The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) began on Saturday with a thrilling match, where Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) were face to face. In this match, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane batted brilliantly and scored a stormy half -century and brought his team to a strong position.

Ajinkya Rahane’s blistering innings

Ajinkya Rahane, who came to bat, hit 56 runs in just 31 balls, which included 6 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes. He completed his fifty in just 25 balls, which was the 31st half -century innings of his IPL career.

However, Rahane’s fiery innings ended by Krunal Pandya, by then he had taken KKR to a strong position.

New record against RCB, Raina Radu left behind

Rahane broke the record of Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu, showing a brilliant game in this match. He has joined the top-4 batsmen who have scored the most runs against RCB in IPL. So far he has scored 741 runs against RCB, while Raina (708) and Rayudu (728) were left behind him.

Players scoring the most runs against RCB in IPL

Chris Gayle’s record equal

In addition, Rahane has equaled West Indies explosive batsman Chris Gayle in the list of players scoring the most half -centuries in the IPL.

Now 31-31 fifty have been recorded in the names of both Rahane and Gayle in the IPL.

The highest fifty players in IPL

Brief condition of the match

After losing the toss, KKR’s team came out to bat first.

• Quinton Dickock (4 runs) was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood in the first over.

• This was followed by Rahane and Sunil Narine (44 runs in 26 balls) played a great partnership.

• Both batsmen added 103 runs for the second wicket.

Although KKR’s innings collapsed after Rahane’s dismissal, the team managed to score a respectable score in front of RCB.

Will RCB be able to chase this target?

Now the thing to see will be whether RCB batsmen Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis are able to chase this goal or not.