Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Score: Rajasthan Royals, batting first, scored 155 runs. The spin bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders wove such a web that RR batsmen could score only 60 runs in the last 10 overs. Especially Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine proved to be lethal, both of them together gave only 40 runs in 8 overs and took five wickets. Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed his fifty, he along with Yashasvi Jaiswal had given a good start to Rajasthan, yet the entire team could score only 155 runs.
8 overs, 40 runs and five wickets
These are the figures of Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine. Both of them together bowled 8 overs, in which they gave away only 40 runs and dismissed five batsmen. Chakraborty proved to be the most lethal, taking three wickets for only 14 runs in 4 overs. On the other hand, Sunil Narine dismissed two batsmen for 26 runs in a spell of 4 overs.
Kartik Tyagi’s magic
Fast bowler Karthik Tyagi also impressed. He gave 20 runs in the first three overs of his spell and could not take a single wicket. The 19th over of the innings proved to be very memorable for him and KKR. In this over, he took the wickets of Ravindra Jadeja (first ball), Shimron Hetmyer (third ball) and Ravi Bishnoi (fifth ball). This is the tenth time in IPL that a KKR bowler has taken three wickets in a single over.
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed fifty
Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a good start to Rajasthan Royals, who came to bat first after winning the toss. Both made an opening partnership of 81 runs. Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 28 balls, on the other hand Jaiswal scored 39 runs in 29 balls. At one time the Rajasthan team had scored 95 runs in 10 overs at the loss of only one wicket. In the last 10 overs, RR team could score only 60 runs and lost 8 wickets.
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