In the 18th match of theIndian Premier League (IPL) 2021, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has lost thematch by six wickets against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Saturday night’s match wasplayed at the Wankhede Stadium, Chennai.
KKR had set the run-target of 133 forRR, which the latter swiftly beat in 18.5 overs. RR made a shaky start to theinnings with the loss of an early wicket. However, when captain Sanju Samson cameinto the middle, it refilled the hopes and spirits among the players. Samson (notout) scored 42 off 41 balls while David Miller (not out) shared a partnershipwith Samson and scored 24 runs to help RR win tonight’s match.
Shivam Dubey hasalso made a contribution to push the score for victory with 22 runs off 18 deliveries.For RR, Chris Morris did his part well by snatching the four wickets of KKR infour overs. Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, and Mustafizur Rahman took a singlewicket each, though.
Meanhwile, KKR’s star bolwer was onceagain Varun Chakravarthy, who took two wickets unlike Shivam Mahi and PrasidhKrishna who took a wicket each. KKR players, Rahul Tripathi made 36 runs,Nitish Rana (22) and Dinesh Karthik (25) set a target of 134 in 20 overs forRR.