Rahmanullah Gurbaz of the Kolkata Knight Riders is holding up well after reaching his first IPL half-century in 38 balls. Gurbaz has hit six boundaries and three sixes so far. On the other end, Rinku Singh has joined him. Gurbaz soon got out after completing his fifty with Karn Sharma taking two wickets on consecutive deliveries to push Kolkata back to 94-5 at the end of 14 overs.
Following David Willey’s two strikes, Michael Bracewell gave Royal Challengers Bangalore a breakthrough by removing Nitish Rana for one. The team captained by Faf du Plessis won the toss and chose to bat first. Reece Topley suffered injuries in the opening match and is forced to withdraw from the competition, necessitating a change in the starting Eleven. In today’s game, David Willey has taken his spot.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz is a young and talented cricketer from Afghanistan. He was born on 6th November 2001 in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Gurbaz is a wicket-keeper batsman who has already made a name for himself in international cricket.
Gurbaz made his debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019, in a T20 International against Bangladesh. He immediately made an impact, scoring 29 runs off just 15 balls in his first innings. He followed it up with a brilliant 61 off 47 balls in the next match, which Afghanistan won by 25 runs.
Gurbaz is known for his aggressive batting style and his ability to hit big sixes. He is also a very good wicketkeeper and has taken some excellent catches and made some important stumpings for his team.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI)
Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI)
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
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