Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore while chasing 138 defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets in a low scoring thriller to reach Qualifier 2 of the IPL 2021. For KKR, the highest scorer was Gill with 29 but the target was low and all the other batters contributed.

For RCB, Siraj, Harshal & Chahal picked up 2 wickets each.

In the first innings, Sunil Narine picked up 4 wickets which helped KKR restrict RCB at 138/7. Narine picked up the wickets of Kohli, Ab de Villiers, and inform batters Glenn Maxwell & KS Bharat and broke RCB battings' backbone. 

Earlier, RCB Captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first against KKR in the Eliminator match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. 

Brief Score:

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 138/7 in 20 overs (Kohli - 39(33), Narine - 4/21)

Kolkata Knight Riders - 139/6 in 19.4 overs (Gill - 29(18), Sunil Narine - 26(15), Chahal - 2/16, Siraj - 2/19, Harshal - 2/19)
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