IPL 2018, RCB vs KKR: 4 Unnoticed things from the match
None of the doubleheaders gave an adrenaline rush to the cricket fans after a high standard set by heart-stopping thriller yesterday dished out by Chennai and Mumbai in the tournament opener.
Nevertheless today we saw a victorious opening to the campaign for two Tamilnadu players, Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik kicking off the tournament in style.
Sportskeeda takes a look at the four unnoticed things from the match which had a considerable impact on the end result.
#1 Karthik’s bowling strategies
Karthik had a mixed day in the field in his captaincy debut for Kolkata Knight Riders. His bowling changes looked inspired when he introduced Nitish Rana out of the blue in the 14th over which immediately paid dividends when AB De Villiers skied one in the air and Virat Kohli followed him very next ball.
It considerably slowed down the scoring rate until final over when Karthik summoned Vinay Kumar to the bowl and he was spanked for two sixes and a boundary.
It dented the bowling efforts of KKR and helped Bangalore reach a competitive score. In the hindsight, Andre Russell would have been a better option.