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In the first match of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 7 wickets. On Saturday, KKR gave RCB a target of 175 runs thanks to captain Ajinkya Rahane’s fifty. In response, Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 59 and gave his team victory with 22 balls.
Many moments and records were seen at the Eden Gardens Stadium. Kohli completed 400 matches in his T20 career with this match. For this, BCCI honored Kohli by giving Momento.
In the first over of the match, Suyash dropped D Cock’s catch. Later the audience entered the field and touched Kohli’s feet.
Read RCB vs KKR Match Top Moments & Records …
1. Shah Rukh, Kohli and Rinku dance in opening ceremony
Virat Kohli dancing with Shahrukh Khan.
Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Virat Kohli and Rinku Singh danced together in the opening ceremony. Kohli Jo Jo Joe Pathan and Rinku Singh made steps with Shahrukh on the song.
Ceremoni’s first performance was given by Shreya Ghoshal. Bollywood actress Disha Patni danced to the song Malang-Malang. Punjabi singer Karan Auzla sang the entire wavy song. Disha Patni also performed on Aujla’s presentation.
Singer Shreya Ghoshal sang her Bollywood numbers in the opening ceremony. Actress Disha Patni also performed.
Punjabi singer Karan Auzla (in black dress) singing.
2. BCCI gave Momento to Kohli
BCCI President Roger Binny giving Momento to Virat Kohli.
BCCI President Roger Binny honored Virat Kohli with a Momento written as ‘IPL 18’. Virat IPL has played for RCB 18 seasons of 18.
3. Jai Shah started the match by playing bell
ICC Chief Jai Shah and former cricketer Sourav Ganguly started the match by playing bell.
ICC Chief Jai Shah started the match by playing a bell at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Josh Hazlewood threw the first over from Bangalore.
4. Fours, catch drop and wicket in the first over The first over of IPL-18 saw 3 moments, including fours, catch drops and wickets.
- Quinton de Kock opened the team’s account with a four on Josh Hazlewood’s ball.
- His catch dropped from Suyash Sharma on the short midwicket on the next ball.
Suyash Sharma left De Kock’s catch for 4 runs.
- Then D Cock out on the 5th ball of the over. He was caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma.
D Cock was out on the next ball of the catch.
5. Bells fell from Naren’s bat, did not give hit wickets
Gills fell from Sunil Naren’s bat.
On the fourth ball of the 8th over, Rasikh Salaam put a bouncer ball. Which the umpire gave a wide ball. Wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma appealed for a hit wicket here. While playing the ball, the stumps fell from Naren’s bat. The Bangalore team had made a late wicket appeal late, due to which the umpire gave it not out.
6. Viewers entered the field, touched Kohli’s feet
The audience touched Virat Kohli’s feet.
Kohli completed his fifty on the last ball of the 13th over. Here a fan entered the field and touched Virat Kohli’s feet. In Harshit’s over, Kohli hit a four over the cover. After which the audience entered the field.
The security guard takes the audience out of the field.
Now records …
Facts:
- Sunil Naren completed his 100 sixes in the IPL. He became the third player to achieve this record for Kolkata. Andre Russell has the highest number of 206 sixes for the team, at number two, Nitish Rana has 107 sixes.
1. Kohli third Indian to play 400 T20 Virat Kohli became the third Indian player to play 400 T20 matches. Prior to him, Rohit Sharma (448 matches) and Dinesh Karthik (412 matches) have done this feat. Kohli has scored 12925 runs in 400 matches.
2. Bangalore scored his second highest powerplay score Bengaluru chased a target of 175 and scored 80 runs in 6 overs of Powerplay without any wicket. This is the second largest powerplay in his IPL history. This is also the second largest powerplay score made by any team against KKR. In 2024, in Kolkata itself, Punjab chased 262 runs and scored 93 runs losing one wicket.
