- BATSMENRB4s6sSR6.5 some DK brilliance there to convert that into a wicket. Magnificent back-handed flick onto the stumps off his right hand. Smart bowling from Rana too. Saw Rahane step out, so he shortened his length and fired this in, Rahane looks to turn this to the leg side but ends up getting little bat on it. Karthik moves swiftly to his left, picks the ball up and flicks it back. I suspect Rahane took it easy and was done in by DK's speed. Stunning work. 54/112.5 he's done him with a slider again. There's some drift back in. Short goes back to pull but is beaten by this 90kph delivery that goes straight on to beat his attempted whip and crash into the stumps. 98/38.4 he's played the short-arm jab straight to Kuldeep at deep midwicket. Samson was cramped for room, hustled for pace as this angled back in to hit him high on the bat. Impressive effort delivery, the young man is elated. The dangerous Samson is gone. 62/213.6 taken! Andre Russell, at short extra-cover, jumps and is at full stretch to grab this overhead chance two-handed, after Tripathi skips inside the line to try and loft this flighted wrong'un, pitching on leg stump, over the fielder 106/416.1 Another dismissal against wristspin for Stokes. Excellent bowling from Chawla, saw Stokes coming early and tossed it wider and slower. He ended up too much under the ball and not enough behind it, and it was the googly too, spinning away from him and causing him to skew his attempted slog over mid-on to the man at cover, who moved backwards and to his left to get under the skier 122/518.1 slower ball, full outside off, and Gowtham departs. Looks to hit it over cover, maybe, ends up slicing a simple catch to backward point 141/618.2 bowled him! Curran follows the slower one with a fast length ball, angling into off stump. Shreyas' feet are stuck, going neither forward nor back, and he plays with half a bat, opening the face to try and dab it fine. He misses, and Curran knocks out his off stump 141/719.5 slants it away from Buttler's off stump again - not a yorker this time but quite full again. Flat-batted down to long-off and they chance the second just to keep Buttler on strike. Mavi fails to collect the throw cleanly, but he still collects it in time to catch Kulkarni short of his crease 160/8Extras5 (lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL160/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Did not bat: B LaughlinFall of wickets: 1-54 (Ajinkya Rahane, 6.5 ov), 2-62 (Sanju Samson, 8.4 ov), 3-98 (D'Arcy Short, 12.5 ov), 4-106 (Rahul Tripathi, 13.6 ov), 5-122 (Ben Stokes, 16.1 ov), 6-141 (Krishnappa Gowtham, 18.1 ov), 7-141 (Shreyas Gopal, 18.2 ov), 8-160 (Dhawal Kulkarni, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB PP Chawla 4 0 18 1 4.50 10 1 0 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 23 1 5.75 9 1 1 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 48 0 12.00 6 7 1 0 0 Shivam Mavi 4 0 40 1 10.00 9 3 2 3 0 N Rana 2 0 11 2 5.50 4 1 0 0 0 TK Curran 2 0 19 2 9.50 3 2 0 0 1
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.4 run-out ends the partnership! Another skiddy slider. Narine misses the reverse-sweep, gets hit on the pad, and he ambles out of his crease looking for a leg-bye as the ball rolls towards short third man and Buttler goes up in appeal for lbw. He realises too late that the single isn't on, and by the time he turns around the throw from Jaydev Unadkat is nearly in Buttler's gloves 70/20.3 tries to cut but this spins back in sharply from length to cramp him for room and sees the off and leg stump flattened. The skid has done the trick. 1/112.3 has Stokes caught that cleanly? The umpires are going to have a look. In Uthappa's slot for the lofted drive, which he hits hard and flat, but Stokes is on the boundary at long-on. He was stepping backwards as he took the catch over his head, about to tumble past the boundary, so he flicked it in the air, then stepped on the rope, and managed to return to the field of play and complete the catch comfortably enough in the end. Perhaps unwise of Uthappa to take on the deep fielder in this situation, but he's played an excellent hand for KKR 102/3Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL163/3 (18.5 Overs, RR: 8.65)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chris Lynn, 0.3 ov), 2-70 (Sunil Narine, 8.4 ov), 3-102 (Robin Uthappa, 12.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB K Gowtham 4 0 23 2 5.75 12 3 0 0 0 DS Kulkarni 2 0 20 0 10.00 5 4 0 0 0 JD Unadkat 3 0 34 0 11.33 4 3 2 0 0 B Laughlin 3.5 0 37 0 9.65 5 2 2 1 0 S Gopal 3 0 23 0 7.66 7 0 2 0 0 BA Stokes 3 0 25 0 8.33 4 3 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days
18 April 2018 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 0 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (AM Rahane 36, DJM Short 16, Ex 1)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 1
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (115 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 160/8 in 20.0 overs (JC Buttler 24, JD Unadkat 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (SP Narine 27, RV Uthappa 25, Ex 0)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (N Rana 16, KD Karthik 35, Ex 0)
Match Coverage
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Spin limited Rajasthan Royals to 160 and an aggressive batting approach then helped Kolkata Knight Riders chase down their target with six balls remaining