In a thrilling match of IPL-18, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 1 run. KKR won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 206 for 4 in 20 overs. In reply, the team was able to score only 205 runs for 8 wickets despite the innings of RR captain Ryan and Shubham Dubey.
The magnificent Moments were seen at Eden Gardens Stadium. Ajinkya Rahane caught the luxury Suryavanshi by running 24.76 meters. Ryan Pollen and Andre Russell completed their half -centuries with sixes. Pollen Kedar Jadhav dismissed Rahane in style. Dhruv Jurel-Wanindu Hasranga was bowled in one over of Varun Chakraborty.
Read the best Moments and Facts of KKR vs RR match …
1. Shane Bond started the match by playing the bell
Shane Bond playing a bell in the stadium.
Rajasthan Royals bowling coach Shane Bond started the match at Eden Gardens. Bond has played 120 international matches for New Zealand, in which it has taken 259 wickets.
2. Hasranga tied Rahane's shoes
Before the seventh over, Rajasthan bowler Vanindu Hasranga tied the shoe of Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane. As a sportsman, Rahane asked Hasranga to tie his shoes before bowling.
3. Pollags Kedar Jadhav out in style Rahane
Ryan Pollen Side Arm throws ball
Ryan Parag dismissed Ajinkya Rahane in 12.4 overs. For the second time in the over, Pollen bowled with round-arm action like Kedar Jadhav, which did not get the ball further and slid off.
Rahane tried to play the sweep shot, but the ball rang on the upper edge of the bat and straight to the wicketkeeper Dhruv Jureel. Here Jurell caught a wonderful catch. Rahane was dismissed for 30 off 24 balls.
Ryan Celebration of Pollen and Dhruv Jureel Rahane wicket
4. Fifty with Russell's Sixers, missed the catch on the last ball of the over
Andre Russell completed his fifty by scoring a six on the fourth ball of the 19th over. Jofra Archer threw a full toss ball on the leg stump at 148 km/h. Here Russell was quickly set up and flicked the ball over the square leg.
On the last ball of the same over, Captain Ryan Parag left Russell's catch on the long-off. The lower full toss ball fell on the middle stump at a speed of 147.3 km/h. Russell hit him direct Long On. The pollen ran to the left and even dive, but could not catch the catch.
Ryan gave Russell a life of 56.
Earlier, Mahesh Sharana, who threw the 18th over, gave up 23 runs. Andre Russell hit three consecutive sixes in his over. Russell hit the fourth, fifth and sixth balls outside the boundary.
Russell was unbeaten on 57 off 25 balls. He also hit 4 fours and six sixes in the innings.
5. Rahane ran back and caught a diving catch, luxury out
Luxury was caught out by Ajinkya Rahane for 4 runs.
Rajasthan lost a wicket in the first over, chasing the target of 207 runs. Here the luxury Suryavanshi was out for 4 runs. He hit fours on the third ball of the over of Vaibhav Arora. He was caught out by Rahane on the next ball. Fielder Rahane ran 24.76 meters towards Deep Midwicket with a mid-on position and ran backwards and caught a brilliant catch.
6. Varun threw 2 balls in one over, Jurel-Hasranga out
Throwing the 8th over, Varun Chakraborty took two wickets in one over. He gave up 6 runs in this over.
- Dhruv Jurel bowled on the third ball of the over. Varun threw a Google ball at 93 km / h. Jurell took off his leg and tried to defend but he missed and bowled.
Jurel bowled on a zero score.
- On the 5th ball of the over, the wolf bowled Vanindu Hasranga. Varun also dismissed Hasranga from Google. Here Hasranga tried to defend, but the ball went between the bat and the pad and rang on the stump. Hasranga was out on a zero score.
Varun also dismissed Hasranga on a zero score.
7. Fifty with Ryan's Sixers, scoring 6 consecutive sixes
Ryan Pollen hit 5 sixes in the over of Moin Ali. After this, Varun Chakraborty, who bowled to Ryan, hit a six on the ball and hit 6 sixes in 6 balls. Pollen also completed his fifty by scoring a six on the second ball of the 13th over. 32 runs from this over.
Ryan Parag hit a six on a reverse scoop.
Facts and records …
- Andre Russell became the third player to score 1000 at Eden Gardens. At the top of these records, Gautam Gambhir, who scored 1407 runs and gave Kolkata Knight Riders a strong start. After that, Robin Uthappa has a number, whose name has 1159 runs.
- Ryan became the fifth player to hit 5 consecutive sixes in one over in the pollen IPL. Today, he hit 5 consecutive sixes in one over of Moin Ali. Prior to him, in 2012, Chris Gayle hit 5 sixes in one over Rahul Sharma. After this, in 2020, Rahul Tevatia did the same against Sheldon Cotrel. In the 5th, Ravindra Jadeja hit six sixes on Harshal Patel's ball. In 2023, Rinku Singh gave Kolkata Knight Riders a thrilling victory by scoring 5 sixes in the over of Yash Dayal.
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