Kolkata: Sunil Narine’s century did not work. Jos Buttler practically single-handedly grabbed KKR’s victory in the reverse century. Jos Buttler is once again the hero of Rajasthan Royals’ victory with a last-over-last-ball finish in a breathless match. Buttler remained unbeaten by playing a match-winning innings of 107 runs from 60 balls. Along with Gambhir and KKR players, Shah Rukh Khan also looked disappointed as the winning match was missed. Sanju Samson’s team retained the top spot in the league table as a result of winning this match.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first. The start of the day was not good for KKR. Phil Salt, the hero of the last match, was dismissed for 10 runs. However, Sunil Narine was in a devastating mood that day. English Raghuvanshi gave him worthy company. He also bats aggressively. The two also made a partnership of half a century. He added 85 runs for the second wicket and put the team on a solid foundation.
After Raghuvanshi was dismissed for 30 runs, Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell did not get a run that day. However, Sunil Narine continued his marquetry innings. In the end, Narine was bowled after playing an innings of 109 runs from 56 balls. His innings consisted of 13 fours and 6 sixes. At the end, Rinku Singh batted again. 20 done by Rinku. In the end, KKR scored 223 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Rajasthan Royals batted in an aggressive mood from the start chasing runs. But Rajasthan kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Yasswi Jaiswal scored 19 and Sanju Samson got out with 12 runs. Then Ryan Parag and Jos Buttler made a 50-run partnership. Parag returned to Sajghar with 34 off 14 balls. After that, wickets started falling from one side. Ashwin 8, Dhruv Jurel 2 and Hetmyer were out for nil.
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Buttler continued his innings despite the wicket falling from one side. At one point Rajasthan’s required run rate exceeded 16 per over. From there, the devastating innings of Butler and Rovman Powell brought Rajasthan back into the match. Powell was out for 26 off 13 balls, but Buttler pulled the team alone. He completed his century by matching the KKR bowlers. Rajasthan needed 9 runs to win in the last over. Buttler finished the match with the last ball.
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