Drama in the last over. When everyone thought that RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) had almost wrapped up this match, the picture of the game changed. KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) won by just 1 run against RCB thanks to Andre Russell and Mitchell Starc’s last over. Auji pace bowler could not do well in the whole match. However, he cut and bowled Karan Sharma in the last over and pocketed the match. It cannot be said that Shreyas Iyer breathed a sigh of relief even after 200 on Sunday. The pressure was on till the last over.
What happened in the last over?
RCB needed 20 runs when Starc came to bowl the last over. However, the in-form Dinesh Karthik was dismissed in the last ball of the 18th over. At that time, everyone thought that RCB might have lost the match. Karan Sharma surprised everyone. Came to bat and hit a six through the backward point region. Full length ball from the Auji bowler goes outside the boundary. Karan went for a big shot in the second ball as well. But the run did not come. Karan hit another six off the third ball. He got the full ball again and blasted it over extra cover.
The fourth ball flies again towards backward point. Karan hits a six again. But the end was not saved. Karan was cut and bowled when three runs were needed off the fifth ball. And that ended all the hopes of RCB. Tried to take the game to Super Over with two runs off the last ball but it didn’t happen. Lockie Ferguson runs out.
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Batting first on this day, KKR scored 222 runs. In response, despite losing the wicket of Virat Kohli in the third over, the other RCB batsmen continued to bat. Rajat Patidar and Will Jacks played a great innings. But the end was not saved. Both these batsmen scored half centuries and were dismissed by Andre Russell.
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