The nail-biting thriller between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore came to an end and somehow the players of KKR managed to pull off the victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens. It was predicted that the pitch of Eden Gardens will favour the batters and we witnessed it in the match. Though both the teams put all their efforts in today’s match KKR had the upper hand on Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore still need to find more ways to get victory in upcoming matches. In this season of Indian Premier League 2024, RCB have won only one match out of 8 matches. On the other hand, with the earning of these two crucial points against RCB, KKR is still standing at the number 2 spot in the Indian Premier League Points Table.
A lot of players delivered impressive cricket in the match today. Here is the list of all the award winners.
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Award Winners, Man of the Match IPL 2024
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Punch. EV Electric Striker of the Match:
The Punch.ev Electric Striker of the Match between Kolkata Knight Riders & Royal Challengers Bengaluru goes to Phil Salt.#TATAIPL | @Tataev | #PunchevElectricStriker | #BeyondEveryday | #KKRvRCB pic.twitter.com/jGfAEV0j52
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2024
Kolkata Knight Riders opener batsman, Phil Salt was awarded the Punch. EV Electric Striker of the Match award after he played a thriller knock of 48 runs in just 14 balls with a strike rate of 342.86.
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore My11 Circle Fantasy Player of the Match:
Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders became the My11 Circle Fantasy Player of the Match. The most impressive all-rounder of KKR, Andre Russell played a crucial knock of 27 runs and also took 3 wickets in 3 overs. With his impressive performance, he earned 116 fantasy points in the match.
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Angel One Super 6s of the Match:
Will Jacks of Royal Challengers Bangalore was awarded this award for hitting 5 maximum in the match. These crucial sixes of Will Jacks come up with his bat while chasing a big target of 223 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Rupay On-the-Go 4s of the Match:
The RuPay on the go four of the Match between Kolkata Knight Riders & Royal Challengers Bengaluru goes to Shreyas Iyer. #TATAIPL | @RuPay_npci | #KKRvRCB pic.twitter.com/uC6VqAMM0F
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2024
The Captain of Kolkata Knight Riders, Shreyas Iyer was awarded the Rupay On-the-Go 4s of the match for hitting 7 fours in the match. Shreyas played a responsible knock in the match and also hit a half-century.
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Rupay Man of the Match:
In today's Super Sunday double-header, Andre Russell won the Player of the Match Award for his all-round performance in Match 3️⃣6️⃣ 🏆
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2024
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Andre Russell was also awarded with Man of the Match in today’s game. He came to bat in death overs and helped his team to build up a big target of 223 runs. Andre Russell scored 27 runs in just 20 balls and also took 3 wickets in 3 overs with an economy of 8.33.
Andre Russell’s Stats in this game:
Runs | Balls | 4’s | 6’s | SR | Spell |
27 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 135.00 | 3/25 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Rupay Key Moments:
Virat Kohli was given out on a very controversial ball from Harshit Rana, which was dipping, but it looked like a No Ball. Virat Kohli was very disappointed with the decision.
Karn Sharma, who is known for his bowling, produced an impeccable innings of three sixes in the last over of Mitchell Starc.