Reasons why Rajasthan Royals Lost to Kkr: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals 1 in the last ball. For RR, Ryan Parag scored 95 runs while batting strongly, but could not even win his team. Let us tell you that RR has already been out of the playoff race, but KKR has retained the expectations of his playoffs with the help of close victory. Know here about those 3 reasons how Rajasthan lost the game.

1. Shubham Dubey’s poor strike rate

Shimron Hetmyer was dismissed for 29 runs in the 16th over. Shubham Dubey came to bat when Rajasthan had to score 44 runs to win 25 balls. The target was not very difficult but Shubham Dubey scored only 8 runs in his first 10 balls. If Dubey had been playing a strike rate of about 150 instead of 80, the match would not have been stuck for Rajasthan. However, in the last 4 balls of his innings, he scored 16 runs, which could not work for his team.

2. Sunil Naren had to honor heavily

Till the 16th over, Ryan Parag was batting in a fierce fierce bowlers by batting in a fierce manner. Parag had scored 92 off 41 balls by the 16th over, but he was overwhelmed to honor Sunil Naren in the 17th over of the innings. While Rajasthan had to score 43 runs to win in the last 4 overs, meanwhile Sunil Naren had only 5 runs in the over, causing the target of 38 runs in 3 overs. Had 10 or more runs in this over, winning could have been easier for RR.

3. 85 runs looted in death overs

A major reason for the defeat of Rajasthan Royals was poor bowling in the death overs. KKR scored only 121 runs in 15 overs during batting and it seemed almost impossible to score 200 runs. In the last 5 overs, Rajasthan bowlers had robbed 85 runs. Not a single out of the last 5 overs in which KKR has scored less than 10 runs.

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Kolkata defeated Rajasthan by 1 run in a waste, exciting match of 95 runs of Ryan Parag; Playoff hopes alive

Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Rajasthan Royals: On Wednesday, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets to register their first win of the season. While Rajasthan lost the second consecutive match. KKR stopped Rajasthan Royals for 151 runs with the bowlers’ brilliant performance. Chasing the target, Quinton Dickock played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs. KKR achieved the target with 15 balls.

Chasing 152 runs, Moin Ali started the innings with Quinton Dickock. Ali was playing the first match for KKR today, he was run out after scoring just 5 runs. Captain Ajinkya Rahane also fell victim to Vanindu Hasranga after scoring 18 runs in 15 balls. However, at the other end, Dickock played good shots and did not let the pressure come on the team. When Rahane was out, KKR’s score was 70 runs in 10.1 overs.

Quinton Dickock played match winning innings

After Rahane’s dismissal, Angrikish Raghuvanshi supported the decock as an impact player and stayed till the end. Both of them pronounced the innings forward and gave the team victory. Quinton Dickock won the team by hitting a six off the third ball of the 18th over. However, he remained 3 runs away from his century. He scored an unbeaten 97 in 61 balls. In this innings, he hit 6 sixes and 8 fours.

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No bowler of Rajasthan Royals could leave a special impact, Ryan himself came to bowl in Parag Powerplay. A total of 7 players of the team bowled but only 1 wicket was named after Hasranga.

KKR reached number six in the points table

After winning against Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders have reached number six in the IPL points table. It has 2 points in 2 matches and the team’s net run rate is -0.308.