KATHMANDU: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by nine wickets in Abu Dhabi on Monday night.
Kolkata completed the target of 93 runs set by Bangalore by losing 1 wicket in just 10 overs.
Subman Gill top-scored with 48 runs for Kolkata’s victory while Venkatesh Iyre remained unbeaten with 41 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal of Bangalore took 1 wicket.
Earlier, electing to bat first after winning the toss, Bangalore was bowled out for 92 in 19 overs.
Bangalore’s Devdutt Pudikkal top-scored with 22 runs. Harshal Patel scored 12 runs while Srikar Bharat added 16 runs. Glenn Maxwell was out for 10 runs. Captain Virat Kohli was out for 5 runs.
With the win, Kolkata has risen to the fifth position with six points from eight games. Bangalore is in the third place with 10 points.
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