😝[IPLT20 2019] RR vs KKR: Knight Riders' easy win over Rajasthan Royals, KKR at the top in the points table

Courtesy: The Indian Express

😝[IPLT20 2019] RR vs KKR: Knight Riders' easy win over Rajasthan Royals, KKR at the top in the points table

IPL 2019: Kolkata Knight Riders have secured the first position in the Points Table by winning the fourth win in their 5th match. The target of 140 runs was achieved by KKR in 13.5 overs.

                                        Kolkata Knight Riders (140/2) registered their fourth win in the tournament by defeating Rajasthan Royals (139/3) by 8 wickets in the second match played on Sunday. KKR now has reached number one in the numeric with 8 points. Royals gave the target of 140 runs to the Knight Riders here. In response, the pair of Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn for KKR gave their team a bang. Both batsmen scored 50 runs for KKR in 4.1 overs. Sunil Narine scored 47 runs in 25 balls (6x4, 6x3 in 25 balls). After this, Chris Lynn made 50 not out in 32 balls (6x4, 6x3 in 32 balls). After this KKR achieved this goal in 13.5 overs. 

Playing XI: -

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Jos Buttler (WK), Steve Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Prashant Chopra, Krishnappa Gautam, Joefra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sudhasan Gemini

Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (Captain / WK), Shubhaman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurne, Famous Krishna

                                After the toss, Dinesh Karthik said that we will field first here, it looks like a good pitch and it will remain the same for 40 overs. In this way, we would like to score a score here. We need to maintain our emotions. Our team always has hopes. The score of 140 will be fighting total on this pitch. We have descended with a change in this match. We have given Lockie Ferguson a chance to Harry.

                                Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane said after the toss that we are playing the third match in the last 5 days. We have won against RCB and in this match, we are looking at victory. We are batting first here and we need to play good cricket against a team like KKR. We need to be aggressive against them (Russell) and we have to bowl well on line and length.

                                Both teams will play their fifth match of this season. The Kolkata team has so far played 4 matches out of 3 matches and it is on the third spot in the points table. Talk to host Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, the team's journey has not yet been as per their expectations. Out of 4 matches, it has won only in 1. In his last match played on Tuesday, he defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and won his first tournament in the tournament.