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Ukuhlulwa amahlandla amane bekungeke kuvimbe uNitish Rana kanye neqembu lakhe njengoba i-Kolkata Knight Riders ithole ukunqoba ngama-runs angu-21.
Ingxenye yesibili yesizini ye-IPL ilethe ithemba kubadlali abagqoka ezi-purple, njengoba benomdlalo abawunqobile ezandleni ozobasiza baqale umzuliswano wabo wesibili ngemuva kokuthola amaphuzu amane kuphela emidlalweni yabo yokuqala eyisikhombisa.
UVirat Kohli uwine i-toss futhi wakhetha ukuphosa kuqala ngemuva kokungena njengokaputeni we-RCB kanti uFaf du Plessis ebesetshenziswa kuphela njengomdlali oshayayo.
Kube i-déjà vu kubadlali base-Bangalore okwenzeke phambi kwabalandeli basekhaya njengoba i-KKR ithole amaphuzu angu-200 okwesibili kule sizini.
Kulokhu bekunokuncintisana okukhulu kusukela ekuqaleni, uKohli no-du Plessis uqale kahle kuma-overs amabili okuqala.
USuyash Sharma wephule ubudlelwano futhi iwikhethi kadu Plessis ibe yisiqalo solunye usuku oluhle kakhulu kubadlali.
UVarun Chakravarthy uthole amaphuzu angu-3/27 ukuze ahambe no-2/30 kaSharma.
UKohli uthole i-half century, kodwa ngesikhathi yena noGlen Maxwell sebeqala umdlalo akekho obengabafica.
UMahipal Lomror uthole amaphuzu angu-34 futhi uDinesh Karthik wenze kangcono ngokuthola amaphuzu angu-22, kodwa ukungabi khona komdlali oshaye ama-innings kulahlekisele labadlali namathuba amahle.
Baqongelele kuphela u-179/8 ekugcineni futhi bazobuyela ekucabangeni kabusha ebhodini labo ngaphambi kohambo oluya e-Lucknow ngoMsombuluko.
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