Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets in the 31st match of the IPL 2021. After the win, KKR captain Eoin Morgan said, “ The timing of it is excellent. The talent we have within our squad, sometimes that counts for nothing. You have to go out there and show how good you are. Was 50-50 about the toss.”

"Bowlers have had an outstanding day today. Maxwell, AB, Virat - we got on top of them which is fantastic and really rare. Have a long way to go. Need a lot of things to go right for us. Today was the perfect start. Maybe makes us a dangerous side - we haven't turned up to the tournament so far.”