KKR sweep RCB during IPL clash

The Kolkata Knight Riders crushed Royal Challengers Bangalore by a 7 wicket victory at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. KKR have two IPL wins in the start of the tournament.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and Captain Sourav Ganguly put RCB into bat. Jacques Kallis scored an important 65 runs to give the RCB a sparkle of hope after their top order suffered a major collapse to leave the KKR chasing such a low target. The Royal Challengers got of to a disastrous start losing 4 early wickets as the top order collapsed in spectacular fashion. With Kallis watching on from the non strikers end, Goswami (8), Manish Pandey (0) and Virat Kohil (2) all departed without scoring to leave RCB at 20 for 3. Royal Challenger Bangalore set a target of 136 for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Brad Hodge and Manoj Tiwari paved the way for an easy win by an opening partnership of 101 runs. Tiwari was out after scoring a brilliant half-century. Hodge continued the blitz by scoring his own half century as the Knight Riders reached their total of 136 with 4 balls to spare to leave Royal Challengers skipper Anil Kumble with a lot of work to do ahead of their next game against Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday.

This shows a great improvement in the performance of KKR than previous year. Manoj Tiwari is the Man of the Match for his brilliant half-century.