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 Royal Challengers Bangalore opened their account in the tournament with a thrilling win over Kolkata Knight Riders played at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai on Wednesday. RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to field first. Mohammed Siraj and Akashdeep put pressure on the KKR opening batsmen of Venetaksh Iyer and Rahane. Akash deep struck for RCB dismissing Venetaksh Iyer with a simple return catch. Shreyas Iyer started the innings with a lovely boundary. Mohammed Siraj dismissed Ajiyanka Rahane providing an easy catch to Shahbaz Ahmed at deep square leg. Nitish Rana showed intent right from the word go and kept the pressure on the RCB bowlers. A superb diving catch by David Willey got rid of Nitish Rana to leave KKR in trouble. At the end of the first six overs, KKR scored 44 for 3. After the field restrictions, Hasaranga dismissed KKR captain Shreyas Iyer caught by Du Plessis. It was a disciplined bowling effort by RCB bowlers. Akash deep struck again getting the w...

 The Bangla Tigers fought back strongly to win their first match of the tournament against hosts Oman played at Al Amerat Stadium, Muscat on Tuesday. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for the visitors as they lost wickets of Liton Das and Mahedi Hasan cheaply. Das was given not out and on review, it was overturned to out. Kallemullah took a brilliant return catch to dismiss Mahedi Hasan to leave Bangladesh struggling. Oman bowlers kept it tight not allowing Bangladesh to score runs easily. At the end of the first six overs, Bangladesh scored just 29 for 2. After the field restrictions, Mohammad Naim and experienced Shakib AL Hasan kept the pressure on Oman bowlers. Oman fielding was not great as they dropped few chances. Shakib showed intent right from word go making life tough for the hosts. Naim kept his calm reaching fifty off 43 balls. A brilliant direct hit by Aqib ended superb innings by Shakib. Shakib and Naim...