Match 12 IPL 2013 –Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Thu Apr 11
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss – Royal Challengers Bangalore elected to field
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets

Today in the 12th match of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first. They got the wicket of Manvinder Bisla in the very first over but captain Gambhir and Jacques Kallis then played sensibly and took the score past 50. Jacques Kallis was the next to fall after scoring 16. Yusuf Pathan and Manoj Tiwary chipped in with 27 and 23 respectively but it was captain Gambhir whose 59 off 46 balls (7×4,1×6) helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a total of 154/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 155 to win, RCB lost Mayank Agarwal in the third over when the team score was just 12. But captain Kohli and Chris Gayle then took control and took the team score to 75 before Virat Kohli got out after scoring 35 off 27 balls(4×4,2×6). But Gayle storm once again unleashed as he scored a brilliant 85 off 50 balls (4×4,9×6) and along with AB de Villiers took RCB to an emphatic 8 wicket win.

Match 12 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard