Match: 3rd IPL 2018 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Venue: Kolkata | Date: Apr 8, 2018
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 176-7 (20) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Brendon McCullum | b Narine | 43 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 159.26 |
| Quinton de Kock | c Vinay b Chawla | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| *Virat Kohli | b Rana | 31 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 93.94 |
| AB de Villiers | c Johnson b Rana | 44 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 191.30 |
| Sarfaraz Khan | c Rinku b Johnson | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Mandeep Singh | c Kuldeep b Vinay | 37 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 205.56 |
| Chris Woakes | c Russell b Vinay | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Washington Sundar | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | ||||||
| Umesh Yadav | ||||||
| Yuzvendra Chahal |
Extras: 6 b:0 lb:1 nb:0 w:5
Total: 176-7 (20) | Curr. RR: 8.80
FOW:Quinton de Kock (16-1, 1.4), Brendon McCullum (63-2, 8.2), AB de Villiers (127-3, 14.2), *Virat Kohli (127-4, 14.3), Sarfaraz Khan (154-5, 18.1), Mandeep Singh (176-6, 19.5), Chris Woakes (176-7, 20)
| Kolkata Knight Riders | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Vinay Kumar | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.75 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.00 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Andre Russell | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Nitish Rana | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 177-6 (18.5) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Sunil Narine | b Umesh | 50 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 263.16 |
| Chris Lynn | c de Villiers b Woakes | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Robin Uthappa | c McCullum b Umesh | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 108.33 |
| Nitish Rana | lbw b Washington | 34 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 136.00 |
| *Dinesh Karthik | not out | 35 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 120.69 |
| Rinku Singh | c de Kock b Woakes | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Andre Russell | c de Villiers b Woakes | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 136.36 |
| Vinay Kumar | not out | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Mitchell Johnson | ||||||
| Kuldeep Yadav | ||||||
| Piyush Chawla |
Extras: 13 b:0 lb:3 nb:0 w:10
Total: 177-6 (18.5) | Curr. RR: 9.40
FOW:Chris Lynn (16-1, 1.5), Sunil Narine (65-2, 5.2), Robin Uthappa (83-3, 7.3), Nitish Rana (138-4, 14.3), Rinku Singh (146-5, 15.4), Andre Russell (164-6, 17.4)
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.67 |
| Chris Woakes | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Washington Sundar | 4 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 |
| Umesh Yadav | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7.25 |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | 3.5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.87 |
