<p>Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs to return to winning ways in the IPL, on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Chasing 201 to win, RCB could only manage 179 for 8 in 20 overs.</p>.<p>For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy took 3/27, while Suyash Sharma and Andre Russell claimed two each.</p>.<p>Virat Kohli scored 54 from 37 balls with the help of six fours but his innings went in vain as none of the other RCB batters could make a mark, or support their acting captain to forge partnerships.</p>.<p>Mahipal Lomror did well to make 34 from 18 balls with three sixes and one four while adding 55 runs with Kohli for the fourth wicket.</p>.<p>KKR’s impact substitute Sharma snaffled the wickets of Faf du Plessis (17) and Shahbaz Ahmed (2) inside the powerplay to return with 4-0-30-2. Russell dismissed Kohli and Wanindu Hasaranga (5) to take two for 29.</p>.<p><strong>Brief scores</strong></p>.<p>KKR 200 for 5 in 20 overs (Jason Roy 56, N Jagadeesan 27, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana 48; Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/41, Wanindu Hasaranga 2/24) beat RCB 179 for 8 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 54, Mahipal Lomror 34, Suyash Sharma 2/30, Varun Chakravarthy 3/27, Andre Russell 2/29) by 21 runs.</p>
<p>Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 21 runs to return to winning ways in the IPL, on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Chasing 201 to win, RCB could only manage 179 for 8 in 20 overs.</p>.<p>For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy took 3/27, while Suyash Sharma and Andre Russell claimed two each.</p>.<p>Virat Kohli scored 54 from 37 balls with the help of six fours but his innings went in vain as none of the other RCB batters could make a mark, or support their acting captain to forge partnerships.</p>.<p>Mahipal Lomror did well to make 34 from 18 balls with three sixes and one four while adding 55 runs with Kohli for the fourth wicket.</p>.<p>KKR’s impact substitute Sharma snaffled the wickets of Faf du Plessis (17) and Shahbaz Ahmed (2) inside the powerplay to return with 4-0-30-2. Russell dismissed Kohli and Wanindu Hasaranga (5) to take two for 29.</p>.<p><strong>Brief scores</strong></p>.<p>KKR 200 for 5 in 20 overs (Jason Roy 56, N Jagadeesan 27, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana 48; Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/41, Wanindu Hasaranga 2/24) beat RCB 179 for 8 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 54, Mahipal Lomror 34, Suyash Sharma 2/30, Varun Chakravarthy 3/27, Andre Russell 2/29) by 21 runs.</p>