13th over
Varun continues. WICKET!! Slightly short, Ashwin rocks back and pulls it straight to deep mid wicket.
Ashwin c Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Chakaravarthy 8(11)
RR 121/4 in 12 overs
Harshit returns to the attack. Full and quick, Buttler drills to long on for a single. Executes the yorker to perfection, Ashwin manages to jam to the offside for a single. A double off the last ball, six runs from the over.
RR 115/4 in 11 overs
Varun Chakravarthy into the attack. Ashwin lobs one to midwicket for a single. Buttler misses the reverse sweep, appeals from Varun but umpire declines. Review taken. Impact is outside off, Buttler survives. Four!! Ashwin gets a thick edge on his shot, runs past third man for a boundary.
RR 109/4 in 10 overs
Starc returns to the attack. Four! Buttler lofts the first one over mid off for a boundary. A foot from Andre Russell at the deep midwicket fence saves a boundary for KKR. Eight runs from the over.
RR 101/4 in 9 overs
Narine continues. Appeals for LBW, umpire says no but KKR opt to review. WICKET!! Its three reds on ball tracking and Jurel is gone.
Dhruv Jurel lbw b Narine 2(4)
Ashwin in at 6. Takes a review for a wide down leg first up. Is successful in his pursuit.
RR 98/3 in 8 overs
Harshit continues. Six!! Full on the pads, Parag lofts it over square leg for a boundary. Four!! Outside off this time, creams the punch through the offside. Couple of singles to follow. WICKET!! Parag looks to loft one down the ground, mistimes it and Russell takes a good catch to send the dangerous batter back.
Riyan Parag c Russell b Harshit Rana 34(14)
Dhruv Jurel in at 5.
RR 85/2 in 7 overs
Narine into the attack. The offie bowling it quick on the pads, the batters have rotated strike well on the leg side. Eight runs from the over.
RR 72/2 in 6 overs
Vaibhav with his third. Four!! Length on the pads, flicks it behind square for a boundary. Six!! No ball from Arora, Buttler lofts the free hit full toss over the head of long on for six. Six!! In the slot, Parag lofts it over midwicket for six. Four!! Full and wide, creamed through the covers for four more.
RR 53/2 in 5 overs
Harshit Rana into the attack. Buttler gets a single to short midwicket. WICKET!! Samson mistimes his lofted shot straight to mid on. Big wicket!
Samson c Narine b Harshit Rana 12(8)
Riyan Parag in at 4. Four!! Edged but in the gap, runs to the boundary through third man.
RR 46/1 in 4 overs
Vaibhav continues. Four!! Fuller in length, Samson lofts it over mid on for a boundary. Four!! Two in a row, through midwicket for another boundary. Good comeback from Vaibhav, just two runs from the remaining four balls.
RR 36/1 in 3 overs
Starc continues. Samson guides a full ball to third man for a single. Four!! Too full, Buttler drives through extra cover for four. Four!! Short and wide, Buttler cuts it through point for another boundary. Chance! Starc gets Samson’s edge, falls just ahead of Varun at short third. Was a dropped catch that.
RR 23/1 in 2 overs
Vaibhav Arora into the attack. Buttler gets a single to mid on. Four!! Room on the offside, Jaiswal lofts it straight back over the bowler for four. 50 IPL sixes for Jaiswal.
Chance! Jaiswal looks to loft one over mid on, just out of reach of Varun Chakravarthy, the ball runs away for four. WICKET!! Change of angle does the trick. Full and swinging away, he edges it straight to slip.
Jaiswal c Venkatesh Iyer b Vaibhav Arora 19(9)
Samson in at 3, drives a full toss to mid off to get a single.
RR 11/0 in 1 over
Jos Buttler in the impact sub for RR. He opens along with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Vaibhav Arora in as the impact player for KKR.
Starc to open the bowling. Stars off with a wide. Yashasvi gets off the mark with a single to third man. Buttler gets a single to mid on. Four!! Slightly wide, Jaiswal lofts it over cover for the first boundary of the innings. Four!! Slightly shorter, Jaiswal cuts it through backward point for four.
Here is the list of highest run chases in the IPL
RR 226/6 vs PBKS in 2020
MI 219/6 vs DC in 2019
RR 217/7 vs DC in 2008
SRH 217/6 vs RR in 2023
MI 216/4 vs PBKS in 2023
IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals’ chase of 226 runs against Punjab Kings in 2020 remains the highest run chase in the Indian Premier League across the 17 editions
KKR 233/6 in 20 Overs
Rinku Singh with his batting prowess powers KKR to 223/6 and this will require some batting charge from Rajasthan to gun down the total. We will be back in a few minutes!
KKR 214/5 in 19 Overs
Rinku Singh at his best as Avesh Khan misses the yorker length and then finds the deep backward point for a boundary. 16 runs from the over!
KKR 198/5 in 18 Overs
Trent Boult into the attack and gets punished with Narine smashing through the mid-wicket but the Eden Gardens stands up to applaud a magnificent innings from Narine as Boult cleans him up with a brilliant yorker.
KKR 191/4 in 17 Overs
Russell falls and it’s not his night today as Narine is calling his shots. Avesh Khan strikes and there is some much pressure release for Rajasthan. Narine, although executes a brilliant boundary through backward point.
KKR vs RR, IPL 2024: Sunil Narine scores his first T20 hundred in game against Rajasthan Royals
Sunil Narine scored his first career hundred during the IPL 2024 match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.
KKR 184/3 in 16 Overs
Chahal is back into the attack and Narine gets to his highest T20 score by smashing the googly over long-off followed by a boundary straight down the ground. Incredible batting as Narine smacks another six and gets to his century in 49 balls.
KKR 161/3 in 15 Overs
Russell takes charge as he smashes Sen for a boundary over backward point and then Narine keeps going, taking advantage of the width for another boundary. 15 runs from the over as Russell nails Sen through the covers.
KKR 146/3 in 14 Overs
Ashwin has been expensive tonight as he finishes with 4-0-49-0. Luck is on Narine’s shoulders as even a mis-hit has found a space with the ball not landing in the fielder’s hands.
KKR 133/3 in 13 Overs
Chahal getting a bit more purchase with a slider and the leg-spinner strikes by trapping the KKR skipper. A review has been burnt and it was plumb at the very first instance.
KKR 125/2 in 12 Overs
Into the night sky! Ashwin errs and Narine hits him through the line for a maximum. Another shot straight down the ground and Ashwin is taking a hammering. This is some batting from Narine and hitting straight is the key.
KKR 110/2 in 11 Overs
Kuldeep Sen is back into the attack as 16 runs come in the final over of the PowerPlay. Narine reaches his half-century and he has been going all guns blazing. Raghuvanshi falls as Sen gets a wicket. Shreyas Iyer walks in and drills a boundary.
KKR 100/1 in 10 Overs
Narine approaches another half-century as Raghuvanshi motors on. Ashwin doing his job with a review being taken for a wide ball and it was a wide. Narine gets to his fifty with a six in 29 balls and the 100 comes up.
KKR 89/1 in 9 Overs
The excellence of Raghuvanshi is out there as he smashes Chahal for a boundary through the backward point. The technique, the timing, just admire! Sunil Narine clears the boundary for a maximum and the West Indian might be slow but he he is not done!
KKR 74/1 in 8 Overs
Spin from both ends as Ashwin enters into the attack. The veteran spinner challenges Raghuvanshi with his tricky variations but Narine finds a couple of boundaries. Rajasthan’s fielding has been under scanner as the 50-run partnership comes up.
KKR 64/1 in 7 Overs
First signs of spin and it’s Yuzvendra Chahal rolling his arms after the PowerPlay. Raghuvanshi is relying on timing and a flick for a boundary was the top of the shot.
KKR 56/1 in 6 Overs
Kuldeep Sen into the attack but it was the Avesh’s stunning catch that removed Salt. Raghuvanshi is playing with freedom and has managed to find the gaps through the off-side. But Rajasthan aces the PowerPlay. despite Narine smashing a six a boundary.
KKR 40/1 in 5 Overs
Rajasthan Royals have been so good in the PowerPlay and Narine is struggling for timing. Raghuvanshi, however, is getting the runs with some sublime batting and fetching back to back boundaries.
KKR 26/1 in 4 Overs
Rajasthan Royals have been fantastic with their bowling and Avesh Khan takes an excellent catch in his follow through to the left as Salt falls. A brilliant catch! Narine drills a boundary through the backward point and he is at his best.
KKR 20/0 in 3 Overs
Trent Boult at his very best and he is not giving any room. Narine is cramped and so as Salt. Swing is the key and who better than Boult knows it!
KKR 12/0 in 2 Overs
Avesh Khan tests Sunil Narire with a lovely bouncer but then the batsman takes the aerial route with a clean swing of the bat for a boundary.
KKR 2/0 in 1 Over
Riyan Parag puts down a dolly and Salt was dropped. This was a poor, casual approach from Parag. Brilliant over from Boult and we need to wait and watch how much the drop catch will cost.
RR Playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal
KKR Playing XI
Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
Toss Update
Rajasthan wins toss, opts to bowl
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera
Rajasthan Royals Squad
Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Abid Mushtaq, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore
IPL 2024 Points Table updated after RCB vs SRH: Sunrisers maintain fourth position; Royal Challengers Bengaluru last in standings
Sunrisers Hyderabad remained in fourth position despite its 25-run win, while RCB continued to be rock-bottom with just two points.
Glenn Maxwell reveals he asked RCB for mental and physical break, gives frank assessment of season
Having scored only 32 runs in six innings in IPL 2024, Maxwell said he asked the team captain and coaches to give someone else the opportunity in the starting lineup
Kolkata Knight Riders faces Rajasthan Royals in bid to dethrone table-topper
After crushing Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets with over four overs to spare at the same venue, the host side looks formidable going into the match against the Royals.
