• Bangalore defeated Kolkata by a huge margin of 82 runs.
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There were many moments where it was looking like match face has changed. Some game changing moments were :
• AB De Villiers hit an outstanding knock of 73 for 33 and became the Man Of The Match.
• Kolkata's full team could score just 112 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 9 wickets.
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The challengers got one more victory and climbed to the third position of the Points Table. At one time the match was in the fist of Kolkata but when Mr. 360 came no bowler can stood in front of him.
De Villiers outstanding innings: De Villiers scored 73 runs and in just 33 balls. He played many outstanding shots and entertained everyone by his superpower. After the match he said that he was not believing that he could make his team scored above 190 runs.
Virat Struggling : Although Sharjah is a small ground but the batsman were struggling in this pitch. The pitch was slow and the ball was not bouncing. Virat Kohli who was in great form also struggled in the pitch. He scored 33 runs for 28 balls and only hit one four in 28 balls which was edged from his bat.
No Muscle Russell show : Andre Russell who is the game changer and X factor all rounder from Kolkata can't make his team win the match. Last two years, Russell was in outstanding form and changed the match any time with his blaster sixes. Half IPL is played till now but no innings like that had came from Russell's bat. Last year only he snatched the match from Bengaluru which was almost won by Bengaluru. What do you think the bad form of Russell is due to change in the grounds from India to Dubai?
Game Changing moments :
There were many moments where it was looking like match face has changed. Some game changing moments were : • After 14 overs it was looking like RCB will only score not more than 160 runs but when ABD started hitting RCB reached above 190.
• Bengaluru was only 50% in the match till Russell's wicket. They were knowing if he started hitting the match would be snatched from them. Russell hit some boundaries and it looked that there was a miracle for Kolkata. But Kohli's strategy was good, he called Isuru Udana he bowled an ball which was away from Russell, he hit and was caught by Siraj. Bengaluru was 99% in the match from there.
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