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KKR beat RR Highlights IPL 2021: Kolkata brutally thrash Rajasthan Royals, almost assured of playoff spot: Check out

KKR beat RR Highlights IPL 2021: Kolkata brutally thrash Rajasthan Royals, almost assured of playoff spot: Check out

KKR beat RR Highlights – IPL 2021: KKR almost book their IPL 2021 playoffs berth, boosts NRR after 86 runs victory against RR- Kolkata Knight Riders’ pacers Shivam Mavi and Lokie Ferguson destroyed Rajasthan Royals’ batting order in the 54th match of IPL 2021 here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Thursday. Mavi removed 4 […]

KKR beat RR Highlights – IPL 2021: KKR almost book their IPL 2021 playoffs berth, boosts NRR after 86 runs victory against RR- Kolkata Knight Riders’ pacers Shivam Mavi and Lokie Ferguson destroyed Rajasthan Royals’ batting order in the 54th match of IPL 2021 here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Thursday. Mavi removed 4 RR batsmen while Lokie took three wickets in the game. Shakib Al Hasan and Varun Chakaravarthy also chipped in with 1 wicket each. For RR, Rahul Tewatia scored 44 runs which was the highest score by any RR batter. He and Shivam Dube were the only two batters from RR who crossed double-digit scores.

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) scored 171/4 and then folded Rajasthan Royals for 85/10 in 16.1 overs. With this win, KKR have consolidated the fourth spot with 14 points.
Chasing 172, Rajasthan Royals got off to the worst possible start and never really recovered as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

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In powerplay, Rajasthan Royals scored 17 runs for four wickets and the side never really looked like they were comfortable in the chase. In the end, the Sanju Samson-led side were folded for 85 runs in the 17th over.

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KKR beat RR Highlights – IPL 2021: Earlier, Shubman Gill smashed his second successive half-century as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) scored 171/4 against Rajasthan Royals. This is also the highest score at Sharjah in the IPL 2021. It was a combined batting effort by KKR batsmen after Gill and Venkatesh Iyer gave the side a decent start. Put into bat, KKR got off to a decent start as both openers Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer carefully carried the team’s innings. KKR didn’t lose a wicket but managed only 34 runs in the powerplay.

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At the halfway stage KKR were on 69 without losing a wicket. Rajasthan Royals got the first breakthrough went Rahul Tewatia removed Venkatesh in the 11th over. KKR also lost Nitish Rana but Gill kept his side moving along as they went past the 100-run mark. Gill was dismissed soon after completing his fifty while Chetan Sakariya cleaned Rahul Tripathi in the 18th over.

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KKR beat RR Highlights – IPL 2021: Sakariya bowled a perfect 18th over as he gave away just three runs but Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik scored 23 in the last two as KKR reached 171-4 in the allotted 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Innings 85/10 (16.1 ov)
Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal b Shakib Al Hasan 0 3 0 0 0.00
Liam Livingstone c RA Tripathi b LH Ferguson 6 6 1 0 100.00
Sanju Samson (WK/C) c EJG Morgan b Shivam Mavi 1 4 0 0 25.00
Shivam Dubey b Shivam Mavi 18 20 0 1 90.00
Anuj Rawat lbw b LH Ferguson 0 1 0 0 0.00
Glenn Phillips b Shivam Mavi 8 12 0 1 66.67
Rahul Tewatia b Shivam Mavi 44 36 5 2 122.22
Chris Morris lbw b Varun Chakravarthy 0 2 0 0 0.00
Jaydev Unadkat c Shakib Al Hasan b LH Ferguson 6 5 1 0 120.00
Chetan Sakariya runout (Dinesh Karthik / Shakib Al Hasan) 1 5 0 0 20.00
Mustafizur Rahman Not out 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extra 1 (b 1, w 0, nb 0, lb 0)
Total 85/10 (16.1)
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Shakib Al Hasan 1 0 1 1 1.00
Shivam Mavi 3.1 0 21 4 6.63
Sunil Narine 4 0 30 0 7.50
Lockie Ferguson 4 0 18 3 4.50
Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 14 1 3.50
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
Yashasvi Jaiswal 1-0 0.3
SV Samson 2-1 1.1
LS Livingstone 3-12 3.2
Anuj Rawat 4-13 3.4
Glenn Phillips 5-33 7.3
S Dubey 6-34 7.6
CH Morris 7-35 8.6
Jaydev Unadkat 8-62 11.2
C Sakariya 9-85 15.3
R Tewatia 10-85 16.1
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings 171/4 (20 ov)
Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Shubman Gill c Yashasvi Jaiswal b CH Morris 56 44 4 2 127.27
Venkatesh Iyer b R Tewatia 38 35 3 2 108.57
Nitish Rana c LS Livingstone b Glenn Phillips 12 5 1 1 240.00
Rahul Tripathi b C Sakariya 21 14 3 0 150.00
Dinesh Karthik (WK) Not out 14 11 0 1 127.27
Eoin Morgan (C) Not out 13 11 1 1 118.18
Extra 17 (b 5, w 9, nb 0, lb 3)
Total 171/4 (20)
Yet To Bat Shakib Al HasanSP NarineLH FergusonShivam MaviVarun Chakravarthy
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Jaydev Unadkat 4 0 35 0 8.75
Chris Morris 4 0 28 1 7.00
Chetan Sakariya 4 0 23 1 5.75
Mustafizur Rahman 4 0 31 0 7.75
Shivam Dubey 2 0 18 0 9.00
Rahul Tewatia 1 0 11 1 11.00
Glenn Phillips 1 0 17 1 17.00
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
VR Iyer 1-79 10.5
N Rana 2-92 11.5
Shubman Gill 3-133 15.4
RA Tripathi 4-145 17.1

 

Toss Report

As for Playing XI, Rajasthan Royals have made four changes Chris Morris, Liam Livingstone and Jaydev Unadkat are coming in while Evin Lewis misses out with an injury. Kolkata Knight Riders however have retained Varun Chakaravarthy despite him nursing a knee injury. Shakib Al Hasan to continue in place of Andre Russell.

KKR vs RR Live Score: Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

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Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy

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Sanju Samson: We’ll bowl first. With the past matches, it has been easier to bowl first on this wicket. I think there have been a lot of learnings in the last game. The bounce was varying and it was two-paced. We need to be smarter with our shots and we need to bowl good lines and lengths too. Four changes: Livingstone, Morris, Anuj Rawat and Unadkat come in.

KKR beat RR Highlights – IPL 2021

Eoin Morgan: Would have obviously liked to bowl first. We put in a strong performance on a slowish wicket in Dubai, and we need to just put a good score here. Just because of the confidence within the group, we needn’t look too far ahead. If we win here, those two points will take care of everything. Obviously these two points are more important than the earlier points that we have played for. [Message to Morgan the batsman] Try to free yourself up, and try and play to win for the team. Lockie Ferguson is fit and he comes back in for Tim Southee. When we have the kind of depth and Tim comes and performs, it helps, but Lockie with his pace will come good on this wicket.

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