Match Date:Sat, 22nd Mar 2025
KOLKATA Team Players
BANGALORE Team Players
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16.1: Spencer Johnson to Liam Livingstone, SIX! All the way! Spencer Johnson begins from over the wicket and bowls a bumper, around off, Liam Livingstone walks across his stumps and swings for the pull. Gets more of a top edge as the ball gets big on him. It sails well over deep fine leg for a six.
- End of over 16
- RCB167/3
- RCB Batting L Livingstone 5(3) V Kohli 59(36)
- 1
15.6: Vaibhav Arora to Liam Livingstone, On a back of a length, on off, Liam stays on the back foot and cuts it to deep point for a single. 8 more needed for RCB.
- 0
15.5: Vaibhav Arora to Liam Livingstone, Off-pace delivery and this stays a bit low, on the fuller side, Liam Livingstone has a heave across the line. Gets an under edge that dribbles behind to the keeper.
- 4
15.4: Vaibhav Arora to Liam Livingstone, FOUR! Cracked away! Arora bangs it into the deck, over middle, Liam Livingstone swivels and hammers the pull to the right of deep square leg for a one-bounce boundary.
- 0
15.3: Vaibhav Arora to Rajat Patidar, OUT! TAKEN! Rajat Patidar holes out in a bid to get the game done quickly! This is the leg-cutter from Arora, on a length, at the stumps, Rajat Patidar swings across the line. Gets it off the inner half of the bat and hits it straight down the throat of deep mid-wicket where Rinku Singh takes a safe catch around his waist. Rajat goes for a quickfire 34 off 16 balls with RCB 13 runs away from a win on the opening night.
- 4
15.2: Vaibhav Arora to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! Up and away! Pace taken off, on a back of a length, at the hips, Patidar is slightly early into the shot and picks it up to the right of deep backward square leg for a boundary.
- 1
15.1: Vaibhav Arora to Virat Kohli, On a length, on off, Kohli knocks it in front of mid off for a single.
- End of over 15
- RCB157/2
- RCB Batting R Patidar 30(14) V Kohli 58(35)
- 4
14.6: Harshit Rana to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! Probably the shot of the inning! Patidar moves into his 30s! On that in-between length from Harshit, around off, Rajat Patidar cuts it a bit uppishly over backward point for a boundary. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need just 18 runs to win in 30 balls remaining.
- 4
14.5: Harshit Rana to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! Finds the gap again! Hard length outside off, Rajat Patidar stands tall and cuts it to the right of the sliding backward point fielder. Rinku Singh slides but the ball evades him and races away to the fence. Harshit Rana is not pleased by the effort by the looks on his face.
- 2
14.4: Harshit Rana to Rajat Patidar, On top of middle on a length, Rajat Patidar gets inside the line and tucks it across to deep backward square leg. Runs the first one hard and scampers back for the second as Vaibhav Arora cuts it off to his right in the deep.
- 4
14.3: Harshit Rana to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! Helped away! A bit wayward from Harshit, on the pads, full in length, Rajat Patidar uses the pace of the ball and tickles it uppishly and to the right of short fine leg for a boundary. 28 needed off 33 now.
- 4
14.2: Harshit Rana to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! Just over the fielder and finds the fence! On the hard length, at off, Rajat Patidar stays leg side of the ball, and chips it over the leaping Ajinkya Rahane at cover for a boundary.
- 1
14.1: Harshit Rana to Virat Kohli, Fuller and slower, outside off, Kohli tries to drag it to the leg side, but mistimes off the inside half of the bat, down to long on for a single. Grunts in frustration as he doesn't connect it well.
- End of over 20
- KKR174/8
- KKR Batting S Johnson 1(1) R Singh 6(9)
- 1
19.6: Josh Hazlewood to Spencer Johnson, On a back of a length, just around middle and leg, Spencer mishits the pull shot from the splice of his blade as the ball rolls into the off side. Only a single to end the innings and just five runs overall from the final over. Kolkata Knight Riders finish at 174/8.
- 0
19.5: Josh Hazlewood to Harshit Rana, OUT! HIGH UP IN THE AIR, AND TAKEN! This has been an exceptional exhibition of bowling display from the experienced Aussie! Josh Hazlewood sticks to his plan to bowl on a hard length. Hits the deck hard, on top of the stumps, skidding quickly and getting heavy on the right-hander. Harshit weighs on the back foot and shapes up to pull, but top edges it in the night sky. The ball swirls behind the wickets and swirls while descending. Jitesh Sharma calls for his catch, runs forward and takes a fine catch.
- 4
19.4: Josh Hazlewood to Harshit Rana, TOP EDGE AND FOUR! A boundary after 11 balls for KKR! Back of a length, skidding through quickly on the batter, on top of off, Harshit Rana tries to pull aerially, but the top edge is found and it flies over the keeper's head for a boundary.
- 0
19.3: Josh Hazlewood to Harshit Rana, Make that three dots on the trot! Bangs hard on the surface, on the stumps, with some extra bounce, Harshit Rana again opts for a pull shot, swings and misses.
- 0
19.2: Josh Hazlewood to Harshit Rana, Another dot! Again, an effort ball, short in length, just outside off, Harshit Rana fails to connect again as he is beaten trying for a booming pull shot.
- 0
19.1: Josh Hazlewood to Harshit Rana, A dot to start the final over! Hoff hits the deck very hard, on the middle and leg stump line, Harshit Rana swings across but misses to connect.
- End of over 19
- KKR169/7
- KKR Batting H Rana 1(1) R Singh 6(9)
- 1
18.6: Yash Dayal to Harshit Rana, Aims the pegs, on a fullish length, Harshit Rana stays leg side, and slaps it through covers for just a single. What a penultimate over from Yash Dayal. A wicket and just four singles off it.
- 0
18.5: Yash Dayal to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Yash Dayal gets his first wicket and it makes a better over, much better for him. Takes the pace off from the leather, does Yash Dayal, on a good length, angling across off, with a bit of an extra bounce off the surface. Angkrish Raghuvanshi weighs on the back foot to pull over the leg side but is through his shot marginally early and the outside edge is found. The ball carries to the keeper and Jitesh Sharma takes a safe catch.
- 0
18.4: Yash Dayal to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Fuller on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hits it on the bounce to mid off.
- 1
18.3: Yash Dayal to Ramandeep Singh, Speared in on the pads, at 135.5 kph, on a fuller length, Ramandeep Singh gets a bit across to heave it away but mistimes to deep mid-wicket for a single.
- 1
18.2: Yash Dayal to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Short and on the stumps, pulled away to deep mid-wicket for a single.
- 1
18.1: Yash Dayal to Ramandeep Singh, Slower one, on a good length, across off, Ramandeep Singh mistimes his back foot punch. Hits it a bit aerially to the cover region. Rajat Patidar dives to his left and half stops it on the bounce. The ball is parried to the deep and the batters cross for a single.
- End of over 18
- KKR165/6
- KKR Batting R Singh 4(7) A Raghuvanshi 29(19)
- 1
17.6: Josh Hazlewood to Ramandeep Singh, Into the blockhole, around off, Ramandeep Singh crouches a bit and carves it out through short third for a single.
- 1
17.5: Josh Hazlewood to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Outside off, on a length, Angkrish Raghuvanshi miscues the heave, in the air, and to the left of long on for a single.
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17.4: Josh Hazlewood to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! Oh, that is effortless! On a good length, just around off, a slower ball, Angkrish Raghuvanshi waits, and waits for it. Creates a stable base before pulling it behind deep mid-wicket for a cracking six.
- 0
17.3: Josh Hazlewood to Ramandeep Singh, Short of a length ball, pitching outside off, Ramandeep Singh weirdly plays an attacking lofted on drive on the front foot, but is hit on the right arm as the ball rolls towards backward point. They cross for a leg bye.
- 1
17.2: Josh Hazlewood to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Slows it down on a length, outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi shuffles across the off stump, and tries to pull it to the deep fine leg region, but mistimes it and the ball rolls between square leg and short fine leg. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scoots off for a single at the other end and has to put in a dive to reach home before the throw. A quick single taken.
- 0
17.1: Josh Hazlewood to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Hits the deck hard, does Hoff, on a length, Angkrish Raghuvanshi swings to pull but misses. Some extra bounce on it.
16.2: Spencer Johnson to Liam Livingstone, FOUR! And that's that! Royal Challengers Bengaluru are up and running in the 2025 IPL! Angling across the right-hander, on the fuller side, Liam Livingstone stays deep in the crease and swats it to the right of mid on for a boundary to seal the deal.