RR vs KXIP HIGHLIGHTS, IPL 2020: Samson-Tewatia Heroics Help RR Beat KXIP By Four Wickets, Complete Highest Run Chase In IPL History

Both KXIP and RR head into tonight's game with no shortage of confidence! For KXIP, their skipper Kl Rahul will be key threat for Rajasthan Royals. But, RR have their own trump card in Sanju Samson. Fans are in tonight for a thrilling contest in Sharjah with RR and KXIP both looking to continue their winning run and add two more points to their account.

Background

IPL 2020 RR vs KXIP: The 9th match of IPL 2020 will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab from 7:30 pm today at UAE's smallest ground, Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Both the team's will aim to continue winning momentum after starting the tournament as underdogs.

Rajasthan also played its first match of this season on this ground. They were able to hit 33 sixes and 18 fours in this match against Chennai Super Kings. In such a situation, one can see fours and sixes raining in Sharjah once again in today's game.

Rajasthan Royals has star batsmen like Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson. On the other hand, there are players like KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Gayle and James Neesham in the KXIP team.

 

KXIP in their last match had defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore. Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul scored an unbeaten 132-run to take the team total beyond 200. After that the bowlers restricted RCB's strong batting order to just 109 runs.

 

RR vs KXIP Weather Report- How will the weather be at Sharjah Cricket Stadium?

 

The weather will be perfectly clear in this match played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. However, the players will also have to face severe heat here. With this, dew will also have an important role here and the team that wins the toss can decide to bowl first.

 

RR vs KXIP Pitch Report

Sharjah Cricket Stadium is much smaller than Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Looking at the pitch, the batsmen can get some help here as the ball is expected to come nicely onto the bat. Fans can get another high scoring match here.

 

RR vs KXIP Match prediction

 

Rajasthan Royals have a better chance to win this match.

 

Predicted playing XI of Rajasthan Royals-

Rajasthan Royals - Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Steve Smith, Robin Uthappa, Rahul Tewatia, Tom Curran, Ryan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer and Jaydev Unadkat.

 

Predicted playing XI Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab - KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Sheldon Cottrell and Mohammed Shami.

 

Full Squads-

 

Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith (captain), Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, MananVohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Anirudha Joshi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran

 

Kings XI Punjab Squad: Lokesh Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Sarfaraz Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Chris Jordan, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Murugan Ashwin, James Neesham, Deepak Hooda, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ishan Porel, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Tajinder Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Arshdeep Singh, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar

23:39 PM (IST)  •  27 Sep 2020

.@IamSanjuSamson is the Man of the Match for his stupendous knock of 85 off 42 deliveries. #Dream11IPL #RRvKXIP https://t.co/ool0rLCoZI

23:13 PM (IST)  •  27 Sep 2020

After a heroic innings from Sanju Samson (85 off 42 balls) and Steve Smith (50 off 27 balls), remarkable hitting from Rahul Tewatia (53 off 31 balls) powered Rajasthan Royals to a four-wicket win!

Having struggled for most of the innings, Tewatia smashes FIVE sixes in an over to set up a thrilling finish! In the end Jofra Archer smashed back-to-back sixes in the final over with Tewatia scoring a fifty before getting out...but before that he ensured with the bat that RR get their first win in IPL 2020 and pull off the highest run chase in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL).

23:05 PM (IST)  •  27 Sep 2020

30 runs off the 18th over from the bat of Rahul Tewatia and he has turned this game on its head!

23:04 PM (IST)  •  27 Sep 2020

Tewatia starts the over with a BANG! Big relief for RR in the chase and what a way to get that building pressure off! Tewati TURNS HIS INNINGS AROUND and HITS FIVE SIXES IN A ROW! 6, 6, 6, 6, 0, 6 - Rahul Tewatia (47*) smacks four back-to-back sixes off Sheldon Cottrell! RR- 203/3 after 18 overs

22:56 PM (IST)  •  27 Sep 2020

MASSIVE WICKET ! Mohammed Shami comes back into the attack and gets Sanju Samson (85) first ball! Samson misses out on a ton as well as he looks to play the upper cut but guides it into the hand of Wicket-keeper KL Rahul. Robin Uthappa is the next man in.

KXIP vs RR, Live Score: RR are 173/3 after 17 overs