IPL 2024 LIVE: KKR win!!!
Shreyas Iyer finishes the game with a six on the leg side. Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 7 wickets. With this, KKR have become the first team to win an away game in IPL 2024.

KKR 186/3 (16.5)

IPL 2024 LIVE: Venkatesh is OUT after scoring fifty!
Venkatesh Iyer slammed his half-century in 29 balls before losing his wicket to Yash Dayal. He departed at the score of 50 off 30 balls. Kolkata Knight Riders are nearly there. They need 16 runs in 29 balls.

KKR 167/3 (15.1)

IPL 2024 LIVE: KKR in driving seat

Kolkata Knight Riders need 46 runs in 48 balls. It is their game to lose from this point. Venkatesh Iyer is batting on 34 off 18 balls while Shreyas Iyer is not out on 14 off 12.

IPL 2024 LIVE: Venkatesh Iyer in pain!
Venkatesh Iyer hit a beautiful pull shot for a six over fine leg but it seems he has hurt himself in the process. He is struggling with back pain. The physio is currently checking him. Kolkata Knight Riders need 55 runs in 55 balls.

KKR 128/2 (10.5)

RCB vs KKR LIVE Score: End of 10 overs

Kolkata Knight Riders need 71 runs in 60 balls. They are in driving seat of this chase. Even if the pitch slows down, the chase from this point must be a easy for them. RCB, on the other hand, need some more wickets to bounce back in the game.

IPL 2024 LIVE: WICKET!

7.5 - Vijaykumar Vyshak has dismissed Philip Salt and RCB are fighting back. It was a length ball. Salt went for a pull but hit it straight into the hands of Cameron Green at deep backward square leg. Salt is out for 30 off 20 balls.

IPL 2024 LIVE: OUT!
Sunil Narine is gone! Mayank Dagar has provided RCB the much-needed breakthrough. However, Narine has done his job. He scored 47 off 22 balls before losing his wicket to yorker delivery from Dagar that hit his off stump. 

KKR 86/1 (6.3)

RCB vs KKR IPL 2024 LIVE Score: KKR on a roll!

Kolkata Knight Riders have got a terrific score in the powerplay, all thanks to their swashbuckling openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt. 11 runs came off Mohammed Siraj's over while Yash Dayal conceded 21 runs after that. KKR need 98 runs in 84 balls.

IPL 2024 LIVE: 50 up for KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders crossed the 50-run mark in the fourth over. This is a sensational start for the side and the best part of it is that they still have two overs left in the powerplay with both their openers in the crease. KKR need 130 runs in 96 balls.

RCB vs KKR LIVE Score: KKR flying high!

14 runs came off the Yash Dayal over and then Alzarri Joseph was taken to the cleaners for as many runs. Phil Salt is batting on 18 off 7 while Sunil Narine is on 22 off 11 balls. The idea of promoting Narine has worked only on the second game for KKR as they could not have asked for a better start on such a slow surface. 

IPL 2024 LIVE Score: What a start for KKR!
KKR have kicked off their chase in a dominating fashion. Phil Salt got off the mark on the second ball of Mohammed Siraj's over with a six and later slammed a four and one more six in it. A total of 18 runs came off the first over.

KKR 18/0 (1)

RCB vs KKR LIVE Score: RCB post 182/6

Dinesh Karthik is run out on the final ball but he along with Virat Kohli has already done what RCB needed out of the pair. 16 runs came off the final over of Mitchell Starc. While Kohli remained unbeaten at the score of 83 not out off 59 balls, Karthik scored 20 off 8 balls. 

IPL 2024 LIVE: SIX!

A fuller ball from Starc and Kohli sends it into the crowd for a big six over deep mid-wicket. This came right from the middle of Kohli's bat.

IPL 2024 LIVE: WICKET!

Harshit Rana dismissed Anuj Rawat on the third ball of the over. Only five runs came off the over and a wicket. KKR are doing a brilliant job with the ball at the moment. 

RCB vs KKR LIVE Score: OUT!

Andre Russell got the wicket of Rajat Patidar on the third legal delivery of the over. No boundary came for RCB in the over as only 7 runs came in it. Virat Kohli is still there at one end but this pitch seems to have slowed down a lot and so is the case with outfield. Forget about the venue, anything around 180 could be a really good total.  

IPL 2024 LIVE: FOUR!
A fuller slower ball from Mitchell Starc well outside the off stump and Virat Kohli was ready for it. He lofted it through the cover region and the ball whizzed past the long-off fielder to run away for a four. Despite that boundary only 7 runs came off the over. This pitch seems to be tough to bat on, even for someone like Kohli.

RCB 141/3 (16)

RCB vs KKR LIVE: OUT!
14.1 - Glenn Maxell is gone! Sunil Narine finally got his man. Maxwell is out at the score of 28 off 19 balls. Onus will now be on Virat Kohli to keep RCB going.

RCB 134/3 (15)

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Catch dropped!

Sunil Narine trapped Glenn Maxwell on the second ball of the over but Ramandeep dropped the catch near the fence to see the RCB batter survive. How costly is this going to be for KKR?

RCB vs KKR LIVE Score: Fifty for Kohli!
Kohli gets to his half-century in 36 balls. Kohli hit a six on the second ball of Varun Chakaravarthy's over and then took a single to race to his fifty. This has been a gritty knock from Kohli so far but he needs to take it deep for RCB.

RCB 95/2 (11.3)

IPL 2024 LIVE: RCB's scoring rate dips down

Andre Russell has bowled a two-run over. Only five runs have come off the last two overs for RCB and that sees their scoring rate dipping to 7.91. Someone has to charge from this point, otherwise RCB will have to settle with a low total.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Green is OUT!

Andre Russell gets his revenge from Cameron Green! Russell was slammed for a six by Green in the previous delivery but he made a really good comeback. He bowled a fuller ball angling in and that hit Green's pad before hitting the stumps. Green departs at the score of 33 off 21 balls.  

IPL 2024 LIVE Score: SIX!
That came right from the middle of Kohli's bat. Sunil Narine bowled it fuller with not much turn on it and Kohli slammed it over the fence for a six. Narine then bowls a dot ball to Kohli to end the over with 10 runs.

RCB 74/1 (8)

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Anukul continues to shine
Anukul Roy has not got any wicket so far but he has made sure that he doesn't leak runs. The left-arm orthodox has conceded only five runs in his two overs so far. Brilliant stuff!

RCB 64/1 (7)

IPL 2024 LIVE Score: BIG Over!

15 runs came off Sunil Narine's first over. It seemed like this too will turn out into an economical over when Narine conceded a single off the first ball and bowled two dots to Green. However, the Australia charged the spinner and slammed two fours and a six to make it a big over.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Brilliant bowling

Anukul Roy was brought into the attack against the likes of Virat Kohli and Cameron Green and the spinner conceded only three runs in it. Either a wicket is coming in the final over of powerplay or some good runs for RCB. It's a guess... 

IPL 2024 LIVE Score: RCB have momentum

17 runs came off the Mitchell Starc over and then Harshit Rana conceded nine in the over that followed. RCB have managed to score at a brisk pace despite losing the wicket of captain Faf du Plessis.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: SIX, FOUR from Kohli!
Wow! That is simply magical from Virat Kohli. Mitchell Starc bowled it fuller on the pads and Kohli nonchalantly flicked it away for a six over deep mid-wicket. On the very next ball, Kohli got an inside edge but that too ran away for a boundary through fine leg. 

RCB 27/1 (2.3)

IPL 2024 LIVE Score: OUT!

Faf du Plessis is gone! Du Plessis had hit a scoop shot on the fifth ball of Harshit Rana's over with a superb execution and he tried to replicate it on the next ball but failed. Rana was smart to take out pace of the delivery and that saw du Plessis (8 off 6 balls) scoop the ball to Mitchell Starc at short fine leg. 

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Decent start for Starc!

Seven runs came off the first over of Mitchell Starc. Virat Kohli got an outside edge on the first ball of the over and that ran away for a four through the third man region. Both Kohli and Faf du Plessis looked careful in the first over.

IPL 2024 LIVE Score: Match starts!
Mitchell Starc has the new ball in hand. VIrat Kohli is on strike and Faf du Plessis at the other end. Here we go...

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Impact substitutes-

Kolkata Knight Riders: Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Here are the playing XIs-

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat(w), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

RCB vs KKR LIVE: RCB feature unchanged XI

"The same (would have bowled first). It's a fresh wicket, looks a good wicket, you have to see how it plays in the first innings. It's important to close games early in the season. All the great crickets adapt, it's important to assess the conditions. We love the support and atmosphere. Same team," said RCB captain Faf du Plessis.

IPL 2024 LIVE Score: Shreyas Iyer gets confused

"We are going to bowl first. Had a brief chat with the curator, she was like the ball will spin as well. (Morale) It is fantastic, everyone is in high spirits. We have to carry forward the same momentum. It is important to be in the present. My role is to play an anchor role. It's always good to have a lethal bowling line-up. It is important to stay in the present. We have to see to it that we capitalize on the start. The bowling - Anukul comes in. I am seriously confused. There are two teams given to me," said KKR captain Iyer, who got confused about the team.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Kolkata Knight Riders win toss
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer wins toss, opts to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an IPL 2024 game.

IPL LIVE Score: Will KKR make a change in spin department?
It is unlikely that KKR will make changes to their eleven for this match, unless they want to give a go to promising leg-spinner Suyash Sharma, who showed fine form during KKR's pre-season matches. We will find that soon as 

RCB vs KKR LIVE Score: A look at preparations -

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RCB vs KKR LIVE: Starc has proved too costly so far

In bowling, Narine redeemed himself with a frugal spell (1/19) after a modest effort with the bat, but pacer Mitchell Starc, their record buy, and Varun Chakravarthy failed to impress, leaking over 50 runs in their four overs. The KKR think-tank might not be unduly worried as their campaign is still at a nascent stage, but they would like to see the first-choice pacer and spinner finding their range at the earliest.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Starc has proved too costly so far

In bowling, Narine redeemed himself with a frugal spell (1/19) after a modest effort with the bat, but pacer Mitchell Starc, their record buy, and Varun Chakravarthy failed to impress, leaking over 50 runs in their four overs. The KKR think-tank might not be unduly worried as their campaign is still at a nascent stage, but they would like to see the first-choice pacer and spinner finding their range at the earliest.

RCB vs KKR LIVE Score: Iyer yet to open account in IPL 2024

Shreyas Iyer, who is central to KKR's batting plans, was dismissed for a two-ball duck, but the return to Chinnaswamy might give him a sense of relief as he had fruitful outings here in white-ball cricket in his last two innings. The elegant right-hander made an unbeaten 128 against the Netherlands in last year's World Cup before making a 53 against Australia in the fifth T20I in December.

IPL 2024 LIVE Updates: KKR eye improved show from batters

Kolkata Knight Riders' top and middle-order consisting of captain Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine and Nitish Rana malfunctioned against SRH at the Eden Gardens. It required a combined effort from impact sub Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell -- the 6, 7, 8 -- for them to post a competitive total.

It's not just power, it's precision

Each swing, a calculated force of nature

When he connects, it's not just a hit, it's a statement

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LIVE Score: Joseph yet to shine for RCB

Pacer Alzarri Joseph continues to be profligate and his figures -- 0/38, 1/43 -- might prompt the RCB think-tank to bring in England left-arm quick Reece Topley, who has impressive white-ball skills, in place of the West Indian for this match.

RCB vs KKR Live: Which team has better chance to win?

The Kolkatans have a much more capable bowling unit, at least on paper, and a collectively underwhelming effort by frontline batters might push RCB into deep troubles against them. Once they iron out that rough edges, RCB can look at their bowling unit that still needs to fill a couple of unticked boxes despite good outings by pacers Mohammed Siraj and Yash Dayal against Punjab.

IPL 2024 LIVE: Kohli in form but what about other RCB batters?

The Bengaluru dugout might be a happy space after star batter Virat Kohli made a classy fifty on an unusually gripping Chinnaswamy pitch while chasing 177 against Punjab the other night, but that's only one part of the story. Skipper Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameroon Green and Rajat Patidar are yet to hit the overdrive, and for the win against PBKS they had to rely on the last-minute cameos of Dinesh Karthik and 'Impact Player' Mahipal Lomror.

IPL 2024 Live Score: RCB, KKR eye course correction

Victory in their respective previous games might have eased the initial nerves but imperfections remain, hence Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders will eye a quick course correction to add steam to their campaign in an IPL 2024 match on Friday. The Royal Challengers defeated Punjab Kings by four wickets, while the Knight Riders elbowed out Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs to garner some early points. But entering the points table has not really eased some of the worries -- particularly pertaining to the top and middle-order batting.

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IPL 2024 Live: A look at squads -

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

RCB vs KKR Live: It's Kohli vs Gambhir!
Gambhir is back with KKR, as a mentor, after 2 seasons at Lucknow. He has headlined this tie in the past with his on-field spats with Virat Kohli. There's no love lost between the two as both were at loggerheads during that infamous game between RCB and LSG last year.

RCB vs KKR Live: We are in for treat!
Both teams are coming off a win, with KKR beating SRH and RCB edging out PBKS, having lost to CSK in the opener.

RCB vs KKR Live: Hello and welcome!
RCB vs KKR at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium! Virat Kohli vs Gautam Gambhir! It doesn't get any bigger than this. These two teams have share a big history which dates back to the first ever IPL game in 2008.