Hello and welcome to Sportstar's LIVE coverage of the IPL 2022 match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders from the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Rana hits the first ball for six and KKR have snapped their losing steak in style! A 66-run unbeaten stand takes KKR home with 7 wickets to spare. Fabulous chase. RR have now lost 2 in a row. Rana remains unbeaten on 48 and Rinku on 42. KKR's all-round performance trumped RR's resolve. They took this match into the final over but KKR's middle-order held its nerve. That would be all from our side. Thanks for joining us.
KKR 152/3 in 19 overs: Prasidh to bowl the 19th. 2 runs off 2 balls. Wide given next ball. Rinku clobbers the third ball for four. Wide again. Samson has reviewed this. He thinks Rinku got some bat on it. No bat involved. RR lose a review. Rinku gets one off the fourth ball. 2 off the fifth. Excellent running between the wickets. Wide again and a fumble by Samson allows the batter to steal a single. Rinku Singh hits the last ball for four. Scores are now level!
KKR 135/3 in 18 overs: Chahal to Rinku, punched it for four. Make that two in two. He collects a couple off the third ball. The batters run a bye off the fourth ball. Another leg bye off the fifth. 1 off the last ball. 13 from it. 18 off 12.
KKR 122/3 in 17 overs: Prasidh now. 2 singles followed by a wide. Rinku pulls the fourth ball for four. Single off the fifth ball. Dot to finish. 8 from it.
TIME OUT!
KKR 114/3 in 16 overs: Kuldeep. Rinku Singh, you beauty! Just scooped this one over fine leg for six. Excellent comeback from Kuldeep, wraps up with two dots. 7 runs from the over.
KKR 107/3 in 15 overs: Ashwin. Just six from the over. Ashwin ends on a tight note. Ashwin: 4-0-33-0. KKR need 46 runs in 30 balls.
KKR 101/3 in 14 overs: Chahal. Rana pinches a single first ball. Four more singles and a dot to finish. KKR need 52 in 36 balls.
KKR 96/3 in 13 overs: Boult to Rana, 1 run. Single to Iyer off the second ball. Rana guides the third ball through third man for four. Rana takes a single next ball. Wide given but Samson thinks he has got Iyer caught behind! Samson reviews. There's a spike as the ball passes the gloves... Iyer is out! He is gone for 34 off 32. Rinku Singh off the mark with a four. 12 runs and a wicket.
KKR 85/2 in 12 overs: Chahal. Iyer's turn to step on the gas and he does it in style - six over wide long-on to bring up the fifty stand off 37 balls. 10 off this. 26 off the last 2 overs! 68 needed off 48 now.
KKR 75/2 in 11 overs: Ashwin. Rana reverse sweeps him for four before slamming the next ball for six. Rana getting a move on. He clears the field again with another reverse sweep, four more. Big over. 16 off it.
KKR 59/2 in 10 overs: Kuldeep Sen after the break. Iyer slams the third ball for four. Nine from this over. KKR slowly consolidating its hold on this match.
TIME OUT!
KKR 50/2 in 9 overs: Ashwin. Just four runs came off it. KKR off to a steady start in this chase. How long before they press foot on the pedal?
KKR 46/2 in 8 overs: Yuzvendra Chahal into the attack. He got a five-for in the last game vs KKR, including his maiden hat-trick. 6 from his first over.
KKR 40/2 in 7 overs: Ashwin into the attack. Shreyas cuts the first ball for four. Four singles off the next four followed by a dot.
KKR 32/2 in 6 overs: Prasidh to bowl the sixth. Indrajith scoops the third ball over fine leg for four. GONE! He holes out next ball, Ashwin gobbles up a simple chance. KKR need 121 runs in 86 balls with eight wickets in hand. Nitish Rana is in next. 7 runs and a wicket. End of PowerPlay.
KKR 25/1 in 5 overs: Boult. This is his third over on the trot. He has been brilliant thus far. Hasn't conceded a single boundary yet. Four off the over.
KKR 21/1 in 4 overs: Kuldeep Sen strikes! Finch chops on. That was quick from Kuldeep - clocked at 146 kmph. RR have drawn first blood. Shreyas Iyer comes to the crease. He gets off the mark with a boundary through cover-point. 6 runs and a wicket.
KKR 15/0 in 3 overs: Indrajith collects two off the first ball. Boult escapes a serious injury ... Indrajith pushes the ball to mid-on and takes off for a single. Krishna has a shy at the striker's end and instead, hits Boult, who tries to get out of the way and cops a blow on his boot, the deflection towards square leg allows the batters to steal an extra run. 4 runs from the over. Finch is struggling to time the ball.
KKR 11/0 in 2 overs: Prasidh Krishna to share the new ball. Indrajith collects four off the second ball, clipped through mid-wicket. Five off the over.
KKR 6/0 in 1 over: Finch and Indrajith open the batting. Boult with the new ball. Six off the first over including a wide.
START OF CHASE
RAJASTHAN ROYALS 152/5 IN 20 OVERS
RR 152/5 in 20 overs: Mavi to bowl the last. Ashwin shuffles across his stumps and nudges down leg-side for a single. Hetmyer on strike. FOUR! Full outside off, Hetmyer shuffles outside off and creams this over the covers for a boundary. Hetmyer moves across again, Mavi bowls it wider outside off and outside his arc and that's a dot. Swing and a miss outside off as Mavi takes the pace off the ball. Another slower one outside off and Hetmyer only manages to slice it high in the air and collects a couple after the ball lands in vacant area at mid-off. Angling across, wide outside off. He will have to reload that last one. 150 up for RR. A couple to end the innings. Hetmyer drags this from outside off to deep mid-wicket. A fumble by Russell allows the batters to sneak a second.
RR 142/5 in 19 overs: SIX! On a length, on leg stump, and Hetmyer pulls this over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen. SIX! Full this time and Hetmyer gets under it and lifts it over wide long-on boundary to make it two sixes in two balls. Going down leg and wide called. 13 runs from two balls this over. Slower one on off stump and Hetmyer chops it for a single at long-off. Ashwin tucks it on leg side for a single. A couple for Hetmyer with a slash outside off to deep cover. Short but just tailing down leg side and another wide ball. Two more to end the over.
RR 122/5 in 18 overs: OUT! Samson goes first ball and Mavi strikes. It was fullish around off and Samson connected well but found Rinku in the deep at mid-wicket. Sanju Samson c Rinku Singh b Shivam Mavi 54(49b 7x4 1x6). Ashwin pushes this on leg-side for a first ball single. Hetmyer off the mark with one more on the off-side. Ashwin crouches low to Mavi and then flicks this full one on the pads for a couple on the on-side. Full toss over the waist, Ashwin pulls it to fine leg for one , no-ball called, and Hetmyer on strike for the free-hit. It is full and in the slot outside off but Hetmyer cannot make the connection and fetches a single at long-on.
RR 115/4 in 17 overs: Southee strikes first ball of the over. Samson swings and misses in front of the stumps. It is a slower one. Samson reviews immediately. Samson survives with ball-tracking confirming that the ball would have missed leg-stump as the ball was angling away down leg. Short of a length this time, going down leg again and Samson misses the pull to fine leg and almost stumbles onto his stumps. Another nagging length ball on middle and this time Parag misses the pull as the ball thuds onto his thigh pad. Well-directed bouncer and Parag cannot connect the pull. SIX! Two missed pull shots but the willow finds the ball this time as Parag muscles it over deep square leg for a 94-metre maximum. OUT! Parag wants to pull again, fetches this one outside off and finds deep mid-wicket. Riyan Parag c Anukul Roy b Tim Southee 19(12b 1x4 2x6).
RR 108/3 in 16 overs: Samson has found it hard to get Narine away. Two dots to start the over. The third ball brings a single as Samson pushes to long-on for one off the back-foot. Parag flicks on leg-side for one more. Flatter on middle and driven through covers for one more by Samson. Pulls his length back a bit on leg stump and Parag doesn't time the pull. Dot to end the over. Narine ends with figures of 4-0-19-0.
RR 105/3 in 15 overs: Samson dabs this behind point but cannot clear the fielder in the ring. Beaten! Umesh keeps this on a length on fourth stump and Samson misses trying to ramp it behind. Slower one this time and beats Samson again outside off. Full outside off and Samson cannot time this heave and gets just a single at wide long-on. Short outside off and Nair misses it trying to defend off the back-foot. FOUR! Inventive from Parag. The length is short again and Parag leans back a bit and guides this behind point for four runs.
RR 100/3 in 14 overs: OUT! Nair steps out to Anukul and pulls this straight to deep square leg, where Rinku Singh clings on to a well-judged catch. Parag starts off with a single. Samson drives through covers for one more and gets to his fifty off 38 balls. Two singles follow. SIX! Parag gets under the ball and launches this tossed up delivery over the bowler's head for a maximum.
RR 90/2 in 13 overs: FOUR! Full on the pads from Southee and Samson clips it behind for a four. The keeper leaps to his left but misses. Pushes off the back-foot behind point for one. FOUR! Nair finally gets a convincing connection off the bat. Makes room outside off and muscles this over the covers and to the boundary. Single to end the over.
RR 78/2 in 12 overs: Narine comes back to put the skids on the scoring. Pulls his length back and the batters push off the back-foot for a couple of single. Nair sweeps and gets a top edge behind square leg for one. Four singles from the over.
RR 74/2 in 11 overs: Full outside off from Mavi and Samson slices to deep point for a single. Nair makes room outside off, but the ball is too straight on the stumps and he just gets a single to long-on off the inside half of the bat. FOUR! Pure class! Samson clears his front leg and plays a lofted cover-drive over the infield for a boundary. FOUR! Shorter on a similar line and this one is cut behind point to make it two fours from two balls. Fuller on off stump and this is driven to long-on for one. Nair stays back and guides this to third man for a single and keeps strike.
RR 62/2 in 10 overs: Anukul into his third over now. Length ball, sliding with the arm down leg-side and clipped for a single by Nair at to mid-wicket. Slightly shorter, Samson hops and pushes to long-on for one more. Three singles in a row. Two dots and a single to end the over. Anukul is mixing his length well and also changing his pace.
RR 58/2 in 9 overs: Tim Southee into the attack. Starts off with a wide ball outside leg. Full on middle and Samson flicks it for a single at mid-wicket. FOUR! Buttler gets an inside edge to the fine-leg boundary as he swings across the line in front of the stumps. OUT! Buttler looks to clear the long-on boundary off this yorker but finds Mavi in the deep and KKR has got the big chance. Jos Buttler c Shivam Mavi b Tim Southee 22(25b 3x4 0x6). Karun Nair at the crease. Starts off with a single to fine-leg. One more for Samson to third man. Nair keeps strike with a single off the last ball.
RR 49/1 in 8 overs: FOUR! Samson steers this length ball behind point for a boundary. Samson takes a single. Buttler paddles this to fine-leg for a couple. Anukul slides and cuts it off and almost parries it back on the rope while trying to pick it up.
RR 41/1 in 7 overs: Mavi into the attack. Two dots to start with. Buttler swings and misses outside off. Sprayed on the pads down leg-side and Buttler clips it to square leg for a couple. Clean work by Russell in the deep prevents a boundary. Slower one outside off and Buttler hangs back and drives straight to mid-off. Buttler looks to launch this over the bowler's head but doesn't get the distance and it lands between mid-on and mid-off for a single. Dot to finish as Mavi darts in another slower one outside off.
RR 38/1 in 6 overs: Anukul into his second over. Bowls the first one outside off and then angles in the next one, which Buttler pushes for one. A couple of singles at long-off as Anukul tosses it up outside off, allowing the right-handers to drive. Samson shimmies out of his crease and puts this over the bowler's head for a couple. SIX! Crisply lofted over the covers. Backs outside leg stump, makes room on the off-side and goes inside out with elegance.
RR 27/1 in 5 overs: FOUR! Full on off stump line and Buttler drives it through the covers, punishing the half-volley. Good comeback. On a length, angling into Buttler, and he defends it back to the bowler off the back-foot. Straying down leg-side and wide called. Short of a length outside off and Buttler jabs it on the leg-side for one. Good, mean bouncer and Samson ducks under it. The buzzer goes off however and that is a no-ball. Free-hit coming up! FOUR! Full outside off, Samson digs it out to the third man boundary. FOUR! Samson drives over the covers, just out of reach of a leaping Tim Southee. Dot to end.
RR 12/1 in 4 overs: Narine into the attack. Buttler gets a single after a couple of dots. FOUR! Samson hangs back a bit and carves this between point and cover and to the boundary. Just four from the over.
RR 7/1 in 3 overs: OUT! A yorker on middle and leg and Padikkal pushes it straight back to Umesh. Devdutt Padikkal c & b Umesh Yadav 2(5b). Samson comes in a crisply drives a length ball to mid-off for a dot. Three dots in a row as Samson continues driving down the ground but cannot clear the fielder. This one is on leg-side and he tucks it on leg-side but no runs. Maiden wicket as Samson pushes to cover and sends Buttler back.
RR 7/0 in 2 overs: Left-arm spinner Anukul from the other end. Two dot balls to start with as Padikkal stays in his crease to defend. Goes back in his crease and pushes this through mid-on for a single. Full on middle and driven by Buttler through covers for one more. Length ball on the pads and Padikkal tucks it off his hips for another single. Dot to end as Buttler misses a leg-side delivery after stepping out.
RR 4/0 in 1 over: The players are out on the field for live action. Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal are out to open the innings. Umesh Yadav has the new ball. Umesh to Buttler from over the wicket. Pitched up, shapes away from fifth stump line and Buttler shoulder arms. Straighter on off stump, a bit of away movement again and Buttler defends with ease. FOUR! Full and straight. Buttler just pushes it past mid-on and the timing on it takes it all the way to the boundary. Umesh runs in but Buttler pulls out. Buttler looks to drive outside off, but it is not full enough and he gets a thick inside edge and almost chops on. Beaten! A gem of a delivery. It shapes away and beats Buttler's outside edge. Another inside edge to end the over.
KKR VS RR PLAYING XI
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Aaron Finch, Anukul Roy , Shreyas Iyer (c), Baba Indrajith (wk), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi .
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Karun Nair , Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal.
TOSS: Kolkata Knight Riders has won the toss and elected to bowl. Two changes for KKK - Shivam Mavi and Anukul Roy are in. Venkatesh Iyer misses out. For Rajasthan Royals, Karun Nair replaces Daryl Mitchell.
PITCH REPORT: The boundaries are 66m and 73m square of the wicket. It is a hard and dry surface with a bit of turn on offer. This is the same pitch that was used for the LSG vs DC game yesterday. Matthew Hayden reckons it will be a high scoring contest.
18:50 IST: Anukul Roy will make his KKR debut today after receiving his cap from Rinku Singh.
IPL 2022 AT WANKHEDE STADIUM (STATS)
Total matches played: 12
Batting first won : 6
Batting second won: 6
Average first innings score: 172
Average first innings winning score: 188
Highest first innings score: 222/2
Lowest score successfully defended: 165/6
Highest score successfully chased: 196
RR AT WANKHEDE STADIUM IN IPL 2022
RR 222/2 (20 overs) beat DC 207/8 (20 overs) by 15 runs
RR 165/6 (20 overs) beat LSG 162/8 (20 overs) by three runs
RR 169/3 (20 overs) lost to RCB 173/6 (19.1 overs) by four wickets
KKR AT WANKHEDE STADIUM IN IPL 2022
KKR 146/9 (20 overs) lost to DC 150/6 (19 overs) by four wickets
KKR 141/4 (14.3 overs) beat PBKS 137 (18.2 overs) by six wickets
KKR 133/4 (18.3 overs) beat CSK 131/5 (20 overs) by six wickets
IPL 2022 AT WANKHEDE STADIUM (LAST FIVE MATCHES)
Lucknow Super Giants beat Delhi Capitals by six runs
Delhi Capitals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets
Gujarat Titans beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets
Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs
Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 36 runs
RR vs KKR PREDICTED XI
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Aaron Finch, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sheldon Jackson (wk), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Aman Khan, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
MATCH PREVIEW
The high-flying Rajasthan Royals (RR) will look to shrug off the disappointment of a five-wicket defeat against Mumbai Indians when it meets a struggling Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a return leg Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.
The Knights, who got off to a bright start in the 2022 edition, are now on a five-match losing streak. Captain Shreyas Iyer’s statement after his side's loss to Delhi Capitals was telling.
"The combinations haven't worked for us. We are trying to settle in on one," he said. KKR has made 13 changes to its playing eleven – most by any team – at the halfway mark.
On Monday, Orange Cap holder Jos Buttler and Purple Cap owner Yuzvendra Chahal will be looking to pick up from where they left in the first leg against KKR on April 18.
It was the first time in the IPL’s 15-year history that a batter (Buttler) scored a century and a bowler (Chahal) took a hat-trick and five wickets in the same fixture.
Although Shreyas and Aaron Finch scored 85 and 58 respectively, RR pipped KKR by seven runs. The batting has been a let down for KKR, having lost the most wickets in the first six overs thus far – 18.
With Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna bolstering the Royals’ attack in the PowerPlay, the Knights’ top-order will have to stay sharp. For RR, Shimron Hetmyer’s finishing acts have often saved its blushes.
However, the Guyanese batter, who is presently IPL 2022's leading run-scorer (158) at the death, will need the likes of Riyan Parag and Daryl Mitchell to provide him able support from the other end.
- Santadeep Dey
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