In the 36th match of IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by one run. KKR posted a huge score of 222 runs while batting first. On the other hand, RCB did not get off to a good start in chasing the target. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis were back in the pavilion in the fourth over.

Virat scored 18 runs while du Plessis scored only 7 runs. Meanwhile, a blistering 102-run partnership between Will Jack and Rajat Patidar for the third wicket brought RCB back into the match.

Will Jack scored a 32-ball 55 for Bengaluru, which included 4 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from him, Patidar batted brilliantly and scored 52 runs off 23 balls. Meanwhile, Sunil Narine took 2 wickets in the 13th over and changed the course of the match.

At one point after 11 overs, RCB's score was 137 for 2. But in the next 2 overs, Bengaluru lost 4 crucial wickets, so the match swung completely in KKR's direction.

After the 13th over, RCB was 155 for 6. In such a situation Suyash Prabhudesai, who came as an impact player, accepted the responsibility. The second time-out of the innings came after the 16th over, by which time RCB's score was 181 for 6. They needed 42 runs from 24 balls to win. Prabhu Desai and Dinesh Karthik were at the crease.

RCB needed 31 runs in the last 2 overs to win, but Karthik's dismissal in the last ball of the 19th over almost ended Bengaluru's chances of victory. When 21 runs were needed in the last over. Karn Sharma hit 3 sixes off Mitchell Starc to make the match exciting, but Karn Sharma was caught on the fifth ball. After this, RCB needed 3 runs off the last ball. But new batsman Lockie Ferguson was run out trying to score another run off the last ball, leaving RCB to face a one-run defeat.