Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) became the first team in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 to win away from home. In all the 9 games before this encounter, the home side had inflicted defeats on the away side.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) were coming on the back of a victory against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their previous game but tasted defeat in this match. They have not been able to win against KKR at Chinnaswamy Stadium since 2015 and have been at the receiving end of the Purple and Gold Brigade.
Match 10 of IPL 2024 proved to be an absolute crackerjack of a contest as KKR steamrolled past Bengaluru and climbed to the 2nd position in the points table.
In this article, we take a look at the top 3 talking points of RCB vs KKR in Match 10 of the ongoing IPL 2024:
1. Virat Kohli’s masterclass
King Kohli once again displayed his A-game in front of the Chinnaswamy crowd as he scored a fabulous knock of 83* runs in 59 balls and his innings was an exhibition of class, composure and intent.
Virat Kohli found the gaps, took on the KKR bowlers and held the RCB innings together. Despite wickets losing in regular intervals in the other end, Kohli held on to his fort and stitched a fabulous knock.
He is currently the leading run-getter of IPL 2024, with 181 runs in 3 innings, with a blistering average of 90.5.
2. Andre Russell’s fantastic bowling effort
At a pitch where the pacers were being belted all across the park, Andre Russell took the pace off in the fag end of the innings and bowled the cutters and the slower deliveries. And it paid off rich dividends.
He varied his pace and brought it down to around 110 KMPH and it was the deciding factor of the match. Russell, who was the player of the match in the first game of KKR, bagged 2 wickets in this match.
3. Sunil Narine’s swashbuckling innings
A lot of die-hard fans would cast their mind to the golden age of KKR- when Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn used to open the batting, after they saw Match 10 of IPL 2024. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine stitched a fabulous partnership of 86 runs and set the stage for a victory for the visitors.
Sunil Narine played a fiery knock of 47 runs in just 22 balls and his knock was packed with 2 fours and 5 sixes and he had a blistering strike-rate of 213.64.
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