Kolkata Knight Riders won by 60 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 60 runs in the 54th match of the 13th season of IPL. With this victory Kolkata remains intact in the play-off race. At the same time, Rajasthan has become the third team to be eliminated from the tournament. Earlier, Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab were eliminated from the tournament.

Batting first after losing the toss in Dubai, Kolkata gave Rajasthan a target of 192 runs. In response, Rajasthan were able to score 131 runs at the loss of 9 wickets.

Cummins scattered in the power-play Rajasthan team could not withstand the pressure of the big match, chasing the target in the match or die. Kolkata fast bowler Pat Cummins scattered the team with 4 wickets in the power-play itself. Rajasthan had lost 5 big batsmen for 37 runs. Cummins gave the team the first 3 lashes. He bowled captain Steve Smith (4). Ben Stokes (18) got wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and Robin Uthappa (6) caught by Kamlesh Nagerkoti.

The fourth wicket of Rajasthan was taken by Shivam Mavi. He got Shivam Mavi (1) caught out by Karthik. In the 5th over of the innings, Cummins sent Ryan Parag to the pavilion without opening the account. Karthik catches pollen.

Butler and Teotia tried to handle the innings, Jos Buttler took 35 runs off 22 balls and Rahul Tewatia 31 runs off 27 balls, but could not win the team. Both wickets were taken by Varun Chakraborty. Cummins Buttia to Butler was caught by Karthik. Sanju Samson (1) was caught by Shivam Mavi at the hands of wicketkeeper Karthik. KKR fast bowler Pat Cummins took the maximum 4 wickets. Varun Chakraborty and Shivam Mavi got 2–2 wickets.

Morgan's first FIFT Kolkata in the season scored 191 runs after losing 7 wickets. Team captain Eoin Morgan scored the highest score of 68 off 35 balls. This is his first in a season and the fifth in the league. Apart from him, Rahul Tripathi scored 39 and Shubman Gill scored 36 runs. In the end, Andre Russell scored 25 off 11 balls. Rahul Tewatia of Rajasthan took the most 3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Apart from these, Karthik Tyagi got 2 and Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal got 1-1 wickets.

Kolkata reached a big score after a poor start KKR had a very poor start. The team lost the first wicket on 1 run. Nitish Rana returned to the pavilion without opening an account. After this, opener Shubman and Rahul shared a 72-run partnership for the second wicket. After this, the team lost 4 wickets one after the other within 26 runs. From here, Morgan scored 45 with Russell and 40 with Pat Cummins to take the score to 191.

Teotia sent 3 bowlers from Kolkata to pavilion, giving 3 shocks to KKR. He sent Dinesh Karthik and Sunil Narine to the pavilion without opening an account. Karthik got Steve Smith and Naren caught by Ben Stokes. At the same time, Shubman Gill was also caught by Jos Buttler at Tevatia's ball.

2 changes in Kolkata's playing eleven

Royals captain Steve Smith did not make any changes in the playing eleven. At the same time, Kolkata's Captain Eoin Morgan has made two changes in the team. Shivam Mavi and Andre Russell were replaced in place of Rinku Singh and Loki Ferguson.

Both teams:

Kolkata: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil Naren, Eoin Morgan (captain), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakraborty.

Rajasthan: Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Jose Butler, Ryan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Joffra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron and Karthik Tyagi.