Zoom News : May 02, 2022, 11:23 PM
In the 47th match of IPL 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. There was a target of 153 runs in front of KKR, which the team achieved by losing 3 wickets in the last over. Nitish Rana (48) and Rinku Singh (42) added an unbeaten 6 off 38 balls for the fourth wicket to ensure KKR's victory.
This is the first win after Kolkata's 5 consecutive defeats. The team has played 10 matches in the tournament so far and has won 4. KKR had to face defeat in 6. At the same time, RR has the fourth defeat in 10 matches. The team has won 6 matches.
Earlier, batting after losing the toss, RR had scored 152/5. Sanju Samson (54) was the top scorer. At the same time, in the last over, Hetmyer played an unbeaten innings and scored 27 not out in 13 balls. On the basis of his innings, Rajasthan could cross the 150 mark. Tim Southee got the most wickets for KKR. He took 2 wickets in his name.
Shreyas and Rana partnershipKKR lost the first two wickets at 32. Baba Inderjit (15) was dismissed by the famous Krishna and the wicket of Aaron Finch (4) came in Kuldeep Sen's account. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana added 60 runs for the third wicket and brought the team back in the match. Trent Boult broke this partnership by dismissing Shreyas (34).
Sanju's captaincy inningsRoyals captain Sanju Samson, batting well, completed his 17th half-century of his IPL career in 38 balls. Sanju's second in the current tournament and third against KKR is 50+ scores. However, he could not play a big innings and scored 54 runs in 49 balls and was dismissed by Mavi.
Butler is disappointedOrange cap holder Jos Buttler could not show anything special with the bat in this match. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs in 25 balls. His wicket came in the account of Saudi and caught by Mavi at long on. Jose hit only 3 fours in his innings.
RR's slow startBatting first after losing the toss, RR got off to a bad start. In the third over, Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed for 2 runs in 5 balls. His catch was caught by Umesh Yadav on his own ball. The team's run rate in the first 6 overs was just 6.33. The power play for the team hit 5 fours and 1 six.
Playing XI of both the teams
KKR made two changes in the playing XI, replacing Harshit Rana and Venkatesh Iyer with Anukul Roy and Shivam Mavi. At the same time, RR has included Darryl Mitchell in place of Karun Nair.
RR: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prashant Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen.
KKR: Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (c), Baba Inderjit (wk), Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi.
This is the first win after Kolkata's 5 consecutive defeats. The team has played 10 matches in the tournament so far and has won 4. KKR had to face defeat in 6. At the same time, RR has the fourth defeat in 10 matches. The team has won 6 matches.
Earlier, batting after losing the toss, RR had scored 152/5. Sanju Samson (54) was the top scorer. At the same time, in the last over, Hetmyer played an unbeaten innings and scored 27 not out in 13 balls. On the basis of his innings, Rajasthan could cross the 150 mark. Tim Southee got the most wickets for KKR. He took 2 wickets in his name.
Shreyas and Rana partnershipKKR lost the first two wickets at 32. Baba Inderjit (15) was dismissed by the famous Krishna and the wicket of Aaron Finch (4) came in Kuldeep Sen's account. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana added 60 runs for the third wicket and brought the team back in the match. Trent Boult broke this partnership by dismissing Shreyas (34).
Sanju's captaincy inningsRoyals captain Sanju Samson, batting well, completed his 17th half-century of his IPL career in 38 balls. Sanju's second in the current tournament and third against KKR is 50+ scores. However, he could not play a big innings and scored 54 runs in 49 balls and was dismissed by Mavi.
- Karun Nair was dismissed for 13 runs off 13 balls by Anukul Roy.
- Nair and Sanju added 35 runs in 28 balls for the third wicket.
- Playing the first match for KKR, Anukul Roy took 1 wicket for 28 runs in 4 overs.
- Riyan Parag (19) was dismissed by Tim Southee.
Butler is disappointedOrange cap holder Jos Buttler could not show anything special with the bat in this match. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs in 25 balls. His wicket came in the account of Saudi and caught by Mavi at long on. Jose hit only 3 fours in his innings.
- This season Butler has scored 588 runs in 10 innings at an average of 65.33.
- Butler and Samson added 48 runs in 39 balls for the second wicket.
RR's slow startBatting first after losing the toss, RR got off to a bad start. In the third over, Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed for 2 runs in 5 balls. His catch was caught by Umesh Yadav on his own ball. The team's run rate in the first 6 overs was just 6.33. The power play for the team hit 5 fours and 1 six.
Playing XI of both the teams
KKR made two changes in the playing XI, replacing Harshit Rana and Venkatesh Iyer with Anukul Roy and Shivam Mavi. At the same time, RR has included Darryl Mitchell in place of Karun Nair.
RR: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prashant Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen.
KKR: Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (c), Baba Inderjit (wk), Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi.