KKR vs RR Highlights, IPL 2024: RR 224/8; Buttler century helps RR complete highest successful run chase in IPL

Varun to bowl the last over. Six!! HUNDRED FOR BUTTLER!! Short ball, Buttler lofts it over long on for six! Buttler refuses single off two successive balls. Goes for the reverse sweep, hits it straight to third man. Three from two now. 

Varun bowls a full toss, Buttler hits it straight to long off, Starc is slow to throw the ball back, Buttler gets back on strike. Buttler goes for the heave and gets it in the gap to complete a famous win for RR!! Equals the highest successive run chase in the IPL. 

Harshit Rana into the attack. Six!! Buttler picks the bones out of the slower ball and hits it for six. Dot ball to follow. Four!! Just misses the yorker length, lofted straight back for a boundary. Six!! Shorter in length, Buttler lofts it over the leg side for a six. A double to deep midwicket to follow. Buttler steals a single after dabbing it to the bowler’s right. 

RR needs 9 to win.

Starc back. Six!! Perfect start to the over. In the slot, lofted down the ground for six. Buttler cuts a quicker one to deep point but doesn’t take a single. WICKET!! Buttler drills one to long off, tries to come back for the second and Boult is a long way short.

Boult run out (Shreyas Iyer/Starc) 0(1)

Avesh in at 10. Four!! Starc goes short, Buttler manages to get the pull through the gap for four. 5 wides! Starc bowls a wide ball and Salt lets it slip through for a boundary. Costly error. Single to finish.

RR needs 28 runs from 12 balls

Sunil Narine to finish off his spell. Four!! Powell comes down and swings hard, mistimes it but gets it in the gap for four. Six!! Full on offstump, Powell smokes it down the ground for six. Six!! Slightly shorter, Powell lofts it over the leg side for six this time. WICKET!! Quicker one from Narine, traps Powell in front and the umpire raises his finger. Three reds and Powell departs. 

Powell lbw b Narine 26(13)

Boult in at 9. Goes for it first ball, Angkrish drops a tough chance diving forward at midwicket. 

RR needs 46 runs off 18 balls.

Russell into the attack. Six!! Length ball on the pads, Powell flicks it over the leg side for a maximum. Full and wide, driven to deep point for a single. Six!! Rusell bowls a half tracker slower ball, Buttler lofts it down the ground for six. 17 runs from the over.

RR needs 62 in 24.

Chakravarthy with his third over. Appeal for a stumping but Buttler’s foot was grounded in time. Four!! Buttler charges down looking to attack, gets a leading edge that runs past third man for four. Four!! Brings out the reverse sweep to third man to bring up his fifty! Four!! On the pads, Buttler pulls through deep square for four. Four!! Outside edge and it runs away for four as well. 17 runs from the over. 

Narine back. Buttler gets a single off the first ball. Narine getting a bit of treatment in what looks like cramp. Three runs from the 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)

WICKET!! Hetmyer goes first ball!! A soft dismissal as the balls lobs up safely into the hands of short cover. 

Hetmyer c Shreyas Iyer b Chakaravarthy 0(1)

Powell in at 8. Gets off the mark with a single on the hattrick ball. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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RR 217/7 vs DC in 2008

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MI 216/4 vs PBKS in 2023

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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

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!

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! 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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!

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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!

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. 

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. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal

Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Rajasthan wins toss, opts to bowl

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 

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