Kolkata Knight Riders Beats Bangalore Royal Challengers IPL Opener

Kolkata Knight Riders Beats Bangalore Royal Challengers

Bangalore (ABC Live) Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers in IPL first match in Bangalore on Friday night in day night tewnty20 overs match.

Bangalore (ABC Live) Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers in IPL first match in Bangalore on Friday night in day night tewnty20 overs match.

Indian Premier League started in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium; Bangalore with first fixture of the tournament was between Vijay Malaya’s Bangalore Royal Challengers and Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders.

Rahul Dravid, captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Kolkata team played excellent and piled up the huge score of 222 in twenty overs with loss of only three wickets.

Brendon McCullum, the opener of the team scored 158 and remained unbeaten till the end.

Bangalore Royal Challengers replied under pressure of huge score and surrender before Kolkata in one sided match and got allout in 82 runs in 15.2 overs,

Man of the Match:  Brendon McCullum.

Local inputs from ABC Live Local Correspondent Ravi kumar