KKR won the match by 3 wickets with Sunil Narine playing an anchor role with the ball & bat.
The two sides will be against each other tonight at the Dubai International Stadium.
Virat Kohli’s RCB comfortably sits at third place while Sanju Samson’s RR sits at the seventh place in the points table.
The Rohit Sharma-led side will next face Delhi Capitals on Saturday, October 2.
Mumbai finally got off the mark in the UAE leg of the competition after a hat-trick of losses in the Middle East since the resumption.
In the first game, Sunrisers Hyderabad will face defending champions Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi, while the second match would see Royal Challengers Bangalore play Delhi Capitals.
A defeat here for either team would mean they would have to hope for several other results to go their way for them to secure a playoff berth.
The two matches which are scheduled on the day are SunRisers Hyderabad against the Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore against the Delhi Capitals.
Kolkata’s win has taken them to 10 points from 11 matches.
Bangalore will aim to win their remaining games to solidify their 3rd position and also try to make a late push for the top-two positions.
Bangalore are coming to this game with good momentum and lots of confidence.
Ashwin had the last laugh after the exchange of words in first innings as he gave a fiery send-off to Morgan when he dismissed him on a two-ball duck.
A heated exchange took place between the Delhi Capital and Kolkata Knight Riders players during the 20th over of the Delhi innings in the ongoing match at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Delhi managed just 127/9 in their 20 overs against Kolkata after being invited to bat first by Eoin Morgan.
“Who said Pakistan is not safe for visiting international cricketers?” the pic was captioned.
Both Delhi and Kolkata have been impressive in the UAE-leg of IPL 2021.
Also in T20s, Bhuvi has joint-most wickets (75) in powerplay with David Willey.
Currently, SRH have won only 2 out of 10 games in IPL 2021 and they are placed at the bottom of points table.
Monty Panesar commented that the IPL is the best league in the world as there is so much competition between the teams.
Rishabh Pant needs just 32 more runs to surpass Virender Sehwag and become the leading run-scorer for Delhi Capitals overall.
Following Hyderabad’s win, there have been all kinds of reactions pouring in on social media.
Meanwhile, Bhatia also lauded SRH pacer Siddarth Kaul who conceded 20 runs in his third over but ended with figures of 2/36 in his overall quota of four overs.
The Australian player was dropped from the squad after a string of low scores in the second phase of the tournament. However, the odd thing that fans noticed was that Warner was not even on the ground as a reserve.
Roy too grabbed the opportunity with both hands and scored a superb 60 from 42 balls which included 8 boundaries and 1 six.
While Mumbai ended the first half of IPL 2021 with eight points and were placed fourth, they have failed to add anything to their points section in the first three matches of the UAE-leg of the competition.
For Delhi, there aren’t things to be worried about. They have been as good as any champion team.
Jindal feels that the selectors would be regretting some of the decisions that they have made.
Keeping in mind that Punjab also need the win as badly as Mumbai, the game on Tuesday is going to be one to watch.
Check out team of the day for match number 41 between Kolkata and Delhi.
Was this the last time Rohit and Virat were spotted at the toss together?
The video of their interaction went viral online.
Mumbai have 8 points from 10 games, they couldn’t afford to lose a game from this point if they wish to make a safe entry to playoffs.
The spotlight will be on the power-packed top-order of both the teams, consisting of in-form batters like Venkatesh Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan and Rahul Tripathi.
Kuldeep was earlier overlooked for a place in the 15-member T20 World Cup squad and failed to get a game this IPL season for Kolkata.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag took to Twitter and lauded Harshal Patel and Chahal for their brilliant performances.
Harshal Patel became only the 3rd RCB bowler to take hat-trick in IPL and 3rd bowler to take hat-trick against MI in IPL.
Harshal Patel’s 4/17 including a hat-trick in his third over helped Royal Challengers Bangalore end their losing streak and register a 54-run win over Mumbai Indians.
Harshal Patel further said that the selection for the Indian T20 World Cup squad is not in his hands.
Sanju Samson needs 34 runs to become leading run-scorer against SRH in the IPL history.
Ravindra Jadeja also completed the milestone of hitting 50 sixes for Chennai Super Kings in IPL.
Moeen Ali has decided to focus the rest of his career on the limited-overs formats.
Check out the team of the day for match number 40 between Hyderabad and Rajasthan.
While the victory helped RCB retain the number 3 spot in points table, the loss saw Mumbai Indians slipping to the number 7 spot.
Overall, Harshal conceded 6 runs and picked the three wickets in his 3rd over to hammer the last nail in the coffin of the Mumbai innings.
An official word on Rohit’s injury hasn’t come yet but he is expected to be fine for the next match.
The result has again taken Chennai back to the top of the table with eight wins and 16 points and a net run rate better than that of Delhi Capitals.
KL Rahul was with RCB in 2013 before joining SRH in 2014. Rahul returned to the Kohli-led RCB in 2016 but made a transfer to Punjab Kings in 2018, where he tasted success
Despite the two losses in a row, Bangalore continue to be in the top half of the points table but things could soon turn awry for them if they lose the ongoing match to Mumbai.
Karthik scored 26 off 11 deliveries and shifted the momentum towards KKR in their match against CSK on Sunday.
His answer came in response to a question posed to him from Chopra regarding his take on the analyst and what he would have done if he was given such an analyst.
The 37-year-old realised that the team banks on him to field at the hotspots and opted to not to leave the field to attend to his knee.
Jason Holder recorded his best batting score (47*) and bowling figures (3/19) in IPL but his splendid all-round performance went in vain as Hyderabad lost the low-scoring thriller to Punjab by 5 runs.
Dhoni’s effort went in vain as the umpires called it a no-ball after looking at the replays.
Hyderabad are already out of the playoff race, however, they have a very good chance of spoiling the party of the other teams.
Luck has its limits. The same happened with KKR opener Shubman Gill, whose string of lucky escapes ran out pretty quickly today.
Seeing the stats from the last five meetings between the sides, MI have won on three occasions while RCB have won on the remaining two occasions.
Jason Holder recorded his best score (47*) in IPL and he also registered his best bowling figures of 3/19 in IPL on Saturday.
Delhi Capitals defended their 3rd lowest total in IPL history on Saturday.
Skipper Eoin Morgan will be playing his 50th match for KKR in IPL on Sunday.
Post the performance, netizens have come up with various memes taking a dig at Punjab’s love affair with last-ball finishes while also criticising SRH for their poor performance this season.
While Chennai have been their usual self, Kolkata have been phenomenal, especially in batting.
Sandeep Sharma added more salt to the wounds of Punjab by dismissing Pooran, courtesy a sharp catch of his own bowling.
Against a committed SunRisers fielding unit, nothing came easy for the Punjab batters except a rare David Warner drop.
A fan was spotted in the crowd holding a poster and wearing RCB’s jersey and as it seemed he was supporting Virat Kohli’s team.
The rest of the members of the playing XI were each fined lesser of either Rs 6 lakhs or 25 percent of their individual match fee.
Following Delhi’s convincing win and Rajasthan’s fifth defeat of the season, there have various kinds of reactions on Twitter.
Ashwin was one the pick of the bowlers for Delhi on Saturday.
While this was earlier seen only for the England team, the codes were visible again during the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders.
The Orange army have had a forgettable season so far and are currently at the bottom of the points table.
Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli was seen furious and disappointed with his team after losing the match against Chennai on Friday night.
Wicketkeeper Samson didn’t miss out on the opportunity and effected a brilliant stumping to see Iyer losing his wicket by a bare margin.
In their absence, it is David Miller and Tabraiz Shamsi who are playing the ongoing match against the Delhi Capitals.
Bangalore will take heart from the fact though that in the reverse fixture earlier this season, the first match of the 2021 edition in April, it was the Kohli-led side who had registered a narrow win over Mumbai.
Interestingly, both the sides have defeated Mumbai and Bangalore after the resumption of the league.
Dwayne Bravo, their most experienced campaigner, exhibited his exceptional bowling skills and conceded only 24 runs from his four overs and also got three important wickets.
Interestingly, these two teams have won against the same duo of Bangalore and Mumbai in the second half.
The Virat Kohli-led RCB will next play Mumbai Indians on Sunday, September 26.
David Warner will become the 3rd overseas player to play 150 matches in IPL after AB de Villiers and Kieron Pollard.
Rajat Bhatia stated that it would be big thing for any team to have Dhoni as its mentor.
Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli’s 111 run opening partnership went in vain as RCB lost the match by 6 wickets.
Jayawardene has also accepted an invitation to be a consultant and mentor for the Sri Lanka U-19 team.
Ravi Ashwin needs just 1 more wicket to become 3rd Indian after Amit Mishra and Piyush Chawla to pick 250 wickets in T20 cricket.
Check out teams of the day for the first double-header of the Indian T20 League after the resumption in UAE.
At the time of toss as well, Kohli was spotted putting his arm around Dhoni’s shoulder with the two sharing some quality time together.
While many praised CSK and MS Dhoni for the dominant show at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, others took sly dig at RCB as this was their third loss on the trot in IPL 2021.
Kohli ran forward from backward point and dived to pick the ball mid-air to complete a clean catch.
For Hyderabad, batting remains the biggest concern as their batters really struggled against Delhi’s bowlers in the previous game.
Kohli departed after a 53 off 41 that included 6 fours and a six.
Krishna made his contribution count in the first innings with the figures of 2/43, while Pollard got run out for 21 off 15.
Kane Williamson’s side has signed Umran Malik as short-term COVID-19 replacement for T Natarajan who is currently in isolation.
Delhi and Rajasthan have already met once this season in April and at that time, it was the Sanju Samson-led side which emerged victorious in a hard-fought contest by 3 wickets.
While a look at the points table suggests that there is a gulf between both the teams, the manner in which Rajasthan stole a win over Punjab in their previous match, the mood in their camp would convince them to believe that they can beat any opposition.
Jaffer has continued his tradition and even fans now wait for his tweet.
Notably, T Natarajan had tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, September 22 in UAE.
While both Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya missed the opening match for Mumbai Indians, Pandya was also excluded from their second game on Thursday.
In a video shared by the franchise on their social media, Kolkata not only gave a sneak peek into the celebration but Player of the Match Sunil Narine stressed the fact on how they need to continue to bat, ball and field well consistently.
The Virat Kohli-led franchise will be up against MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings tonight in Sharjah.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli needs 66 more runs to become the first Indian batsman to smash 10,000 runs in T20s.
Shane Bond revealed that Hardik is training well and is getting closer to play the next match
Venkatesh Iyer has smashed 94 runs in his first two IPL games at an average of 94, with a strike rate of 164.9.