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Kolkata, May 16 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Virat Kohli and A.B. de Villiers once again delivered the goods with their bats as their Royal Challengers Bangalore romped home with 9 wickets to spare against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) contest at the Eden Gardens here on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kohli and de Villiers remained not out on 75 and 59 respectively while Chris Gayle contributed with a 31-ball 49. The Kohli-de Villiers partnership yielded 115 runs for the men in red and black.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With the win, Bangalore stay alive in the competition with 6 wins from 12 games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chasing Kolkata's 183\/5, they got off to a flyer as Gayle - who had been in slumber for much of this season - smashed the ball to all parts of the ground.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The burly Jamaican first took on Andre Russell hitting him for 17 in the third over and then clubbed Sunil Narine for two consecutive fours in the fifth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

After six overs, Bangalore were cruising at 63 for no loss but then Gayle was adjudged leg-before-wicket off a Narine delivery. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

It was difficult to understand who the home team were as chants of 'Kohli, Kohli' went up time and again around the packed stadium as the Bangalore captain came in - and did not disappoint either as he picked the boundaries at regular intervals. However, Kohli was dropped at 32 by his opposite number Gautam Gambhir.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The miss proved costly as Kohli got to yet another half-century, while his partner at the other end - de Villiers - started clobbering them too.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Before long, the visitors were in touching distance of the total and the duo did the needful with 8 balls to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier twin fifties from Gambhir (51) and Manish Pandey (50) aided by Russell's late blitz of 19-ball 39 helped Kolkata get to a fighting total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Even though the hosts lost Robin Uthappa (2) early, Gambhir manage to pick the gaps along with Pandey. By the end of the powerplay, the team was 51\/1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The onslaught continued in the next over as legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal was carved for 16.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bangalore then pulled things back a little thereafter and also grabbed the vital wicket of Gambhir who got run-out shortly after getting to his fifty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Thereafter, new man Yusuf Pathan and the already set Pandey failed to pierce the gaps. Runs dried down and Pandey was holed out in the deep trying to up the run-rate. Yusuf (6) too was out stumped.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Next to perish was Suryakumar Yadav (5) who was caught at long on by Iqbal Abdulla. The flurry of wickets also put a brake on the scoring rate much to the relief of Bangalore.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But Shakib Al Hasan and Russell enthralled the strong Eden crowd with some powerhitting to propel Kolkata to such a score. The last three overs yielded 38 runs for the home side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 183\/5 (Gautam Gambhir 51, Manish Pandey 50; Sreenath Aravind 2\/41) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: 186\/1 (Virat Kohli 75, AB de Villiers 59).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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