Navi Mumbai, Mar 30: Royal Challengers Bangalore batters overcame some nervy moments after leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga spun his way to a four-wicket haul to register a three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in a low-scoring IPL match here today.
Hasaranga lived up to his Rs 10.75 crore price tag as his four-wicket burst helped RCB dismiss KKR for 128.
The Sri Lankan was ably supported by the pace trio of Akash Deep (3/45), Harshal Patel (2/11) and Mohammed Siraj (1/25) after RCB won the toss and elected to bowl at DY Patil Stadium here.
In reply, Sherfane Rutherford (28), David Willey (18) and Shahbaz Ahmed (27) played crucial innings as RCB survived some anxious moments before overhauling the target, scoring 132 for 7 in 19.2 overs after Tim Southee (3/20) and Umesh Yadav (2/16) blew away their top-order.
Yadav and Southee troubled the top-order batters with their pace and bounce, leaving RCB at 17 for 3 at one stage.
While Anuj Rawat (0) got a thick outside edge off Umesh, Faf Du Plessis (5) got a leading edge to the point fielder and Virat Kohli (12) paid the price for playing away from the body.
Willey and Rutherford then tried to rebuild the chase with a 45-run stand but Sunil Narine broke the partnership in the 11th over as he had the former caught at midwicket.
Coming to the crease, Shahbaz pulled Andre Russell for two maximums as RCB amassed 15 runs to ease the pressure.
Needing 36 off 30 balls, Shahbaz hit another six off Chakravarthy before being deceived by the bowler as RCB slumped to 101 for 5.
With pressure mounting, Rutherford went for a slog only to be caught behind off Southee. (PTI)
Today’s fixture
LSG V/s CSK – 7.30 pm
Scoreboard
Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajinkya Rahane c Shahbaz b Mohd Siraj 9
Venkatesh Iyer c & b Akash Deep 10
Shreyas Iyer c du Plessis b de Silva 13
Nitish Rana c Willey b Akash Deep 10
Sunil Narine c Akash Deep b de Silva 12
Sam Billings c Kohli b Patel 14
Sheldon Jackson b de Silva 0
Andre Russell c Karthik b Patel 25
Tim Southee c du Plessis b de Silva 1
Umesh Yadav b Akash Deep 18
Varun Chakravarthy not out 10
Extras: (B-2 LB-2 NB-1 W-1) 6
Total: (All out in 18.5 overs) 128
Fall of wickets: 1/14 2/32 3/44 4/46 5/67 6/67 7/83 8/99 9/101 10/128.
Bowling: David Willey 2-0-7-0, Mohammed Siraj 4-0-25-1, Akash Deep 3.5-0-45-3, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva 4-0-20-4, Harshal Patel 4-2-11-2, Shahbaz Ahmed 1-0-16-0.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis c Rahane b Southee 5
Anuj Rawat c Jackson b Yadav 0
Virat Kohli c Jackson b Yadav 12
David Willey c Rana b Narine 18
Sherfane Rutherford c Jackson b Southee 28
Shahbaz Ahmed st Jackson b Varun 27
Dinesh Karthik not out 14
Wanindu Hasaranga c Russell b Southee 4
Harshal Patel not out 10
Extras: (B-4 LB-1 NB-1 W-8) 14
Total: (For 7 wickets in 19.2 overs) 132
Fall of wickets: 1/1 2/17 3/17 4/62 5/101 6/107 7/111
Bowling: Umesh Yadav 4-0-16-2, Tim Southee 4-0-20-3, Andre Russell 2.2-0-36-0, Sunil Narine 4-0-12-1, Varun Chakravarthy 4-0-33-1, Venkatesh Iyer 1-0-10-0.
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