- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.4 Tye hoodwinks Rahane with the change-up! Knuckle ball, short and sticks in the pitch, Rahane does not pick the variation. He forays down the track and looks to ping it over the leg side. Instead, he skies a leading edge to extra cover 37/116.2 Buttler ventures down the track, but misses hie leg-side swipe. After seeing Buttler use his feet, Mujeeb drags his length back and gets it to slid down leg. It beats Buttler, keeps low, and Rahul takes the bails off. Buttler falls for a career-best 82. Two wickets in two overs for Mujeeb 132/46.3 muscled to long on! The experiment fails. Full outside off, and he tries to send it into orbit. Got his front leg out of the way to connect with it, but the lack of pace does Gowtham in. Played too early, and easy for Tiwary in the deep 64/214.3 Mujeeb puts Samson out of his misery. Pushed through flatter on off, Samson aims to slog it over midwicket. Instead, he drags it much straighter to long-on for 22 off 18 balls 117/319.1 loopy full-toss slanting away outside off, knuckle ball, Stokes is forced to reach out for the ball. He loses his shape and ends up toe-ending a catch to Ashwin at extra cover. Tye kisses the black band on the side of his jersey 152/617.6 overpitched and outside off, Stokes stays beside the line and drills it down to long-off. Stokes wants two, the throw is to Tye, who gathers it and takes the bails off. Binny stretches, but is caught short by an accurate throw from his Karnataka team-mate 147/519.3 First-ball duck for Archer. 114.3ks slower full ball on off, Archer ventures down the track and slices this knuckle ball to Tiwary at long-off 153/719.6 Holes out to Karun Nair at long-on. Very full on off, another knuckle ball, Unadkat ends up skewing it to Nair at long-on. Tye is now the top wicket-taker in IPL 2018 with 16 wickets 158/8Extras3 (b 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL158/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Ajinkya Rahane, 3.4 ov), 2-64 (Krishnappa Gowtham, 6.3 ov), 3-117 (Sanju Samson, 14.3 ov), 4-132 (Jos Buttler, 16.2 ov), 5-147 (Stuart Binny, 17.6 ov), 6-152 (Ben Stokes, 19.1 ov), 7-153 (Jofra Archer, 19.3 ov), 8-158 (Jaydev Unadkat, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MP Stoinis 2 0 15 1 7.50 4 2 0 0 0 AR Patel 3 0 24 0 8.00 7 2 1 0 0 MM Sharma 3 0 29 0 9.66 7 3 1 1 1 AJ Tye 4 0 34 4 8.50 7 3 1 0 0 R Ashwin 4 0 34 0 8.50 4 2 1 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 21 2 5.25 8 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2 stumped! Down the leg side. It was full on leg stump, and Gayle came charging down the wicket. The ball angles down leg, and Buttler's excellent behind the stumps. Quick to remove the bails, CHG has to go! 14/12.2 two-ball duck! Perfect offspin from Gowtham, and that crashes into leg stump. It was outside off, but wild turn into the batsman. Tries a big heave towards the leg side, but the ball sneaks through the big gap between bat and body 14/23.4 short on off, and Karun goes for a wild swing. Pulls it towards the leg side, but slices it instead. In the air for ages, and Unadkat at long on needs to compose himself. Takes it well before crashing to the ground! 19/38.6 Sodhi has Shane Warne applauding from the Royals dug out. Tossed up and breaks away outside off, Nath clears his front leg and looks to mow it over midwicket against the turn. He can only send a leading edge to long-off. The asking rate has shot to 10.36 45/411.6 Rahane dives forward to snag the catch and send Tiwary back. 143kph, good length on off and but the ball sticks in the surface. Tiwary closes the face early and lobs a catch to cover off a leading edge 66/513.3 full and wide, dragged off the inside half to wide long-on. Another slower ball, Axar can't manufacture his own pace and he risks a second. He is late, and eventually dishes out a full-length dive. Binny throws it to the keeper, who takes the bails off. Is the bat on the line? Or is there some part behind the line? No conclusive evidence. Tight call for the TV umpire. Bardue rules Axar out. Excellent throw from Binny: right on top of the stumps 81/619.1 full toss outside off, and slapped over cover point. Gowtham's at deep point, and his jumping effort is good enough! The ball sticks in his hand, and that's quite an extravagant celebration. Puts his ball in the pocket and folds both arms in the deep. 127/7Extras7 (b 4, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL143/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.15)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Chris Gayle, 2 ov), 2-14 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 2.2 ov), 3-19 (Karun Nair, 3.4 ov), 4-45 (Akshdeep Nath, 8.6 ov), 5-66 (Manoj Tiwary, 11.6 ov), 6-81 (Axar Patel, 13.3 ov), 7-127 (Marcus Stoinis, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB K Gowtham 3 0 12 2 4.00 10 1 0 1 0 JC Archer 4 0 32 1 8.00 8 3 1 0 0 JD Unadkat 4 0 36 1 9.00 6 3 1 0 1 BA Stokes 2 0 13 1 6.50 6 2 0 0 0 IS Sodhi 4 0 14 1 3.50 12 0 0 0 0 MK Lomror 2 0 19 0 9.50 1 2 0 0 0 Anureet Singh 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to bat 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
08 May 2018 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 1
- JC Buttler: 50 off 27 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (JC Buttler 29, SV Samson 20, Ex 1)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (112 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 158/8 in 20.0 overs (MK Lomror 9)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 6.1: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - AD Nath (Struck down)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 1
- KL Rahul: 50 off 48 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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Last chance for Royals to stay alive
After three successive losses, they desperately need the likes of Ben Stokes and D'Arcy Short to fire as they take on the in-form Kings XI Punjab for the second time in three days