Mumbai: IPL's most expensive player Chris Morris (four for 23) excellent bowling and captain Sanju Samson's unbeaten 42-run innings helped Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 14 on Saturday. Defeated by six wickets to record their second win in five matches. Rajasthan beat Kolkata by a paltry 133 for nine in 20 overs to win by 134 for four in 18.5 overs. With this defeat, captain Ian Morgan's Kolkata team suffered its fourth defeat in five matches and is ranked eighth and last in the table.
Samson hit two fours and a six off 41 balls in an unbeaten 42-match winning innings. Young opener Yashwi Jaiswal scored 22 off 17 balls with the help of five fours. Shyam Dubey hit two fours and a six off 22 balls for 18 runs. David Miller made 24 off 23 balls with the help of a four and returned to the unbeaten pavilion with Samson. Rajasthan has reached the sixth position in the table after winning the second match out of five matches.
Earlier, Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field first. The Kolkata batsmen got off to a slow start, scoring 29 for one in the six-over powerplay. Shabhman Gul made just 11 off 19 balls with the help of a four and was run out by a direct thrower from Jose Butler. Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi added 21 runs for the second wicket. Rana caught wicketkeeper Sanju Samson on the ball of Chetan Sakria. Rana scored 22 off 25 balls with the help of a four and a six.
Sunil Narine scored six off seven balls with the help of a four and was dismissed for a good catch by Yashwai Jaiswal off Jay Dev Anadikat. Kolkata captain Avon Morgan was unfortunately run out. Rahul Tripathi played a straight shot and the ball hit the bat of Morgan who was not on strike and Chris Morris picked up the ball and Morgan cornered it. Morgan did not play a ball and did not open his account.
Rahul Tripathi scored 36 off 26 balls with one four and two sixes and was caught by Ryan Prague off Mustafizur Rehman. New batsman Andre Russell hit a six off seven balls and Chris Morris gave David Miller an easy catch on the boundary. Russell scored nine off seven balls with the help of a six. Dinesh Karthik took the last ball of the 18th over of the innings. Karthik hit four fours in 25 runs off 24 balls.
Australia's Pat Cummins, who scored the fastest not-out half-century in the previous match, caught Prague on the second ball of Morris' last over, while Shyam Maui was bowled on the last ball. Cummins hit a six off 10 balls. Maui's bat hit five off seven balls. For Rajasthan, Morris took the most four wickets for just 23 runs in his four overs.
Samson hit two fours and a six off 41 balls in an unbeaten 42-match winning innings. Young opener Yashwi Jaiswal scored 22 off 17 balls with the help of five fours. Shyam Dubey hit two fours and a six off 22 balls for 18 runs. David Miller made 24 off 23 balls with the help of a four and returned to the unbeaten pavilion with Samson. Rajasthan has reached the sixth position in the table after winning the second match out of five matches.
Earlier, Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field first. The Kolkata batsmen got off to a slow start, scoring 29 for one in the six-over powerplay. Shabhman Gul made just 11 off 19 balls with the help of a four and was run out by a direct thrower from Jose Butler. Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi added 21 runs for the second wicket. Rana caught wicketkeeper Sanju Samson on the ball of Chetan Sakria. Rana scored 22 off 25 balls with the help of a four and a six.
Sunil Narine scored six off seven balls with the help of a four and was dismissed for a good catch by Yashwai Jaiswal off Jay Dev Anadikat. Kolkata captain Avon Morgan was unfortunately run out. Rahul Tripathi played a straight shot and the ball hit the bat of Morgan who was not on strike and Chris Morris picked up the ball and Morgan cornered it. Morgan did not play a ball and did not open his account.
Rahul Tripathi scored 36 off 26 balls with one four and two sixes and was caught by Ryan Prague off Mustafizur Rehman. New batsman Andre Russell hit a six off seven balls and Chris Morris gave David Miller an easy catch on the boundary. Russell scored nine off seven balls with the help of a six. Dinesh Karthik took the last ball of the 18th over of the innings. Karthik hit four fours in 25 runs off 24 balls.
Australia's Pat Cummins, who scored the fastest not-out half-century in the previous match, caught Prague on the second ball of Morris' last over, while Shyam Maui was bowled on the last ball. Cummins hit a six off 10 balls. Maui's bat hit five off seven balls. For Rajasthan, Morris took the most four wickets for just 23 runs in his four overs.
