NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs at the Eden Gardens on Thursday for their first win this season with Suyash Sharma making a fine debut by grabbing 3 wickets as an impact player.
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While Narine claimed 2/16, Sharma made his IPL debut memorable by returning with 3/30. Chakravarthy was the most successful KKR bowler with 4/15 in 3.4 overs.
The team's co-owner Shah Rukh Khan arrived just before the match and came down to the ground to congratulate the boys after the win.
1/10:IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders spin downs Royal Challengers Bangalore
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2/10:First win this season for KKR
<p>Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs at the Eden Gardens on Thursday for their first win this season. </p>PTI
3/10:Rahmanullah Gurbaz
<p>Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit 57 off 58 balls but his dismissal, along with Andre Russell for a duck the next ball, left KKR in trouble. </p>PTI
4/10:Shardul Thakur
<p>Shardul Thakur blitzed a 20-ball 50, hitting 9 fours and 3 sixes in his knock of 68, to power a KKR recovery from a worrisome 89/5 in the 12th over. </p>PTI
5/10:Match-winning stand
<p>Thakur's dominant show put KKR in control and a sixth wicket partnership with Rinku Singh notched 103 runs off only 47 balls. </p>AP
6/10:Varun Chakravarthy
<p>RCB crashed to 123 all out in reply as KKR's spinners ran amok, with Varun Chakravarthy picking 4/15 in less than four overs. </p>PTI
7/10:Suyash Sharma
<p>KKR's teenage impact player leg spinner Suyash Sharma took 3/30 on his IPL debut. AP </p>AP
8/10:Sunil Narine
<p>West Indies veteran spinner Sunil Narine took 2/16. </p>AP
9/10:Virat Kohli
<p>Virat Kohli (21) and Faf du Plessis (23) gave RCB a quick start, adding 44 off 29 balls. </p>PTI
10/10:Narine dismisses Kohli
<p>But the KKR bowling attack found its groove when Narine bowled the former Indian captain.</p>PTIAs expected, there were numerous reactions on Twitter after KKR's win. Here are a few:
