Jos Buttler’s unbeaten century helps Rajasthan Royals complete a famous victory against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.Â
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Buttler shepherds the highest run chase in IPL history by climbing the mount of 224. What an absolute gem of an innings from the English batter. RR win by two wickets.Â
RR: 224/8, 20 overs
KKR vs RR Live: 100 for Buttler!
Short ball on middle and off. Buttler rocks on backfoot and thumps the ball over long on for a huge MAXIMUM! Three required in five balls.
KKR vs RR Live: 9 required in 6 balls
Jos Buttler has taken RR perilously close to a famous win. Smashes 19 runs in the penultimate over and RR only need nine runs.
KKR: 215/8, 19 overs
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Fuller length delivery wide outside off. Buttler digs it out and slams it straight down to long off for a single but calls for the extra run. Boult obliges but is caught well short of the crease. Boult run out (Shreyas Iyer/Starc) 0(1)
RR: 186/8, 17.4 overs
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A length ball bowled straight on the stumps. Powell is outfoxed by the flipper and gets pinned on the back leg. Narine appeals and the umpire raises the finger. RR go upstairs but the decision remains same. Powell lbw b Narine 26(13)
RR: 178/6, 16.4 overs
KKR vs RR Live: Buttler with the rearguard action
After struggling to get going, Buttler has started letting loose in the last couple of overs. Powell has also shown the intent to search for the big ones.
RR: 162/6, 16 overs
KKR vs RR Live: KKR on top
Varun Chakravarthy has single-handedly changed the complexion of the match by picking two wickets in two balls to put KKR in the driving seat.
RR: 128/6, 14 overs
KKR vs RR Live: 11 overs completed
Royals have fallen into a bit of slump here. KKR bowlers have tightened the noose and the duo of Ashwin-Buttler is finding it difficult to score.
RR: 115/4, 11 overs
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Flighted ball on offstump that turns into the batter. Jurel plays down the wrong line and gets hit on the back pad. Umpire initially gives it not out but KKR go upstairs and the decision is overturned. Dhruv Jurel lbw b Narine 2(4)
RR: 100/4, 8.4 overs
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Slower length ball delivered in the slot on middle and off. Parag clears his front leg and attempts to go downtown but can only sky it straight towards cow corner where Andre Russell takes a smart catch. Riyan Parag c Russell b Harshit Rana 34(14)
RR: 97/3, 7.5 overs
KKR vs RR Live: Powerplay overs completed
Despite losing two wickets in the powerplay, Royals have managed to just about keep up with the asking run rate. Parag and Buttler will have to go big from here to reach anywhere near the target.
RR: 76/2, 6 overs
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Length ball on middle and leg. Samson stuck on the crease, plays through the line but gets a leading edge which is caught with ease by Narine on mid on. Samson c Narine b Harshit Rana 12(8)
RR: 47/2, 4.2 overs
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KKR vs RR Live: WICKET!
Length ball bowled in the channel outside off and Jaiswal goes fishing for it. Gets a thick outside edge that is snaffled up with ease by Iyer at first slip. Jaiswal c Venkatesh Iyer b Vaibhav Arora 19(9)
RR: 22/1, 1.5 overs
KKR vs RR Live: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler open innings for RR
A decent first over for RR as Jaiswal safely negotiated the swing of Mitchell Starc. Buttler is the impact sub for the Royals.
RR: 11/0, 1 over
KKR vs RR Live: KKR finish with 223/6
KKR put up a formidable 223/6 on board, courtesy of an excellent knock from Narine. RR would have to play out of their skins to chase this.
KKR: 223/6, 20 overs
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Length ball from Boult and Narine’s fantastic innings comes to an end. The ball shapes a little and the West Indian can’t get bat on it.
KKR: 195/5, 17.3 overs
KKR vs RR Live: 100 for Narine
The West Indian comes clutch yet again. Smashes a brilliant hundred. Slog sweeps a length ball for a boundary.
KKR: 184/3, 16 overs
KKR vs RR Live: Russel at the crease
Having lost two quick wickets, KKR would hope that Andre Russell comes big tonight. He has joined fellow West Indian Sunil Narine at the crease and KKR are above 150.
KKR: 150/3, 14.2 overs
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Flighted ball on middle and off. Iyer sits on one knee and attempts an almighty heave but misses it completely. The ball whistles past his bat and thuds into the back leg. The RR fielders appeal and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. Iyer goes upstairs but the exercise is futile. Shreyas Iyer lbw b Chahal 11(7)
KKR: 133/3, 13 overs
KKR vs RR Live: KKR lose Angkrish
KKR lose Angkrish for 30 as Kuldeep Sen gets the breakthrough. Captain Iyer comes out in the middle. The home side are well on course for a total beyond 200 as they are already 110-2 (11).Â
KKR vs RR Live: Narine scores a fine 50
At the halfway mark, it is a good start for KKR as Narine is past the 50-run mark and looks set for a big one. Meanwhile, Angkrish is also well-settled as the partnership is flourishing, having already added 79 (39). Who will provide the breakthrough for RR? KKR 100-1 (10)
KKR vs RR Live: Narine accelerates
Narine accelerated to maximise the PP overs even after KKR lost Salt, caught and bowled to Avesh Khan. KKR 56-1 (6).
KKR vs RR Live: KKR openers get going
KKR openers are already on the move. Narine started it and Salt has just joined him as well. KKR 20/0 (3).
KKR vs RR Live: Phil Salt gets an early reprieve
Just two runs off the first over but Trent Boult would feel unlucky as Phil Salt gets an early reprieve with a simple catch dropped by Riyan Parag at point. KKR 2/0 (1).
KKR vs RR Live Score: IMPACT SUBS
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora
Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs:Â Jos Buttler, Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Nandre Burger
KKR vs RR Live Score: TEAMS
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal
KKR vs RR Live Score: WHAT THE CAPTAINS SAID
Sanju Samson: We would like to bowl first. Might be better to chase on this. Very much excited to be back in Eden Gardens, there’s a great vibe in the stadium. Jos and Ash are available for this game, so they are coming back.
Shreyas Iyer: Would have loved to bowl as well based on the last game, on how the ball moved around. Whenever he (Narine) comes in, he is hard to read and he’s got that poker face all throughout, we want him to perform him the way he has. We are playing the same team.
KKR vs RR Live Score: Toss update
Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and opted to field first
KKR vs RR Live Score: Pitch report
Samuel Badree and Michael Clarke: There’s a disparity of 12 metres square of the wicket – 59m and 71m; down the ground – 75m. Expect the bowlers to be defending on the bigger side. We’ve seen some contrasting matches here so far – 208 narrowly defended, 161 quite easily chased. I think it (pitch) is pretty similar to what we saw the other day.
We thought 190 was par, that was a day game, this is a night game. There’s going to be some dew, it’s extremely humid out here as well. Both teams will be looking to chase. It’s a really good surface. You’ve got a lightning-fast outfield, the boundaries are pretty consistent, nice even pitch, you want to bat at any stage. Maximise the new ball on a surface like this while it’s rock-hard.
KKR vs RR Live Score: Squads
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Abid Mushtaq, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera
KKR vs RR Live Score: Kolkata host RR in clash-of-the-titans
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