IPL 2018 Highlights, RCB vs KKR: Lynn powers Kolkata to 6 wickets victory

Kolkata will be looking to win this match after losing two of their previous fixtures, whereas RCB would be hoping for a win and climb the league table from the 7th position.

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IPL 2018 Highlights, RCB vs KKR: Lynn powers Kolkata to 6 wickets victory

IPL 2018: RCB vs KKR

Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Kolkata Knight Riders at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

Kolkata will be looking to win this match after losing two of their previous fixtures, whereas RCB would be hoping for a win and climb the league table from the 7th position.

Head to head stats favours Kolkata, with KKR winning 12 and RCB winning 9 in the 21 matches played between them.

Here are the Highlights:

# KKR win by 6 wickets.

# 19.1 Overs: FOUR! and KKR win!

# 18.5 Overs: OUT! DK departs and Kohli take a blinder. Karthik c Kohli b Siraj 23(10) KKR 171/4

# 18.2 Overs: SIX! DK being the finisher again. KKR 169/3

# 17.4 Overs: FOUR! DK pulls it for a boundary. KKR 158/3

# 17.1 Overs: FOUR! Lynn at it again! KKR 151/3

# 16.6 Overs: FOUR! Skipper DK taking over! KKR 147/3

# 16.3 Overs: OUT! Russell departs for a golden duck on his birthday. A Russell c de Kock b Siraj 0(1) KKR 139/3

# Nitish Rana goes off retired hurt.

# 15.6 Overs: SIX! Rana waits for the ball and lifts it over the short fine leg. KKR 133/2

# Lynn completes his half-century

# 13.1 Overs: FOUR! WHACKED!! KKR 116/2

# 12.2 Overs: OUT! Uthappa departs. Uthappa c Southee b Murugan Ashwin 36(21) KKR 108/1

# 11.6 Overs: SIX! Hammered away by Lynn. KKR 106/1

# 10.2 Overs: SIX! That is Uthappa special! Great shot! KKR 95/1

# 9.5 Overs: FOUR! Wow that timing by Lynn. KKR 87/1

# 9.3 Overs: FOUR! Back to back boundaries by Uthappa. KKR 82/1

# 8.4 Overs: FOUR! Cracking shot by Uthappa. KKR 73/1

# 7.5 Overs: SIX! Uthappa goes straight and just manages to clear the ropes. KKR 67/1

# 7.1 Overs: OUT! Narine departs and Murugan Ashwin marks his first ball of IPL with a wicket.Narine c de Grandhomme b Murugan Ashwin 27(19) KKR 59/1

# 6.5 Overs: FOUR! Lynn begins in a flash! KKR 59/0

# Play resumes after rain halt

# After 4 overs, KKR are 40/0

# 2.2 Overs: FOUR! Narine off to a flyer. KKR 26/0

# 2.1 Overs: FOUR! In the aiiiirrr, and lands safe, one bounce for boundary. KKR 22/0

# 1.2 Overs: FOUR! Slashed away. KKR 15/0

# 1.1 Overs: SIX! How soft is that by Narine? Lovely timing. KKR 11/0

# Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine begin chase

# KKR need 176 to win

# 19.6 Overs: SIX! Kohli finishes off with a maximum.

# 19.3 Overs: SIX! Kohli is just class, picks the wide delivery and smashes it for a maximum. RCB 168/4

# 17.6 Overs: SIX! Kohli just flicked it for a maximum! RCB 150/4

# 17.3 Overs: OUT! Mandeep went big there but found Mavi standing at the deep. Mandeep c Shivam Mavi b A Russell 19(14)  RCB 140/4

# 17.1 Overs: SIX! Stand and deliver by Kohli. RCB 139/3

# 16.6 Overs: SIX! Crunched!! RCB 133/3

# 16.3 Overs: SIX! Wow that was the hit of this season. What a shot. RCB 125/3

# 15.4 Overs: FOUR! A glimpse of Sehwag there. RCB 117/3

# 15.1 Overs: FOUR! Kohli is putting everything in the gaps. Picked the slower on by Mavi perfectly. RCB 113/3

# 14.1 Overs: FOUR! Kohli puts it right in the gap. RCB 104/3

# 13.1 Overs: FOUR! Pure Class by Kohli. Perfect cover drive. RCB 95/3

# 11.5 Overs: FOUR! Some timing by Kohli there. RCB 87/3

# 9.6 Overs: OUT! Big Russell is on fire, he has cleaned bowled Vohra for a golden duck.Vohra b A Russell 0(1) RCB 74/3

# 9.5 Overs: OUT! Big Russell takes a big wicket!  Brendon McCullum c Karthik b A Russell 38(28) RCB 74/2

# 8.1 Overs: OUT! de Kock goes just after the strategic time out. de Kock c Shubman Gill b Kuldeep Yadav 29(27) RCB 67/1

# 7.6 Overs: SIX! Baz is on fire! RCB 67/0

# 7.4 Overs: FOUR! This time Baz slashes it square. RCB 61/0

# 7.3 Overs: FOUR! Guess the umpire was sleeping there. RCB 57/0

# 6.6 Overs: SIX! de Kock targets the cow corner and gets the maximum. RCB 52/0

# After 6 Overs RCB are 40/0

# 4.4 Overs: FOUR! de Kock catches the flight perfectly. RCB 35/0

# 3.1 Overs: FOUR! McCullum this time. RCB 27/0

# 2.6 Overs: SIX! de Kock powers it away. RCB 23/0 

# 2.3 Overs: FOUR! McCullum at its best. RCB 15/0

# 1.4 Overs: FOUR! another one by de Kock. RCB 9/0 

# 1.3 Overs: FOUR! de Kock gets it going. RCB 5/0

 Quinton de Kock and McCullum start the innings for RCB

# Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Virat Kohli(c), Manan Vohra, Corey Anderson, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Murugan Ashwin, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

# Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Shivam Mavi, Piyush Chawla, Mitchell Johnson, Kuldeep Yadav

# Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field


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