On Tuesday, Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets. Jos Butler’s unbeatable century was the turning point of this match. England cricketer Jos Butler out of 60 balls scored a stunning 107 runs. Before the end of the match, Rajasthan Royals scored 224 runs on the scoreboard.
Jos Butler was not in the playing 11 of Rajasthan Royals but played the match as a substitute and turned the match in the favour of his team Rajasthan Royals despite losing wickets. Kolkata Knight Riders’ most important batsman Suniel Narine marked his first T20I century in this match and gave a strong target of 223 to Rajasthan Royals.
Kolkata Knight Riders scored 223 runs with 6 wickets. Jos Butler’s outstanding batting was the major reason for the victory of Rajasthan Royals.
KKR spin bowlers Narine and Chakravarthy were successful in giving less runs to RR in the middle overs. In the 13th over, Rajasthan was at the score of 121-6. After that, RR batsman Rovman Powell scored an incredible 26 runs from 13 balls. But in the 17th over, RR again stumbled because Suniel Narine took the wicket of Rovman Powell. At the ending of the match, Jos Butler changed the whole scenario of the match.
RR needed 46 runs in the last three overs and to the luck of Rajasthan Royals, KKR’s finest Australian Bowler Mitchell Starc gave 18 runs and also conceded extra five runs when Phil Salt couldn’t catch the ball on the legside.
During his innings, Jos Butler pounded six sixes and nine fours, and with these smashing hits in the final over Jos Butler completed his century. During the first innings, Suniel Narine hit 13 boundaries and six sixes defeating the top 2 spinners of RR.
In 29 balls, Suniel Narine completed his half-century, but in the 18th over Trent Boult knocked him out with his perfect Yorker ball. Angkrish Raghuvanshi also played well and created a good partnership with Suniel Narine.
Rajasthan Royals is at the top of the IPL Points Table with 12 points out of which it has lost only one match and won other six matches. Whereas KKR is leading the table in the second position
KKR scored 223/6 in 20 overs whereas RR scored 224/8 in 20 overs. Rajasthan Royals won the match by 2 wickets. Without any guess the title of player of the match was won by Rajasthan Royals player Jos Butler who played a fantastic innings for his team and scored 107 runs.
Scores by Top Performers of the Match
Batsman (RR)
Team | Player | Runs |
Rajasthan Royals | Jos Butler | 107 |
Rajasthan Royals | Riyan Parag | 34 |
Rajasthan Royals | Rovman Powell | 26 |
Bowlers (RR)
Team | Player | Overs | Runs | Wickets |
Rajasthan Royals | Harshit Rana | 4 | 45 | 2 |
Rajasthan Royals | Suniel Narine | 4 | 30 | 2 |
Rajasthan Royals | Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 36 | 2 |
Batsman(KKR)
Team | Player | Runs |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Suniel Narine | 109 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 30 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Rinku Singh | 20 |
Bowlers(KKR)
Team | Player | Overs | Runs | Wickets |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Avesh Khan | 4 | 35 | 2 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Kuldeep Sen | 4 | 46 | 2 |
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