Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Hazlewood to Harshit Rana, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! Top edge so high, Jitesh calls for it, runs and goes near square leg to complete that catch. Short ball from Hazlewood, Harshit went for a big pull, complete mishit and Hazlewood gets the reward for fine bowling. Harshit Rana c Jitesh Sharma b Hazlewood 5(6) [4s-1]

Hazlewood to Harshit Rana, FOUR, finally gets an edge that escapes over Jitesh! Short ball, Harshit left nothing in the tank, thick edge flies for a much needed four

Yash Dayal to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! Edged and gone! Pacy short of length delivery angling away, Angkrish looks for a big leg-side slog, gets an outside edge and Jitesh gets his third catch of the day. Another important dent to KKR and their hopes of 190+ looks bleak now. Angkrish Raghuvanshi c Jitesh Sharma b Yash Dayal 30(22) [4s-2 6s-1]

Hazlewood to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX, he's picked the slower ball and nailed it! The knuckle ball but he's not deceived the batter. Delayed the bat swing and middled the slog over mid-wicket for a release six

Suyash Sharma to Russell, out Bowled!! Through him and timbaahh! This is why you bowl straight to Dre Russ as a leggie if you have a googly. It's tossed up, it's in the slot, it's the bowler's final over and it's the tease. Dre Russ falls in the trap. Went for a mighty, muscular slog across the line but the bowler was smart to take pace off and Russell was already through the shot. Ball sneaked past him to hit middle and leg. Huge roar from the RCB fans. KKR are losing their way here but they do have some batting left. Russell b Suyash Sharma 4(3) [4s-1]

Suyash Sharma to Russell, FOUR, oh he's bowled a release ball now! Short and wide, needless stuff. Russell says oh I can have a lot of that and cut it fiercely past point

Krunal Pandya to Rinku Singh, out Bowled!! Bowled him! Another quicker delivery that rushes the LHB and it's shattered the castle. Rinku thought he could have a big pull shot, but he misses it completely. Again it skids under the bat and probably didn't bounce as expected. Krunal Pandya keeps it wicket it to wicket for you miss, I hit! Simple things work wonders! Rinku Singh b Krunal Pandya 12(10) [4s-1]

Livingstone to Rinku Singh, FOUR, short, hit me ball and Rinku punishes off the back foot wide of long-on. Sat up to be hit and Rinku placed it nicely in the gap

Krunal Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, out Bowled!! And he's knocked him over next ball. Venky immediately put his helmet on. Krunal now just tries to fire a flatter delivery, Venky again tries to be wristy and drags it onto his own stumps and sees the mess. Krunal is pumped! Finally RCB have a phase to smile. The ball wasn't overly short as Venky expected! Venkatesh Iyer b Krunal Pandya 6(7) [4s-1]

Suyash Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, oh outstanding! Wasn't even all that short but he read the length so early, wasn't fully back but managed to slap it firmly into the ground and it placed it past point. Great timing and no chance for the sweeper. Another expensive over from Suyash Sharma

Suyash Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, brilliantly placed! A gentle stride forward, picked the googly, played a neat cover drive and didn't bother to keep it down

Suyash Sharma to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, control has been the problem for Suyash Sharma today. An absolute hit me out of sight ball - short and down leg. Fine leg was up too so Venky rocked back, swivelled and pulled the ball easily over the infield. Wanted a six but it bounced just inside

Krunal Pandya to Rahane, out Caught by Rasikh Salam!! That is straight down the throat of the fielder down at deep backward square leg. Deliberately short and leg-sidish with a deep fielder in place. Jinks has got a lot of runs in that area so he doesn't resist. Goes for the pull but hits it flat and straight to the man. Outstanding innings from the captain and KKR actually might not mind this wicket because it lets their power-hitters to come in. And this by the way is the fourth time Krunal has got Jinks. Rahane c Rasikh Salam b Krunal Pandya 56(31) [4s-6 6s-4]

Rasikh Salam to Narine, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! Rasikh Salam has the last laugh as he screams "come onnnnnn" in celebration. 132ks short ball outside off, Narine looks to slap it on the off-side, but did not bother using his feet while at it. Result? A thick outside edge and Jitesh completes the formalities with a fine catch. Narine c Jitesh Sharma b Rasikh Salam 44(26) [4s-5 6s-3]

Rasikh Salam to Narine, SIX, into the stands! 100 partnership between Narine and Rahane. Slower hit-me length delivery outside off, Narine clears his front leg and clubs it for a 80-metre maximum over long-on

Rasikh Salam to Narine, FOUR, Rasikh Salam goes round the wicket and serves up a juicy low full toss on the stumps, Narine does well to make room and slice the drive to the right of sweeper cover. Lovely placement and timing from Narine....

Suyash Sharma to Narine, FOUR, stand and deliver. Full and flat on the stumps, Narine holds his shape and thrashes it back over the bowler's head with absolute disdain

Suyash Sharma to Narine, SIX, too full and wide of off, it will not matter which way the ball is spinning when you bowl it that full. Narine sits down on one knee and smokes the inside out loft over extra cover for a maximum

Suyash Sharma to Rahane, SIX, that was juicy and Rahane does not miss out. Quicker and fuller outside off, Rahane sinks to one knee and dispatches it into the mid-wicket orbit for a mighty maximum. Rahane has a fifty on his debut as KKR skipper.

Rasikh Salam to Narine, FOUR, too full and well wide of off stump, Narine opens the bat face late and guides it off the toe end wide of backward point to his right

Suyash Sharma to Rahane, FOUR, oh dear! That was poor from Suyash Sharma. Legbreak bowled short and wide of off, Rahane opens the bat face and times the cut square on the off-side, beating the diving fielder at sweeper cover to his left

Yash Dayal to Rahane, FOUR, slower ball ends up as a low full toss wide of off, Rahane crouches and opens his bat face to slice the drive square on the off-side. The KKR skipper is on a roll here...

Yash Dayal to Rahane, SIX, into the crowd. 50-run stand up between the duo. A juicy length delivery on leg stump and Rahane targets the shortest area of the ground. Picks it off his pads and dispatches it for a 69-metre maximum over fine leg

Yash Dayal to Rahane, FOUR, swing and swing hard - that is the new definition of T20 batting. Rahane looks to slog a full delivery that was around off and he gets a thick leading edge that flies over the short third fielder to his left

Yash Dayal to Narine, FOUR, that went like a tracer bullet....as Ravi Shaz would have said. 132ks full and angled into the pads, Narine whips and puts it in the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket. The pace of Yash Dayal takes care of the rest

Krunal Pandya to Rahane, FOUR, 15 off the opening over from Krunal Pandya. He bowls another flat dart on the stumps and Rahane has chipped that neatly over the infield. All Tim David, from mid-on, can do is fetch the ball back from the ropes...

Krunal Pandya to Rahane, FOUR, looped up down leg, Rahane gets down on one knee and sweeps it powerfully over square leg. Hits the practice pitches and races away to the fence...

Krunal Pandya to Narine, SIX, Narine says don't worry I will take care of Krunal. Touch fuller and faster outside off, Narine clears his front leg and smokes it for an 89-metre maximum over wide long-on

Rasikh Salam to Rahane, SIX, it continues to get better for the KKR skipper. He is toying with some ordinary bowling here. 130ks nothing delivery outside off, sits up perfectly for Rahane who tonks it for a 92-metre maximum over cow corner

Rasikh Salam to Rahane, SIX, bam! 129ks short and asking to be bashed. Rahane obliges with a well-controlled pull that goes sailing over the deep square fence. Both line and length went horriby wrong for Rasikh Salam on this delivery

Rasikh Salam to Rahane, FOUR, that is a gimme and Rahane helps himself to his first boundary. Length delivery slipping down the leg-side, Rahane swings hard and gets good contact to get it racing to the fine leg fence

Hazlewood to Narine, FOUR, one bounce and over the ropes! 133ks bumper just outside off, Narine takes his eyes off the ball and swings leg-side, the attempted pull takes the top-edge and flies over the keeper for Narine's first boundary. " No captain could keep a field for that," says Sunil Gavaskar on air...

Hazlewood to de Kock, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! Quinton de Kock is gone? The 4th umpire asks de Kock to wait. Is that a clean catch? Yes. de Kock has to go. The nip-backer from Josh Hazlewood, gets the ball to curve in from a length and forces a tentative poke from de Kock. The batter was neither forward nor back. He tried to chop with hard hands sans any feet. Thick inside edge and Jitesh does splendidly well to take a low catch diving across to his right. de Kock c Jitesh Sharma b Hazlewood 4(5) [4s-1]

Hazlewood to de Kock, no run, Suyash Sharma drops a dolly. The decibels go up at the Eden Gardens. Banged in short outside off, Quinton de Kock pulls and gets a massive top-edge that goes high into the air on the leg-side. Mid-wicket Suyash had all the time in the world to settle under that, he was right under it but couldn't lock his palms. Nerves?

Hazlewood to de Kock, FOUR, first boundary of IPL 2025. 132ks width on offer, Quinton de Kock leans back and slams the cut past the diving left hand of backward point. The crowd go absolutely crazy....