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RCB thrashes KKR by 38 runs, moves to top of the table

RCB thrashes KKR by 38 runs, moves to top of the table

Chennai, Apr 18 (UNI) Blazing half centuries by Glenn Maxwell and
A B de Villiers powered Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) thrash
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 38 runs in the IPL T-20 match here
today.
Chasing RCB's 204 for four, KKR's poor run continued as they lost
wickets at regular intervals and were restricted to 166 for eight in
20 overs.
With this win--the third in a row--RCB moved to the top of the table
with six points.
Their key players got starts, but none was able to build on it as KKR
suffered its second loss in three matches.
There was no sizeable contribution from any batsmen with Andre
Russel emerging as top scorer with 31 runs.
Openers Nitish Rana scored 18, Shubman Gill made 21, Rahul
Tripathi chipped in with 25, skipper Eoin Morgan made 29 and
Shakib Al Hasan scored 26, as RCB bowlers kept chipping away
with regular strikes to maintain their clean slate at the top.
Following is the scoreoard :
RCB : 204 for four.
KKR :
Nitish Rana c Padikkal b Chahal 18
Shubman Gill c (sub) b Jamieson 21
Rahul Tripathy c siraj b Washington Sundar 25
Eoin Morgan c Kohli b Patel 29
Dinesh Karthick lbw Chahal 2
Shakib Al Hasan b Jamieson 26
Andre Russell b Patel 31
Pat Cummins c de Villiers b Jamieson 6
Harbhajan Singh (not out) 2
Varun Chakravarthy (not out) 2
Extras : (w-4) 4
Total : 166 for 8 in 20 overs.
Fall of wickets 1-23, 2-57, 3-66, 4-74, 5-114, 6-155, 7-161, 8-162.
Bowling :
Mohd Siraj 3-0-17-0
Kyle Jamieson 3-0-41-3
Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-34-2
Washington Sundar 4-0-33-1
Glenn Maxwell 2-0-24-0
Harshal patel 4-0-17-2
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