/mazaplay/media/agency_attachments/EqX62rkwonI9tRKyXUEH.png)
Follow Us/mazaplay/media/post_banners/LKy9BnhjA5nQ2UknAwSF.png)
Jason Roy (Source: Twitter)
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders met to battle at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. RCB won the toss and chose to bowl. KKR batted first and got off to a wonderful start. Jason Roy carried on his wonderful form from the previous game against CSK as he smashed the RCB bowlers with aplomb.
Roy made 56 off 29 balls with four fours and five sixes, but he was shown the door by local lad Vijaykumar Vyshak. He bowled a leg stump yorker and stunned Roy, who walked across his stumps to expose it, looked for a lapse shot. Vyshak set him up with a couple of slower balls, and Roy anticipated the same ball. Vyshak, however, was quick to spot Roy moving. The bowler bowled a top-notch yorker and executed it beautifully. Roy was clean bowled.
What a ball from Vyshak Vijay Kumar to dismiss Jason Roy. pic.twitter.com/QOL5djGg1k
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 26, 2023
Narayan Jagadeesan made a quick 27 off 29 balls and provided support to Jason Roy
Narayan Jagadeesan also ably supported Roy. The Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper made 27 off 29 balls with four fours. At the time of writing, the 2012 and 2014 champions managed 200 runs on the board in the first innings.
RCB and KKR had faced off in Kolkata in their earlier fixture at the Eden Gardens. KKR were too good for RCB. They unleashed the new spinner in Suyash Sharma, who took the RCB batters to the sword as they were very circumspect against wrist spin. The exciting encounter was Suyash's first IPL game. The leg-spinner impressed and picked up 3-30 in his four overs.
Varun Chakravarthy was in sizzling form in that game as he put the RCB batters under his spell. The mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu picked up 4-15 in his four-over spell. RCB had no answer to the spin troika of Sunil Narine, Chakravarthy and Suyash as they crumbled in a heap and got out for 123 chasing a stiff target of 204. KKR won that game by 81 runs and had given a hammering to the Faf du Plessis-led side. They were amazing in all facets and showed that they could beat RCB.