KKR vs RR 2024 highlights: The Rajasthan Royals won the 31st match of the IPL 2024 schedule by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders on April 16 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowlers put up a good fight, but Jos Buttler’s Century outsmarted the KKR and secured a win for the side. After this victory, Rajasthan Royals remained in the top position of the IPL 2024 points table.
Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders posted 223 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Sunil Narine continued to bat despite the fall of wickets at regular intervals. The other opener Philip Salt was sent out with 10 runs, Angkrish Raghuvanshi stood aside Sunil Narine to score 30 runs on 18 deliveries.
He had a tough start on the day, scoring only 26 runs by the end of power play but scoring 50 in 29 balls. During Ashwin’s over, he picked up 15 runs, hitting two fours and a six.
After Shreyas Iyer was sent out with 13 runs, Andre Russell was sent out with 13 runs. With Venkatesh Iyer sent out with 8 runs, Rinku Singh scored an unbeaten 20 in 9 deliveries. Avesh Khan and Kuldeep Sen picked up two wickets for Rajasthan while Yuzvendra Chahal and Trent Boult bagged one wicket each.
Finally, Kolkata Knight Riders amassed a score of 223 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler opened for Rajasthan as the former sent out with 19 runs by Vaibhav. Sanju Samson was sent out with 12 runs while Riyan Parag scored 34 runs in 14 deliveries including four fours and 2 sixes.
The middle-order batters were sent out with single digits, but Buttler set to continue to bat and in a pursuit to score a half-century. Rajasthan Royals scored 125 runs in 13 overs losing 6 wickets.
With the partnership of Rovman Powell, Buttler took a stance on the ground to score 107 runs on 60 deliveries which shadowed the century by Sunil Narine in their innings.
Finally, the side won the match in the last ball of the match with two balls remaining at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
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