• BATSMEN
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    11.1 takes it himself, pitch side. Good length ball at leg stump. Kicks up a bit of dust off the surface. Gill looks for the leg glance off his thigh but has closed the face too soon. Leading edge hangs up in the air and Archer completes a simple catch 89/3
    4.5 knocks middle and leg stump and lets out a couple of roars. Another good length offcutter, but slightly fuller and slightly straighter than the last one. Narine brings out the slog again but this time he's beaten on the inside edge 36/1
    9.6 holes out to long-off! Another page in the Tewatia story. Goes over the wicket now, fuller and flatter. Possibly seam up. Rana miscues the attempted loft-drive into the off side. It's off the low part of the bat 82/2
    14.2 taken at deep backward point! This is a plan coming off. Rajpoot goes full and wide outside off. Reaching out and throwing his hands at this, but it's sliced off the outside part of the bat. Russell's holding his head. Well, his helmet.He obviously thinks that should have been somewhere over extra cover. But the plan with the fielder out there has worked out for Royals 115/5
    13.1 taken behind! 147.3kph. Good length in the corridor. Karthik deep in the crease looking to defend. It's an angled bat coming down towards midwicket. Manages to brush the outside edge 106/4
    not out
    34
    23
    1
    2
    147.82
    17.6 taken at deep backward square by Samson. Got into a tangle running to his right, because Royals insist their deep fielders are in from the rope when Cummins is batting. So he runs to his right at an awkward angle and is actually nearly facing the boundary line as he leaps up and takes it just above his head. As he lands, he hits the back of his head onto the floor. The medical team have a chat with him and he's alright it seems. This was a slower short ball outside off and a bit of a blind hook from Cummins, only managed to slice it 149/6
    not out
    8
    5
    1
    0
    160
    Extras
    11 (lb 3, w 8)
    TOTAL
    174/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.7)
    Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Sunil Narine, 4.5 ov), 2-82 (Nitish Rana, 9.6 ov), 3-89 (Shubman Gill, 11.1 ov), 4-106 (Dinesh Karthik, 13.1 ov), 5-115 (Andre Russell, 14.2 ov), 6-149 (Pat Cummins, 17.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JC Archer401824.5141100
    AS Rajpoot403919.7593240
    JD Unadkat20141761100
    TK Curran403719.2572140
    S Gopal4043010.7574200
    R Parag101401400100
    R Tewatia1061631000
  • BATSMEN
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    6.1 taken at short third man! This is a captain's gamble paying off. Cummins and Mavi were given the job to just get the top order out it seems, because this is the sixth consecutive over of pace. And it has yielded Buttler's wicket. Nothing too special about the ball itself - good length and wide outside off. Has a slash on the up, half a stride in on it. Thick edge and straight to the man there 39/3
    1.6 given out caught behind now. Smith looks confused, has a chat with Jos, and then walks off. It's a good length ball in at leg stump. His front foot is well in the leg side and he's had another ungainly hoick at this. Inside edge past leg stump and taken low to the left by DK. Strange sequence of shots from Smith leading up to that dismissal 15/1
    4.1 dragged to midwicket! Short of a good length, climbing up at a middle stump line. 135kph. He goes across the line for the front-foot pull, but that gets a bit steep by the end. Off the sticker region of the bat and a gentle catch offered 30/2
    7.1 finds deep square with precision! The man is in to save the second on a big boundary.This is a short ball, and Uthappa swipes right across his front leg, about chest height before it dips into that fielder's lap 41/4
    7.4 taken low at backward point! Very sharp from Gill, low to his left if he's taken this. Soft signal is out. Short ball outside off is laced off the back foot with an open face. It's quick and low to Gill's left. He keeps his eye on it, lunges low and in front. Appears like he has taken it cleanly too. Clean enough not to be overturned, anyway. That will stay out 42/5
    10.5 knocks middle stump! Good line from Chakravarthy and slowed it down nicely as well. It's a googly. Pitching leg stump, gripping and rising up at middle as Tewatia walks into the leg side to try and make room for a drive through cover. Gets too far away from it and is beaten on the outside edge 66/6
    not out
    54
    36
    2
    3
    150
    13.5 appeal for catch behind is turned down and DK reviews. Was looking for the reverse whip against a middle stump ball. Looks like it took his glove, went onto pad and then lobbed up for the keeper who took it high to his right. Replays are more or less confirming that right now. That will be overturned 81/7
    14.4 oh sensational Nagarkoti! Good length ball wide outside off, looks to launch him straight again but this one grips and holds its line. It's sliced up, between long-off and long-on who are converging. Nagarkoti is the man coming from long-on. The ball's swerving in the direction of long-off. He simply sprints in front of that man and then leaps, almost parallel to the floor, to his left to hold on to that 88/8
    17.6 finds deep midwicket. Dropped short at middle stump, gets deep in the crease and pulls aerially. Nagarkoti with an easy take in the deep but Unadkat thinks that has hit the spider cam cable in the air. Which would make it a dead ball. It's been sent upstairs. There is a ripple from spider cam's angle. A bit more vague from all the other angles. So the umpires tell him to walk. Not conclusive 106/9
    not out
    7
    5
    0
    1
    140
    Extras
    7 (lb 6, w 1)
    TOTAL
    137/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.85)
    Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Steven Smith, 1.6 ov), 2-30 (Sanju Samson, 4.1 ov), 3-39 (Jos Buttler, 6.1 ov), 4-41 (Robin Uthappa, 7.1 ov), 5-42 (Riyan Parag, 7.4 ov), 6-66 (Rahul Tewatia, 10.5 ov), 7-81 (Shreyas Gopal, 13.5 ov), 8-88 (Jofra Archer, 14.4 ov), 9-106 (Jaydev Unadkat, 17.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SP Narine404011091410
    PJ Cummins301314.33120100
    Shivam Mavi402025132000
    KL Nagarkoti201326.560100
    CV Varun402526.2570100
    Kuldeep Yadav302016.6681100

Match Details

Toss

Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20

Match days

30 September 2020 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Match Referee

Points

Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0

Match Notes

RR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15SPD SmithJC Buttler
2nd15JC ButtlerSV Samson
3rd9RV UthappaJC Buttler
4th2RV UthappaR Parag
5th1R TewatiaR Parag
6th24R TewatiaTK Curran
7th15S GopalTK Curran
8th7TK CurranJC Archer
9th18JD UnadkatTK Curran
10th31TK CurranAS Rajpoot