Vaibhav Arora gave up the sitter completely as Devdutt Padikkal got a lease of life after missing a pull shot off Cameron Green.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have had a great start to the season and have continued their good form. With Virat Kohli still showing good form this season, the Bengaluru team was far from a flyer. They started with a great partnership.
RCB got off to a good start after restricting Kolkata Knight Riders to less than 200 runs. Although it looked very possible at one point, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam and Josh Hazlewood prevented Rinku Singh and Angkrish Raghuvanshi from going past the 200-run total.
Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed by Vaibhav Arora.
Kolkata’s bowlers could not control the situation much after their fast bowlers gave away a lot of runs. However, Karthik Tyagi controlled the innings with a slower run rate than his teammates and dismissed Jacob Bettall in his very first over.
However, when Cameron Green was brought into the attack, he created a chance for a wicket in the first over. Devdutt Padikkal tries to pull one, and it goes straight into the hands of Vaibhav Arora at the square leg region. The fast bowler faltered and the missed chance gave life to the RCB batsman.
Padikkal has been in great form this season and has scored important runs for them throughout the season. He has scored at crucial junctures of the game and contributed to many important chases for the Challengers.
Devdutt Padikkal
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