CMC – West Indian pair of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine shared five wickets, and Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by one run in a last-over thriller in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

Russell followed-up a typically enterprising 27 off 20 balls with a spell of three for 25 from three overs, and Narine took two for 34 from four overs, and RCB narrowly failed to chase a target of 223 in the Twenty20 match at Eden Gardens in the city of Kolkata.

Russell and Narine were part of the collective KKR bowling effort that provided breakthroughs at crucial intervals, and keep their side in the contest before Australia left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc held his nerve in the last over and defended 21.

England international Phil Salt pulled off a brilliant athletic run-out off the last ball to dismiss New Zealand international pacer Lockie Ferguson for one to seal the deal after Karn Sharma, batting at nine, gave KKR a massive scare with three sixes in a score of 20 in the final over.

It was the fifth win in seven matches for KKR, taking them 10 points, and fortifying their hold in second with a superior net run rate of 1.206 in comparison to 0.914 of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Earlier, Salt laid the platform for KKR after being put into bat with a blistering 14-ball 48, Shreyas Iyer steered the ship in the middle overs with the top score of 50 off 36 balls, and Russell and Ramandeep Singh with a whirlwind 24 provided the final flourish to power KKR to 222 for six.