IPL 2025 - Match 1 - KKR vs RCB - Threads

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinandan Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have opted to field

After the wide (7.4) Sunil Narine’s toe end of the bat hit the stumps (one of the bails came off as well) as he finished his half-hearted bat swing, is it an out?

This is what the rule says:

35.2 Not out Hit wicket

The striker is not out under this Law should his/her wicket be put down in any of the ways referred to in 35.1 if any of the following applies:

Rahane vs Krunal in the IPL
Runs: 61
Balls: 53
Dismissals: 4
Avg: 15.25
SR: 115.09

Highest PP scores for RCB in the IPL
92/1 vs GT, Bengaluru, 2024
80/0 vs KKR, Kolkata, 2025
79/1 vs KTK, Bangaluru, 2011
79/0 vs SRH, Bengaluru, 2024