- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.4 superb bouncer. Right at his badge, over the left shoulder, and Buttler gets a top edge on the pull. It carries all the way to the fine leg fence where Chakravarhty doesn't have to move. Buttler walks off with his bat and helmet held high 183/39.4 kisses the bail. Just short of a length, looks like a legcutter release, Padikkal goes back to try to hit it down the ground, but is early into the shot, and misses it altogether 97/115.2 big leg-side boundary here. Russell goes slower ball, on a length, middle and leg, and Samson ends up skying it to deep midwicket. Samson does his job, going at 200 strike rate 164/217.1 Parag goes straight over his head, slightly towards long-off. The connection is not the cleanest. Cummins runs to his right from long-off, gets into a sort of a bicycle jump, catches it overhead, and while he is stumbling, he lobs it towards Mavi, who has run to his left from long-on. Mavi completes the catch one-handed with a jump of his own. The scoreboard, though, will say c Mavi b Narine 189/418.5 full and straight, no power in this slog. This is seam up and in the slot. Nair just doesn't make a good connection. Caught at long-on. This is proving to be a good over for KKR 198/5Extras16 (b 3, lb 6, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL217/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.85)Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Devdutt Padikkal, 9.4 ov), 2-164 (Sanju Samson, 15.2 ov), 3-183 (Jos Buttler, 16.4 ov), 4-189 (Riyan Parag, 17.1 ov), 5-198 (Karun Nair, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB UT Yadav 4 0 44 0 11.00 11 3 3 0 1 Shivam Mavi 4 0 34 1 8.50 10 4 1 0 0 CV Varun 2 0 30 0 15.00 1 1 2 1 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 50 1 12.50 4 7 1 2 0 SP Narine 4 0 21 2 5.25 11 0 1 2 0 AD Russell 2 0 29 1 14.50 3 3 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.6 The extra balls work out for the Royals as Finch upper cuts a short, wide ball but it finds the bottom of the bat and skies to deep backward point running diagonally to his left. Nair had enough time to settle under it and take it comfortably 107/20.1 Run-out comes from attempting a suicidal run! It was a full ball that was pushed to cover, they took off after Finch called. Narine responded but the run was not on. Hetmyer ran in from cover-point to his right, picked it up and threw it direct at the striker's end to hand a Diamond duck to Narine. 0/116.4 Given LBW, Iyer reviews! It was a full ball that beat the whip towards deep mid-wicket. Iyer is walking as the Hawk-Eye's prediction comes in, it shows the ball was pitching in line and was hitting leg. Chahal knew it was out right away and roared as soon as it was given out. 180/612.6 Full on leg-stump, it is slog-swept but in the air straight to Buttler at long-off! Rana tried to make room and go all in with the bat swing but could not get enough on it. It took the top edge and stayed up for a while in the air, allowing Buttler to settle under and take the catch comfortably 148/313.4 The carrom ball knocks over Russell's defence! It was a good length ball that pitched on middle and turned away ever so slightly, past the full-faced bat to knock off-stump. Ashwin is off on a celebratory run! It was bowled from wide of the crease, which Ian Bishop, observes accentuated the angle 149/416.1 Googly beats the full-blooded swing down the ground and has Venkatesh stumped! It was a full ball that turned away from off and the batter had danced down the track but missed the ball. The keeper completed the dismissal and Chahal is chuffed! 178/519.2 Helped straight to short-fine leg! The off-cutter lands on a length and Jackson is early on the shot, he tried to pull it but was early on the shot with the eyes away from the ball. The catch is at the breabasket and is accepted gleefully. 209/916.5 Taken at long-on! A full ball outside off has Mavi reaching out and trying to pull it to the legside, but he only manages to top-edge it. This ball went straight up for Parag to take the catch at a comfortable height and to have Chahal on the verge of a hat-trick. 180/716.6 Caught behind! Takes the outside edge of the cover-drive does a full ball spinning away from outside off. Cummins went across and pushed at it. It leads to Chahal celebrating with a leap and a slide to take him to the jolly pose at the boundary with the elbow on the ground. The hat-trick has RR firmly on top! 180/819.4 Beats the swipe and the ball clatters the stumps!. It was a slow ball on a good length and Umesh stayed legside of the ball and swung through with a close-faced bat but he missed and the bowler hit! 210/10Extras13 (w 13)TOTAL210 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 10.67)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sunil Narine, 0.1 ov), 2-107 (Aaron Finch, 8.6 ov), 3-148 (Nitish Rana, 12.6 ov), 4-149 (Andre Russell, 13.4 ov), 5-178 (Venkatesh Iyer, 16.1 ov), 6-180 (Shreyas Iyer, 16.4 ov), 7-180 (Shivam Mavi, 16.5 ov), 8-180 (Pat Cummins, 16.6 ov), 9-209 (Sheldon Jackson, 19.2 ov), 10-210 (Umesh Yadav, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 48 0 12.00 7 5 3 0 0 M Prasidh Krishna 4 0 43 1 10.75 5 6 0 5 0 OC McCoy 3.4 0 41 2 11.18 6 2 2 4 0 R Ashwin 4 0 38 1 9.50 8 1 3 0 0 YS Chahal 4 0 40 5 10.00 7 4 1 4 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
18 April 2022 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 0 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (33 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (JC Buttler 36, D Padikkal 8, Ex 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 60/0 in 6.0 overs (JC Buttler 46, D Padikkal 8)
- JC Buttler: 50 off 29 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 10.1 overs (62 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (JC Buttler 21, SV Samson 25, Ex 4)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 14.2 overs (87 balls), Extras 11
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 164/2 in 15.2 overs (JC Buttler 91)
- JC Buttler: 100 off 59 balls (9 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Relay Catch: Batter - R Parag, Catcher - Shivam Mavi, Relay Fielder - PJ Cummins (17.1 overs)
- Rajasthan Royals: 200 runs in 19.1 overs (116 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 217/5 in 20.0 overs (SO Hetmyer 26, R Ashwin 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (AJ Finch 17, SS Iyer 32, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 74/1 in 7.0 overs (AJ Finch 36, SS Iyer 35)
- AJ Finch: 50 off 25 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 50 balls (AJ Finch 57, SS Iyer 40, Ex 6)
- SS Iyer: 50 off 32 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 12.1: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - N Rana (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 148/3 in 13.0 overs (SS Iyer 63)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 9
- Over 16.4: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 12
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