KKR eliminate RR from IPLe

DUBAI: A clinical display by Kolkata Knight Riders in their 60-run win against Rajasthan Royals helped them to climb into top four position in the points table of Indian Premier League here on Sunday. They are now in fourth positon with 14 points from 14 matches while Rajasthan Royals finished the campaign at bottom place with 12 points.

After scoring a huge total, KKR restricted RR at 131 in allotted overs by taking 9 wickets. Royals lost top 5 batsmen inside powerplay at score just 37. Speedster Pat Cummins broke the line-up by taking 4 wickets in his three overs. Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakravarty two wickets each. Jos Buttler scored 35 off 22 balls while Rahul Tewetia added 31.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan finally came to the party with a blistering 68 off 35 balls to lead his team to 191/7.

Momentum shifted both ways at various points of the innings with KKR getting off to a strong start, despite losing Nitish Rana off the second ball. Rahul Tripathi and Shubman Gill put up a partnership of 72 runs between them before the latter fell to Rahul Tewatia.

KKR then lost Sunil Narine, Tripathi and Dinesh Karthik in quick succession. Andre Russell and Morgan then tried shifting the momentum their team's way. While the former succumbed to Kartik Tyagi, Morgan soldiered on and smashed his England team mate Ben Stokes to all corners of the park in the 19th over.

Pat Cummins first hit a six off the second ball of the over after which he brought Morgan on strike with a single. Morgan then hit consecutive sixes and a four as KKR took a total of 24 runs from that over. Morgan hit a six off the last ball of the innings to take KKR beyond 190.

Brief scores: KKR 191/7 in 20 overs (Eoin Morgan 68 not out, Rahul Tripathi 39; Rahul Tewatia 3/25) beat RR 131/9 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 35, Rahul Tewetia 31, Ben Stokes 18, Shreyas Gopal 23no, Pat Cummins 4/34, Shivam Mavi 2/15, Varun Chakravathy 2/20). IANS

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