KKR defeated RR by 60 runs
The 54th match held this Weekend night ended with a long awaited victory of Kolkata Knight Riders by margin of 60 runs against Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata excelled in both batting and bowling department and choked Rajasthan to hit beyond 131 for a 190+ run chase. This elated Kolkata fans and tightened its grip on the points table.
The match was aired from Dubai International Stadium starting with Rajasthan Royals winning the toss and choosing to bowl. Knight Riders played the game in full swing to win the chance to participate in playoffs. They posted a difficult target of 192 runs after the loss of 7 wickets. Rajasthan tried hard but they only managed to pull up 131 runs making it difficult to reach playoffs.
Pat Cummins emerged as the highest wicket taker uprooting 4 crucial wickets of Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa and Riyan Parag. Varun Chakravarthy and Shivam Mavi took 2 wickets each making it impossible for Rajasthan to expand and conquer. The undaunted bowling and fielding won the hearts of audiences and paved their way to critical 4th position on the points table.
KKR Skipper Eoin Morgan smashed the highest runs. He gathered 68 runs off 35 balls hitting five fours and 6 sixes. Shubham Gill (36 off 24) and Rahul Tripathi (39 off 34) made noticeable parts of this whopping score. The batting performance by Rajasthan was quite unsatisfactory. No team can authoritatively claim the fourth spot on the points table which will be filled based on the matches to witness further. We can say the points table is shrouded in uncertainty for the next few days. Get ready to watch tonight's big battle between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals at 7:30 PM.
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