Match 18: RR vs KKR
Rajasthan Royals (RR) again made a successful win over the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 18 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Rigorously chasing a target of 134, RR brought a new opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who replaced Manan Vohra, and Jos Buttler in the middle. Jaiswal got started confidently and scored consecutive fours off Pat Cummins in the second over and later took on Shivam Mavi to produce the same result.
On the other hand, Varun Chakravarthy was offered the ball in the third over and the spinner trapped Buttler in front to provide an early breakthrough for KKR. Sanju Samson was off the mark with a four and joined Jaiswal, who was striking the ball really well. That’s not all! KKR pacers, Mavi and Prasidh Krishna did great bowling and kept the pressure on Samson and David Miller as RR took the chase deep, with 21 required off the final four overs.
KKR smashed 12 runs off the 17th over by Sakariya, who overstepped and conceded a four off a free hit followed by a couple of wide deliveries. Finally, After 9 runs coming in the penultimate over, Pat Cummins started the final over with a maximum. However, Morris added two more wickets with his remarkable bowling. Cummins hit straight to Riyan Parag while Shivam Mavi was castled off the final delivery as KKR ended with a total of 133/9 thus declaring a win.
Match Info:
Match:RR vs KKR, 18th Match, Indian Premier League 2021
Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021
Toss:Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opt to bowl
Time:7:30 PM
Venue:Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires:Sundaram Ravi, Navdeep Singh
Third Umpire:Paul Reiffel
Match Referee:Manu Nayyar
Rajasthan Royals Squad:
Playing:Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), David Miller, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Bench:Shreyas Gopal, Manan Vohra, Andrew Tye, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Playing:Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna
Bench:Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 6.65)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Nitish Rana | c Sanju Samson b Chetan Sakariya | 22 | 25 | 88 | 1 | 1 |
| Shubman Gill | run out (Jos Buttler) | 11 | 19 | 57.89 | 1 | 0 |
| Rahul Tripathi | c Riyan Parag b Mustafizur Rahman | 36 | 26 | 138.46 | 1 | 2 |
| Sunil Narine | c Yashasvi Jaiswal b Jaydev Unadkat | 6 | 7 | 85.71 | 1 | 0 |
| Eoin Morgan | run out (Chris Morris) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dinesh Karthik | c Chetan Sakariya b Chris Morris | 25 | 24 | 104.16 | 4 | 0 |
| Andre Russell | c David Miller b Chris Morris | 9 | 7 | 128.57 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Cummins | c Riyan Parag b Chris Morris | 10 | 6 | 166.66 | 0 | 1 |
| Shivam Mavi | b Chris Morris | 5 | 7 | 71.42 | 1 | 0 |
| Prasidh Krishna | NOT OUT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 5, b 2, lb 1, pen 0) | 9 | ||||
| TOTAL | (9 wickets; 20 overs) | 133 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Varun Chakaravarthy |
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 4 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 11 |
| Chetan Sakariya | 4 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 8 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 22 | 1 | 5.5 | 13 |
| Chris Morris | 4 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 | 18 |
| Rahul Tewatia | 3 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Shivam Dube | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-24 (Gill, 5.4 ov) ,2-45 (Rana, 8.1 ov) ,3-54 (Narine, 9.5 ov) ,4-61 (Morgan, 10.2 ov) ,5-94 (Tripathi, 15.2 ov) ,6-117 (Russell, 17.4 ov) ,7-118 (Karthik, 17.6 ov) ,8-133 (Cummins, 19.2 ov) ,9-133 (Mavi, 19.6 ov)
RAJASTHAN ROYALS INNINGS
(RUN RATE: 7.11)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | |
| Jos Buttler | lbw Varun Chakaravarthy | 5 | 7 | 71.42 | 1 | 0 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c sub (Kamlesh Nagarkoti) b Shivam Mavi | 22 | 17 | 129.41 | 5 | 0 |
| Sanju Samson | NOT OUT | 42 | 41 | 102.43 | 2 | 1 |
| Shivam Dube | c Prasidh Krishna b Varun Chakaravarthy | 22 | 18 | 122.22 | 2 | 1 |
| Rahul Tewatia | c sub (Kamlesh Nagarkoti) b Prasidh Krishna | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 |
| David Miller | NOT OUT | 24 | 23 | 104.34 | 3 | 0 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 6, b 0, lb 7, pen 0) | 14 | ||||
| TOTAL | (4 wickets; 18.5 overs) | 134 | ||||
| DID NOT BAT: | Riyan Parag ,Chris Morris ,Jaydev Unadkat ,Chetan Sakariya ,Mustafizur Rahman |
| Bowler | O | R | W | Econ | Dots |
| Shivam Mavi | 4 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | 17 |
| Pat Cummins | 3.5 | 36 | 0 | 9.39 | 4 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 3 | 20 | 1 | 6.66 | 8 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-21 (Buttler, 3.2 ov) ,2-40 (Jaiswal, 4.5 ov) ,3-85 (Dube, 10.5 ov) ,4-100 (Tewatia, 13.4 ov)