IPL 2022, RR vs KKR Highlights: Kolkata return to winning ways, beat Rajasthan by 7 wickets

Chahal gives 12 runs in the 18th overs. 

Nitish Rana at 40 in 35
Rinku Singh at 30 in 18 balls. 

They together make it a 43-run partnership in 32 balls.

KKR at 134/3 in 18 overs.

Rajasthan is in trouble as Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh close in on the 153-run target. 

Kuldeep Sen gives 7 runs in the 16th over. 

Rana at 38 in 31
Rinku Singh at 15 in 10 balls.

KKKR at 114/3 in 16 overs. 

Boult to Shreyas Iyer, Caught by Samson, OUT!

Boult got an important wicket as the skipper walked back after scoring 34 in 32 balls. Rinku Singh comes in next. 

Boult gives away 11 runs in the 13th over. 

RR at 96/3 in 13 overs.

Rajasthan need 55 runs in 40 balls. 

Ashwin gives away only 4 runs in the 9th over. 

Nitish Rana at 9 in 10 balls
Shreyas Iyer at 20 in 21 balls

Rana and Shreyas make it an 18-run partnership in 20 balls.

Kolkata at 50/2 in 9 overs.

Krishna to Indrajith, CAUGHT by R Ashwin at fine-leg, OUT!

Indrajith perishes after scoring 15 in 16 balls. Nitish Rana is the new man in. 

Krishna gives away 7 runs in the 6th over. 

KKR collect 32/2 at the end of 6 overs.

Kuldeep Sen to Finch, BOWLED!

Finch walked back after scoring 4 in 7 balls. Shreyas Iyer walks in next. 

Sen gives away 6 runs in 4th over.

Indrajith: 10 in 12 
Iyer: 4 in 4 

KKR at 21/1 in 4 overs.

Aaron Finch began innings for Kolkata alongside Baba Indrajith against Trent Boult. 

While finch scores 3 in 3 balls, Indrajith adds 2 in 3 balls. 

KKR at 5/0 in first over.

Kolkata restricted Rajasthan at 152/5 in 20 overs. 

The last partnership of 37(18) between Ashwin and Hetmyer helped them achieve a respectable 153. Hetmyer scored 27 in 13 and Ashwin added 6 in 5. 

RR could only score 47 runs in the last 5 overs and gave away 2 crucial wickets. 

Tim Southee removed Riyan Parag first then Samson perished on Shivam Mavi's strike. 

Mavi to Samson, CAUGHT by Rinku Singh, OUT!

Samson out after scoring 54 in 49. R Ashwin walks out. 

RR at 122/5 in 17 overs. 

Earlier, Parag was out after scoring 19 in 12 after his wicket fell Shimron Hetmyer walked in.

Sunil Narine gives away just 3 runs in the 16th over. 

Sanju Samson at 54 in 46
Parag at 13 in 8 balls 

In the last 3 overs, RR could only score 18 runs with a loss of 1 wicket.

Anukul Roy to Karun Nair, CAUGHT by Rinku Singh, OUT on the first ball of 14th over.

Nair walks back after scoring 13 in 13 balls. Riyan Parag comes in next. 

Roy gives away 10 runs in the 14th over. Sanju Samson smashes a fifty.

Sanju Samson at 51 in 39, including 7 FOURS and 1 SIX 
Riyan Parag at 8 in 3

Rajasthan at 100/3 in 14 overs. 

Tim Southee leaks 12 runs in the 13th over. 

Sanju Samson at 49 in 37, including 7 FOURS and 1 SIX 
Karun Nair at 13 in 12

Rajasthan at 90/2 in 13 overs. 

Southee to Buttler, Caught by Mavi near the boundary, OUT!

Buttler walks back after scoring 22 in 25 balls. 

Tim Southee gives away 9 runs in 9th over. 

RR at 58/2 in 9 overs.

Sunil Narine leaks 7 runs in the 8th over. 

Samson smashed a four, as he scores 27 in 21 balls.
Buttler at 18 in 23 balls.

They together make it a 43 run partnership in 36 balls.
 
Rajasthan at 49/1 in 8 overs

Rajasthan score 11 runs in the 6th over off Anukul Roy. 

Buttler at 13 in 17
Samson at 12 in 12

RR score 38/1 in 6 overs. 

Rajasthan collect 3 FOURS in the 5th over as Umesh gave away 15 runs this over. 

Buttler at 11 in 14
Samson at 21 in 15

RR score 27/1 in 5 overs. 

Umesh Yadav to Padikkal, CAUGHT & BOWLED by Yadav on the first ball of 3rd over!

Yadav gives Kolkata an early lead as Devdutt Padikkal walks back after scoring just a single in 7 balls. 

Sanju Samson is the new man in. 

Umesh throws a wicket-maiden over for Kolkata

RR at 7/1 in 3 overs. 

Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal began the innings for Rajasthan.

Buttler smashed a FOUR as Rajasthan Royals finish first over at 4/0. 

Buttler at 4 in 6 balls 
Padikkal at 0 for 2. 

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer(c), Baba Indrajith(w), Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi

Changes:

For Kolkata Knight Riders there are 2 changes:

Anukul Roy comes in place of Venkatesh Iyer and Shivam Mavi is back. 

For Rajasthan Royals, 1 change:

Karun Nair is back in place of Daryll Mitchell

In their last match this season, Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs and their star batter Jos Buttler had smashed a ton. However, in all the 27 meetings between these two teams of IPL, Kolkata have a slight upper-hand. While they have met 27 times, one match had no result. Kolkata won 13 and Rajasthan have won 12 times. 

Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) have now lost 5-consecutive matches in IPL 2022 and would look to come on the winning track when they take on a high-on-confidence Rajasthan Royals(RR) for the second time this season on Monday at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Rajasthan dominated Kolkata in their previous meeting in the ongoing IPL season.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won just 3 in 9 matches and are placed 8th in the points table. Shreyas Iyer-led side started the season quite well but has been looking off-track for the past few matches. While Shreyas Iyer has been batting decently well, Russell has been occasionally good. The franchise's decision to sit out Pat Cummins after a few bad matches has failed to give any positive result. The side looked clumsy with Venkatesh Iyer's batting position and it could affect the team's performance in the next match as well. Read More