RCB vs KKR, Eliminator, IPL 2021

RCB won the toss and elected to bat. Both teams went in unchanged.

Kohli and Padikkal gave RCB a solid start to add 49 runs for the first wicket.

Ferguson broke the opening stand to get Padikkal sparking a collapse of sorts for RCB.

Narine dominated the middle overs with returns of 4-21, accounting for Bharat, Kohli, AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell to derail RCB's innings.

KKR restricted RCB to just 138 in their 20 overs.

Iyer and Gill started off strongly for KKR with a 41-run stand.

Harshal Patel picked up his first wicket in the powerplay this season to break the opening stand.

Chahal struck in his first over to send back Rahul Tripathi leg before after a good review.

Just when RCB seemed to be clawing their way back into the game with some quick wickets, Narine smashed three sixes in an over to put KKR in front.

Mohammed Siraj struck back with two wickets in the 18th over, but KKR needed only 13 runs to win there on.

KKR beat RCB by 4 wickets to advance to the Qualifier 2.