After all, where did Kolkata lose to Bengaluru?

IPL 2025 The first match of Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore was played in a thrilling manner at the Eden Gardens. In this match, RCB, chasing a target of 175 runs in 16.2 overs, won a stunning win by 7 wickets. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten innings of 59 runs in 36 balls, while Phil Salat hit 56 runs in 31 balls.

Given the batting of defending champion KKR, it seemed that the total of 200 would stand up. But this did not happen… If the team had put up a big total on board, then there was a chance to win their matches. Let us tell you where the Kolkata Knight Riders made a mistake, due to which the match slipped from their hands.

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Kolkata got a poor start by losing the toss against Royal Challengers Bangalore and batting first. The team lost the wicket of Quinton de Kock (4) on a score of four runs in the first over. But after this, captain Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Naren had a brilliant partnership of 103 runs for the second wicket. Sunil Naren became a victim of Dar Dar in the 10th over.

After Sunil Naren’s wicket, Kolkata needed another big partnership to reach the big total. But this could not happen due to Krunal Pandya. Pandya hunted Ajinkya Rahane (56) in the first 11th over, then Venkatesh Iyer (6) in the 13th over and Rinku Singh (12) in the 15th over.

After this Andre Russell (4) Suyash Sharma and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (30) were dismissed against Yash Dayal. Due to the brilliant return of RCB bowlers, KKR’s middle order was completely destroyed and this was the turning of the match. Kolkata scored 107 runs losing one wicket in the first 9.5 overs and the team was able to score only 68 runs in the last 10.1 overs, losing 7 wickets in the last 10.1 overs.