IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Highlights: Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore will lock horns with Nitish Rana-led Kolkata Knight Riders to play the 9th league match of the IPL 2023 on April 6 in Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Check: IPL 2023 Points Table with Team’s Standings and NRR
| IPL Match No | 09 |
| Match | KKR vs RCB |
| Date | April 06, 2023 |
| Toss | Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 204-7 (20 Ov) |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 123-10 (17.4 Ov) |
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
| Batter | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Gurbaz (wk) | c Akash Deep b Karn Sharma | 57 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 129.55 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | b Willey | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Mandeep | b Willey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nitish Rana (c) | c Karthik b M Bracewell | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Rinku Singh | c Karthik b Harshal Patel | 46 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 139.39 |
| Russell | c Kohli b Karn Sharma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thakur | c Maxwell b Siraj | 68 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 234.48 |
| Narine | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Umesh | not out | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 300 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | NB | WD | ECO |
| Siraj | 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| Willey | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Akash Deep | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| M Bracewell | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Karn Sharma | 3 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 |
| Harshal Patel | 3 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.7 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings
| Batter | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Virat Kohli | b Narine | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 116.67 |
| Faf du Plessis (c) | b Chakaravarthy | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 191.67 |
| Michael Bracewell | c Nitish Rana b Thakur | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 105.56 |
| Glenn Maxwell | b Chakaravarthy | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Harshal Patel | b Chakaravarthy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | c Thakur b Narine | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Dinesh Karthik (wk) | c Chakaravarthy b Suyash Sharma | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Anuj Rawat | c Narine b Suyash Sharma | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| David Willey | not out | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Karn Sharma | c Nitish Rana b Suyash Sharma | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Akash Deep | c and b Chakaravarthy | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 212.5 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | NB | WD | ECO |
| Umesh Yadav | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Tim Southee | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 3.4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| Suyash Sharma | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Shardul Thakur | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB Playing 11
Kolkata Knight RidersÂ
Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Bench: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, N Jagadeesan, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
Bench: Finn Allen, Sonu Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Siddarth Kaul, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma
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Player of the Match
Shardul Thakur | KKR
I don’t even know where it came from but looking at the scorecard at that time, everyone would have thought we are struggling. But your subconscious mind takes over. You also have to have skills to do that at the higher level, but we also work hard in the nets.
There is a period where we can slog it in the nets. Coaching staff do the throwdowns, and give us the option of range-hitting. And you know the pitches – they always suit the batsmen, don’t they? Suyash bowled exceptionally well, and we know the quality Sunil and Varun have. They have fun, take wickets. This was a perfect day.
