Buttler century helped RR chased down 224 run target (Image credit:- X)
| Kolkata Knight Riders:- 223/6 (20 overs) | Rajasthan Royals:- 224/8 (20 overs) |
Jos Buttler (107* runs from 60 balls) second century of the season gives Rajasthan Royals thrilling last ball win. They chased down 224 run target in the last ball of the innings with 2 wickets remaining.
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Sunil Narine’s (109 runs from 56 balls) first IPL century which includes 13 fours and 6 sixes helped Kolkata Knight Riders to put a mammoth total on the board. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (30 runs from 18 balls) and Rinku Singh (20* runs from 9 balls) also given useful contribution to their side.
Narine scored his first IPL century (Image Credit:- X)
Rajasthan Royals spinners Yuzvendra Chahal given 54 runs and Ravichandran Ashwin given 49 runs in their quota of 4 overs. Both together leaked 103 runs in 8 overs.
Avesh Khan (2/35 in 4 overs) , Kuldeep Sen (2/46 in 4 overs) , Trent Boult (1/31 in 4 overs) and Yuzvendra Chahal (1/54 in 4 overs) are the wicket takers for RR.
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Jos Butler(107* runs from 60 balls) who came as an impact player scored a match wining century for RR which includes 9 fours and 6 sixes. Riyan Parag (34 runs from 14 balls) and Rovman Powell (26 runs from 13 balls) are the other major contributors for RR.
Chasing 224 run target Rajasthan Royals lost 6 wickets for 121 runs in 12.2 overs. The innings of Jos Butler and Rovman Powell pulled the game back in favor of RR. They were 46 runs behind when Sunil Narine trapped Rovman Powell in front of the stumps after hitting 3 sixes in the same over.
Jos Butler then single handedly took them home in the last ball of the innings.
Sunil Narine (2/30 in 4 overs) , Varun Chakravarthy (2/36 in 4 overs) , Harshit Rana (2/45 in 4 overs) and Vaibhav Arora (1/45 in 3 overs) are the wicket takers for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Player of the Match:- Jos Buttler(107* runs from 60 balls)
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