{"id":1817,"date":"2024-03-30T04:46:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T04:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2024-03-30T04:46:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T04:46:53","slug":"the-kolkata-knight-riders-kkr-extended-their-winning-streak-with-a-commanding-7-wicket-triumph-over-the-royal-challengers-bangalore-rcb-at-bengalurus-m-chinnaswamy-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/?p=1817","title":{"rendered":"The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) extended their winning streak with a commanding 7-wicket triumph over the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Bengaluru&#8217;s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Key Moments from the Match**<\/p>\n<p>* **RCB Batting:** RCB posted a total of 182\/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Virat Kohli led the charge with 83* runs, while Harshit Rana and Andre Russell of KKR claimed 2 wickets each.<br \/>\n* **KKR Batting:** In reply, KKR comfortably chased down the target of 183 runs in just 16 overs, reaching a score of 186\/3. Venkatesh Iyer starred with the bat, scoring 50 runs, while Sunil Narine&#8217;s exceptional bowling earned him the Player of the Match award.<\/p>\n<p>**Current Points Table (as of March 29th, 2024)**<\/p>\n<p>1. **Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)** &#8211; Played 2, Won 2, Lost 0 (Total Points: 4)<br \/>\n2. **Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)** &#8211; Played 3, Won 1, Lost 2 (Total Points: 2)<\/p>\n<p>**Match Summary**<\/p>\n<p>KKR, under the leadership of captain Shreyas Iyer, elected to bowl first after winning the toss. RCB struggled against KKR&#8217;s disciplined bowling attack, with only Virat Kohli managing to make a significant contribution. KKR&#8217;s Sunil Narine and Phil Salt laid a strong foundation during the chase, followed by Venkatesh Iyer&#8217;s well-crafted fifty. With 4 overs to spare, KKR comfortably reached their target, solidifying their position at the top of the points table. Meanwhile, RCB will be looking to bounce back in their upcoming matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Key Moments from the Match** * **RCB Batting:** RCB posted a total of 182\/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Virat Kohli led the charge with 83* runs, while Harshit Rana and Andre Russell of KKR claimed 2 wickets each. * **KKR Batting:** In reply, KKR comfortably chased down the target of 183 runs in just &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,373,12,52],"tags":[1451,650,1454,1449,1450,1452,1453,717,765,1398,772,713],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-tie-games","category-national","category-sports","tag-bengaluru","tag-cricketupdates","tag-indianpremierleague","tag-kkrvsrcb","tag-matchhighlights","tag-mchinnaswamystadium","tag-t20cricket","tag-choicenext","tag-cricket","tag-ipl","tag-sports","tag-tagudyog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RCB-VS-KKR.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1819,"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions\/1819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsofstates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}