KKR vs RR Cricket Score: As it happened in Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (KKR vs RR) in IPL 2019.
KKR vs RR, Live Cricket Score: Teenager Riyan Parag led a dramatic late fightback along with Jofra Archer as Rajasthan Royals recovered from a batting slump to snatch a thrilling three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in a dramatic IPL match on Thursday.
The 17-year-old Parag scored a 31-ball 47 and added 44 crucial runs with Archer - who remained not out on 27 off just 12 balls -- for the seventh wicket from 3.3 overs to turn the match on its head after the Royals were reduced to 98 for 5 in the 13th over. The Royals needed 54 runs from the final five overs with just four lower order batsmen to come and the match was definitely for KKR's taking at that stage but the script changed altogether as the home side slumped to their sixth loss on the trot.
Archer, who was playing his last IPL match of the season as he is leaving for England, hit a six to win the match as the Royals reached 177 for 7 in 19.2 overs.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): 177/7 after 19.2 overs
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): 175/6 in 20 overs
IPL 2019 KKR vs RR: Full Scorecard
Earlier, under-fire skipper Dinesh Karthik silenced his critics with a career-best 97 not out as Kolkata Knight Riders recovered from an atrocious start to post a competitive 175 for six.
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Here's how it unfolded in KKR vs RR match in IPL 2019:
1. RR win toss, KKR bat first
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Steve Smith won the toss and asked Dinesh Karthik to bat first. Rajasthan made two changes to their said as Oshane Thomas made his IPL debut in place of Ashton Turner, while Dhawal Kulkarni made way for Varun Aaron. For Kolkata, Prasidh Krishna and Carlos Brathwaite came in for KC Cariappa and Harry Gurney.
The @rajasthanroyals win the toss and elect to bowl first against the @KKRiders at the Eden Gardens.#KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/DDzYVTHlyh
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 25, 2019
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Oshane Thomas, Varun Aaron
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Piyush Chawla, Yarra Prithviraj, Prasidh Krishna
2. Varun Aaron bowls Chris Lynn for 0
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Chris Lynn and Shubman Gill started for Kolkata Knight Riders. However, Varun Aaron dealt Kolkata an early blow as he bowled Lynn for a duck. Lynn lasted just three balls. Aaron then bowled Shubman Gill (14) in the fifth over to take his second wicket. (Image: AFP)
3. Varun Aaron removes Shubman Gill
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Varun Aaron then bowled Shubman Gill (14) in the fifth over to take his second wicket. Shreyas Gopal then sent back Nitish Rana (21 off 26 balls). He was caught by Aaron as Kolkata were reduced to 42/3 in 8.2 overs. (Image: AFP)
4. KKR lose quick wickets
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Shreyas Gopal then sent back Nitish Rana (21 off 26 balls). He was caught by Aaron as Kolkata were reduced to 42/3 in 8.2 overs. Dinesh Karthik went after Gopal in one over collecting 25 runs. However. KKR suffered another blow as Sunil Narine was run out for 11. (Image: AFP)
5. KKR score 175-6
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Andre Russell was dropped at 3 by Stuart Binny off Jofra Archer in the 15th over. He then got another life when Shreyas Gopal failed to hold on to a very high catch in the 17th over. However, he was not third-time lucky and was dismissed in the same over for 14. Carlos Braithwaite (5) also did not last long.
Dinesh Karthik, however, kept going for KKR. The captain remained 97 not out as Kolkata Knight Riders reached 175 for 6 in their 20 overs. (Image: AFP)
6. Rajasthan falter after good start
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Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson took RR past 50 in the first five overs. However, they lost Rahane (34), Samson (22) and Steve Smith (2) in the 6th, 7th and 8th overs respectively. Ben Stokes (11) fell in the 10th over to make it 78/4. Stuart Binny fell for just 11 going for a big shot. (Image: AFP)
7. Spinners do the damage
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Sunil Narine got the wickets of Rahane and Smith while Piyush Chawla dismissed Samson, Stokes and Binny as KKR spinners put RR on backfoot. (Image: AFP)
8. Riyan Parag leads the fightback
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Riyan Parag kept adding runs at the other end. Shreyas Gopal added valuable 18 runs off 9 balls. Parag was hit-wicket for 47 in the 19th over but Jofra Archer (27*) took Royals over the line in the final over. (Image: AFP)
