IPL'19: Orange & Purple Cap holders and points table update

It was KKR's highest run chase in IPL history. RCB, thus, remained winless after five games.

Bengaluru: Andre Russell once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat by smashing an unbeaten 13-ball 48 as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by five wickets in a rip-roaring Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here on Friday.

Meanwhile, it was KKR's highest run chase in IPL history. RCB, thus, remained winless after five games.

Russell hit Marcus Stoinis for three back to back sixes in the 18th over and then took on Tim Southee with figures reading 6-6-6-4-6 to leave the visitors needing just one run from the last over. He associated with Shubman Gill (3 not out) to put together a 14-ball 53 run stand for the sixth wicket.It poured cold water on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers' show in the first innings as the pair roared back to form to help RCB post 205/3.

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In the meantime, Virat Kohli scored 8000 T20 runs.

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With this win, KKR rose to the second position while RCB are still at the bottom of the league table.

Meanwhile, David Warner still holds the purple cap with 264 runs in four matches while the orange cap is held by Yuzvendra Chahal who picked up nine wickets in IPL 2019 so far.