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Kolkata Knight Riders won the fifth win in 11 matches. KKR has 11 points. Kolkata scored 206 runs for 4 wickets while batting first in his home Eden Gardens. Andre Russell not unbeaten on 25 balls …Read more

KKR defeated Rajasthan to register a fifth win in 11 matches.
Highlights
- Russell scored 57 runs from KKR
- Rinku Singh scored 19 runs off 6 balls at a strike rate of 316.67
- Kolkata has a fifth win in 11 matches
New Delhi. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by one run in the IPL match played at Eden Gardens. KKR won the fifth win in 11 matches while Rajasthan suffered 9th defeat in 12 matches. In order to win Rajasthan, captain Ryan Parag put a lot of emphasis on heel peak, but in the last his patience also responded. Pollen was dismissed after scoring 95 runs. Rajasthan Royals needed 22 runs to win in the last over. KKR fast bowler Vaibhav Arora conceded 20 runs in the last over and gave the team a stunning victory on the last ball of the last over.
Chasing the target of 207 runs, Rajasthan Royals started very poorly. Vaibhav Suryavanshi returned to the pavilion soon after scoring 4 runs. After losing the first wicket on the score of five, Rajasthan got the second blow on the score of 8. Moin Ali did not even let Kunal Singh Rathore open the account. Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed by 34 runs off 21 balls, while wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel and Vanindu Hasranga could not even open an account. After this, captain Ryan Parag took the front. He completed his half -century off 27 balls. After this, Shimron Hetmyer returned to the pavilion after scoring 29 runs. Captain Ryan tried his best to win the team, but this batsman, who scored 95 runs off 45 balls, also finally responded. He was caught by Harshit Rana at the hands of Vaibhav Arora.
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Earlier, aggressive batsman Andre Russell returned to the rhythm and helped KKR score a strong score of 206 for four by scoring a half -century off 22 balls. This 37 -year -old Jamaica player scored just two runs in his first nine balls, but after this, while raining sixes and fours, scored 57 runs in an unbeaten innings of 25 balls. KKR finally added 85 runs in five overs with his six sixes and four fours innings. He got the best support of young Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who scored 44 runs (five fours) off 31 balls. Both shared a 61 -run partnership off 33 balls for the fourth wicket.
After this, Rinku Singh made an important contribution in taking the team’s score of 200 runs by scoring an unbeaten 19 runs off six balls with the help of a four and two sixes in the last over. The team sent Russell to bat on the fifth order, due to pressure from Rajasthan spinners, the pace of KKR was reduced. Mahish Tiphana (one wicket for 41 runs) kept Russell from playing a big shot by spending just two runs in the 14th over. However, he showed his attitude against Akash Madwal, who came for bowling in the 16th over, by hitting a fours, six and four on the balls. Acting captain Ryan Parag then gave the ball to Jofra Archer (one wicket for 30 runs). Russell hit a brilliant four on the bowler after hitting a strong six against him on log on.
In the next over, he scored a hat -trick of 23 runs while raging the trick. He completed the first half -century of the current session by hitting a six off a speed of 148 km per hour. KKR did not get a good start after batting after winning the toss. Sunil Narayan was bowled by Yudhveer Singh by scoring 11 off nine balls. Archer gave just five runs in his first two overs, but KKR’s innings gained momentum from the fourth over when captain Ajinkya Rahane (30) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (35) started setting boundaries. Rahane flicked against Yudhveer and hit a six. He hit a brilliant six in the straight against Madhwal.
The Gurbaz was struggling to score runs during the 56 -run partnership of both of them. He became a victim of four fours and one six root in 25 balls. Rahane did not once again look comfortable against Spin and played the ball of Ryan Parag (one wicket for 21) in the hands of wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel.