Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed a wicket apiece to help the Royal Challengers Bengaluru restrict the Kolkata Knight Riders to 56-2 in the Power Play after choosing to bowl first in their Tata IPL match at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur on Wednesday.
Bhuvneshwar had big-hitting Kiwi Finn Allen caught behind for 18 from just eight balls while opening partner Ajinkya Rahane spliced a pull shot back to Hazlewood to depart for 19 from 13 balls. Both openers struck three fours a six.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi (16*) and Cameron Green (3*) were at the crease at the end of the Power Play.
Match report to follow....
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidaar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wkt), Tim David, Venkatesh Iyer, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood.
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wkt), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi