The Royals ended their three-match dropping streak with the large win and jumped to 3rd within the standings with 12 factors from 12 video games. The win with 41 balls to spare additionally gave the Royals a large enhance to their web run-rate (0.0633) because the play-off race heats up.
As it occurred: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
After the Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (187) turned the very best wicket-taker in IPL historical past, their opener younger Yashasvi Jaiswal (98*) slammed the quickest fifty, off 13 balls, within the league to assist the guests chase down a modest goal within the 14th over.
Riding on an unbeaten 121-run stand between Jaiswal and Sanju Samson (48*), the Royals chased down the 150-run goal in simply 13.1 overs for the large win.
Opting to bowl first, Chahal got here up with an excellent 4/25 because the Royals restricted KKR to a below-par 149/8.
On a day KKR batters struggled to time the ball, 21-year-old Jaiswal confirmed the way in which by citing the quickest fifty, bettering the earlier file held by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins (14 balls every).
With the modest chase, Jaiswal remained two runs shy of a century (98 from 47 balls), a knock studded with 13 fours and 5 sixes.
Samson gave tremendous assist to the southpaw with a 48 not out from 29 balls because the duo shared an unbroken match-winning partnership of 121 runs off simply 69 balls.
It is all however over for KKR who slipped to seventh place (10 factors, 12 matches).
Jaiswal made his intention clear within the first over itself when KKR skipper Nitish Rana made a daring transfer to bowl himself.
Wasting no time, Jaiswal seized on the chance and smashed Rana for 2 sixes and two fours in a row in a 26-run over.
He hit Shardul Thakur with a hat-trick of fours to race to his fifty within the third over itself as RR just about sealed the problem scoring 78/1 inside powerplay.
To pile on the KKR distress, Sunil Narine dropped a simple catch when Samson was on 16.
The skipper then got here on his personal when he smoked Jharkhand left-arm spinner Anukul Roy for 3 sixes in a 20-run over.
On a day RR dished out an eye-grabbing fielding show, Chahal (187 wickets) eclipsed Dwayne Bravo (183) to develop into the all-time main wicket-taker of the IPL when he struck off his second ball to dismiss KKR skipper Rana (22; 17b) within the eleventh over.
Chahal’s breakthrough got here simply when KKR appeared to step up after a pathetic begin when two astonishing catches of Shimron Hetmyer and Sandeep Sharma set the tone.
Both got here in Trent Boult’s successive overs because the Kiwi left-arm pacer returned with 2/15 from his three overs on his return.
After an costly second over when he leaked 15 runs, Chahal got here again within the loss of life overs and dismissed KKR topscorer Venkatesh Iyer (57; 42b) and Shardul Thakur (1) in 4 balls.
He ended his spell dismissing the the most recent KKR sensation Rinku Singh (16) within the penultimate over to additionally develop into the main wicket-taker this season (21).
Put in on a dry Eden wicket, KKR frontline batters got here a cropper, as Venkatesh held the fort and returned to kind with a preventing fifty.
From being two off 12 balls, Venkatesh paced his innings nicely and raced to a 39-ball fifty. But he slashed a large supply from Chahal to be brilliantly caught by Boult.
Andre Russell (10) did not make it huge after he was promoted to No 5 and fell to KM Asif (1/34).
KKR, who have been 58/2 after 9 overs, appeared to grab the momentum after taking a strategic day out within the tenth over.
Venkatesh lastly broke free smashing Ashwin for back-to-back sixes, whereas Rana ended the over with a chic 4 by extra-cover to take them to 76/2 on the halfway mark.
KKR appeared heading in the right direction for an honest complete earlier than Chahal triggered a mid-innings collapse.
(With inputs from PTI)
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