RR vs KKR, Highlights: Rajasthan Royals Win By 6 Wickets, Clinical Win For Sanju Samson's Men
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals will go up against each other in Match 18 of the IPL 2021. Both teams are desperate for a win here as KKR and RR have won only one match each, out of the four they have played so far. Who will be able to overturn the tide? Follow the Live Blog below.
#IPL2021: #RR defeat #KKR by 6 wickets!
Miller hits the fourth ball of the 18th over for a 4.
RR Live Score: 127/4 (17.3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders made a big appeal for LBW against David Miller.
But the ball was missing the stumps as shown in the replay later.
Rajasthan Royals need just 33 in just 36 balls.
Samson - 35 (34)
Miller - 1 (1)
100/4 (13.4)
Rajasthan Royals Live Score: 77/2 (9 overs)
Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube are scoring runs at a brisk pace.
KKR need 57 in just 66 balls.
Shivam Mavi gets his man! The plan to keep the fast bowler on for a third over has worked.
Jaiswal out for 22 (17)
RR Live Score: 40/2 (4.5 overs)
Rajasthan Royals: 40/1 (4.4 overs)
Despite the wicket of Jos Butter, Rajasthan Royals seem to be doing it easily. RR batsmen are middling the ball and Mavi and co have very little answers.
Rajasthan Royals walk in to bat at the Wankhede Stadium to chase down a modest total of 134.
Yashasvi Jaiswal getting into the act early on with two 4s.
RR Live Score: 11/0 (1.4 overs)
KKR fans woud be not happy after looking at the final score today.
KKR ended their innings at 133/9. After a bad start, Kolkata Knight Riders could not capitalize even at the end. No positives what so ever, for Kolkata's batsmen.
All the batsmen are showing some promise but getting out scoring very few runs.
KKR find difficult to even cross 140.
KKR in deep trouble at the Wankhede!
After 18 overs, KKR have lost all their batsmen.
KKR Live Score: 118/7 (18 overs)
Russell smashes one but gets out on the bowling of Chris Morris.
Pat Cummins walks in!
KKR Live Score: 118/7
The in-form Adre Russell walks in to bat after Tripathi gets out to Mustafizur Rehman.
KKR Live Score: 94/5 (15.5 overs)
Can KKR maximize their scoring rate in the remainign six overs?
IPL Live Score: 86/4 (14.2 overs)
Eoin Morgans walks back after a disastrous run-out.
Yes and no between him and Tripathi catches Morgan indecisively. KKR in trouble here
KKR Live Score: 61/4 (10.3 overs)
Sunil Narine scored a boundary of the first ball that he faced.
KKR live Score: 50/2 (8.3 overs)
Nitish Rana goes after scoring a slow 22 runs in 25 balls.
KKR Live Score: 45/2 (8.1 overs)
Shubhman Gill gets run out courtesy of a brilliant effort in the field by Jos Buttler.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsmen are being watchful and not playing too many shots.
In the process, the scoring rate has gone down. Nitish Rana and Shubhman Gill will have to up the ante now.
Rana - 11 (15)
Gill - 11 (18)
Nitish Rana plays a brilliant shot to end Jaydev Unadkat for a four.
First boundary of the night for KKR.
Kolkata Knight Riders begin their innings watchfully as they score 8 runs in the first two overs.
KKR Live Score: 8/0 (2 overs)
Eoin Morgan and Sanju Samson are walking in along with the mach refree for the toss.
Hello and welcome everyone in this super-saturday. Today, it is the clash of the two teams who are low down the points table.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) it is going to be from the Wankhede Stadium.
Toss will take place at 7 pm, IST.
With both the teams, struggling to find some form and inspiration, a win here could do wonders for the morale of the team. Stay tuned with us today.
Background
IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium from 7:30 pm. The match is being played at a time when IPL is entering in a very interesting phase. All the teams are slowly finding their best combinations and there is more understanding seen between the players.
KKR are back from a heart-breaking loss against CSK in their previous match. Fats-bowler, Pat Cummins along with Andre Russell put up a spirited performance with the bat while chasing 221. KKR at one stage in the match, were 31/5 after 5 overs. From there, to take the team so close to the target must have boosted KKR's confidence despite a loss. With the arrival of Sunil Narine in the team, it is being speculated that he will open the innings like he used to in the previous editions for KKR.
On the other hand, RR must look to improve their performance especially in batting. Jos Buttler and David Miller, the two star overseas players must step up to the occassion.
The head-to-head performance of KKR and RR puts KKR ahead of RR. Kolkata has won 12 matches out of the 22 played so far between the two franchises.
The toss is scheduled to take place at 7pm at the Wankhede Stadium. The captain winning the toss has, more often than not, decided to bowl first. We can expect the same today on a dry Wankhede Stadium.
Predicted Playing XI
Rajasthan Royals Predicted XI: : Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal/Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahma
Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted XI: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
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