IPL 2020 Highlights, RR vs KKR Match, Full Cricket Score: Kolkata beat Rajasthan by 37 runs, collect 2nd win

Shivam Mavi: The ball was seaming when I started off, so decided to stick to my lengths and focused on it. It initially seemed to be a little flat. Stuck to a normal length after seeing the ball seam around a bit. I’ve played against these guys before and knew what shots they like to play, and the ball wasn’t coming on to the bat as nicely.

Shivam Mavi is the Player of the Match for his haul of 2/20 from his quota of four overs!

Dinesh Karthik, KKR captain: I would not call it a perfect game, a lot of areas to work on. It was a good game. The way Gill started, the way Mavi bowled and Russell started was good to see. Archer bowled very well. It was not that easy a wicket to bat on and made it look easier than it was. I keep saying these boys the journey they have been through, for them to come out there and express themselves is really special. We would have batted first, that was our plan, to put runs on the board.

Steve Smith, Rajasthan Royals captain: Didn’t quite go to plan, but that happens in T20 cricket sometimes. Few areas to improve on. I think it could go one way or another. We planned to put their death bowling under pressure. Lost too many wickets upfront. Keep moving forward, and it could get better. (On adapting to Dubai conditions) Yeah probably didn’t adapt as well as we could have, and dropped a few catches which cost us. It’s about trying to form whatever XI is the best for us. (On battle with Cummins) Wasn’t a great battle was it? I had a chat with him earlier and he told me, “You normally smack those in the nets!”

After 20 overs,Rajasthan Royals 137/9 ( Tom Curran 54 , Ankit Rajpoot 7)

KKR win by 37 runs. RR lose their first game. Fifty for Curran with the bat is a big positive for RR from the match apart from that Archer spell. Nothing inspiring really other than these two performances. KKR collect two more points. Very satisfying performance from the young players. DK should be a happy captain.

FOUR! Curran finishes the match with a boundary, steps out and hits it to deep extra cover region for four runs.

SIX! Rajpoot joins the fun and smashes Kuldeep over long on for a big six after stepping out.

After 19 overs,Rajasthan Royals 126/9 ( Tom Curran 50 , Ankit Rajpoot 0)

Narine finishes his spell but his last over has fetched 20 runs for RR. Curran hitting three big sixes to complete his fifty. Rajasthan Royals need 49 runs in 6 balls.

SIX! Fifty for Curran as well with that big six over deep mid-wicket.

SIX! Very good use of the feet from Currain, gets to the pitch of the ball and clears the boundary easily.

SIX! Curran smokes itover long on boundary for a big six

After 18 overs,Rajasthan Royals 106/9 ( Tom Curran 30 , )

Kuldeep finishes his second over. Unadkat is trying to cut his leg spinners on back foot, a dangerous thing to do really against Kuldeep. Kuldeep smiles as Unadkat tries to cut. He was very close to hitting the middle stump. He is also bowling very fuller Kuldeep. He eventually gets Unadkat in the end.

OUT! Last ball of the over, short ball and Unadkat tries to go over deep mid-wicket but connects poorly, and gets caught by Nagarkoti, who is not dropping anything tonight. The umpires called the batsman back as the ball it seemed had touched the Spidercam cables before being caught but there was nothing conslusive found from many camera angles. Unadkat c K Nagarkoti b Kuldeep Yadav 9(13)

After 17 overs,Rajasthan Royals 103/8 ( Tom Curran 28 , Jaydev Unadkat 8)

Chakravarthy completes his spell and how good he was today. Finishes with figures of 2 for 25. RR are looking to get as close as they can. Hundred up for them. Six off the over. Rajasthan Royals need 72 runs in 18 balls.

After 16 overs,Rajasthan Royals 97/8 ( Tom Curran 26 , Jaydev Unadkat 4)

Kuldeep Yadav, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack. FINALLY! He was not needed today because the young pacers did a fine job along side Narine and Chakravarthy. Unadkat and Curran add seven more to the total. Rajasthan Royals need 78 runs in 24 balls.

After 15 overs,Rajasthan Royals 90/8 ( Tom Curran 23 , Jaydev Unadkat 1)

Chakravarthy continues. Archer hits him for a six on the second ball but he returns strongly to remove him, courtesy a brilliant catch from Nagarkoti, who covered some distance to dive and catch that one. RR eight down. And await a big loss. Nine off the over and a wicket. Time out called.

OUT! SUPER Catch from Nagarkoti, runs some distance as the ball was high up in the air, came running in from long on and caught it brilliantly after putting in a dive. Jofra Archer c K Nagarkoti b Chakravarthy 6(4)

SIX! SMOKED! A little too late maybe. Archer hits it over long off for a big six.

After 14 overs,Rajasthan Royals 81/7 ( Tom Curran 21 , Jofra Archer 0)

Narine continues. He keeps it simple, bowling wicket to wicket, slower in the air and not giving batsmen any pace to work with. Four singles off the first four balls before DK got a DRS right and got rid of Gopal. Narine gets his first wicket of the night as well. Archer comes in to bat. Just four off the over and a wicket.

OUT! Gopal gone. DK went upstairs for a caught behind review and Ultra Edge showed that the ball was touching the gloves before hitting the thigh and bouncing up for DK to catch it. RR are now seven down. Shreyas Gopal c Karthik b Narine 5(7)

After 13 overs,Rajasthan Royals 77/6 ( Tom Curran 19 , Shreyas Gopal 3)

Chakravarthy continues. Run out chance on the second ball but Curran made it in time before Morgan’s throw reached the non-striker’s end. Seems RR now looking to bat out the 20 overs and get as close to the target as possible to maintain a healthy NRR, not a bad plan considering the situation in the match. Just four off the over.

After 12 overs,Rajasthan Royals 73/6 ( Tom Curran 16 , Shreyas Gopal 2)

Narine back on. RR now hugely dependent on Tom Curran. Gopal can swing his bat as well. The asking rate is going up after every ball. A boundary came in the over but just 6 off the over. Rajasthan Royals need 102 runs in 48 balls.

FOUR! Cummins makes a mess of an easys top at deep extra cover, and lets the ball go across the ropes. Curran gets the boundary.

After 11 overs,Rajasthan Royals 67/6 ( Tom Curran 11 , Shreyas Gopal 1)

Spin after a very long time as Varun Chakravarthy, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Two off his first ball collected by Curran at sweeper cover. Three singles off the next three balls before he clean bowls Tewatia. A wicket and six runs off the over. KKR cruising towards win. Shreyas Gopal has come in to bat.

OUT! Tewatia wanted to go big over the covers but he was tricked by Varun in the air, and missed the ball completely. Six down now RR. Rahul Tewatia b Chakravarthy 14(10)

After 10 overs,Rajasthan Royals 61/5 ( Rahul Tewatia 13 , Tom Curran 7)

Time out over. Nagarkoti continues. Gill is getting some treatment it seems on his finger and it does not look serious, just a caution. Meanwhile, Tewatia plays a lovely off drive for a double before he swings one hard to get a six. 11 off the over.

SIX! Guess who? It is Tewatia, flatter six, waist height from Nagarkoti and Tewatia pulls it away for a six

After 9 overs,Rajasthan Royals 50/5 ( Rahul Tewatia 3 , Tom Curran 6)

Mavi continues. He is bowling short and Curran has played some good shot off the back foot. RR need something special from Curran and Tewatia here. Seven off the over. Time out called.

After 8 overs,Rajasthan Royals 43/5 ( Rahul Tewatia 1 , Tom Curran 1)

Kamlesh Nagarkoti, right-arm fast, comes in and on the first ball of his spell, gets his maiden IPL wicket, removes Uthappa. And then two balls later, Gill takes a brilliant catch to remove Parag. RR batsmen are easily finding fielders which only tells one thing, DK has been spot on with his field placements in the game. And you know what, last match’s hero Rahul Tewatia, left hand bat, has come to the crease and is still there, now joined by Tom Curran (RHB). Just 2 off the over and two wickets as well for Nagarkoti.

OUT! Gill plucks it inches above the ground, a top catch to remove Riyan Parag who cut it hard off Nagarkoti. Umpires went upstairs with the soft signal being out and the replays showed clearly that the ball was cleanly caught. RR five down and in all sorts of trouble. Riyan Parag c Shubman Gill b K Nagarkoti 1(6)

OUT! Kamlesh Nagarkoti, right-arm fast, comes into the attack and gets a wicket on the first ball of the spell. Short ball, was there to be hit, and Uthappa pulls it to the man at deep backward square leg for a simple catch. Uthappa c Shivam Mavi b K Nagarkoti 2(7)

After 7 overs,Rajasthan Royals 41/3 ( Robin Uthappa 2 , Riyan Parag 1)

Mavi continues and this is brilliant from KKR. They did their homework, put in a wide slip and Mavi did exactly what was required of him, asking Buttler to go after him. They have got the main guy here and are on top at the moment. Riyan Parag, right handed bat, has come to the crease. A wicket in the over and just 2 runs.

OUT! Big wicket this, brilliant from KKR, top field placement from DK, wide slip and Mavi bowls a widish line, Buttler throws his bat at it and edges it to the fielder placed there. Great total cricket from KKR. Buttler c Chakravarthy b Shivam Mavi 21(16)

After 6 overs,Rajasthan Royals 39/2 ( Jos Buttler (W) 21 , Robin Uthappa 1)

Cummins continues. No break for him. DK will have just one left of him at the death, considering that, this is an interesting move. DK is backing likes of Nagarkotis and Mavis to do the job. Not to forget Narine has three up his sleeves as well. DK going for the kill here and that is good to see. Uthappa almost gave a catch to the man at point, bounced just before the fielder. Cummins firing all guns here. Three off the over.

After 5 overs,Rajasthan Royals 36/2 ( Jos Buttler (W) 20 , Robin Uthappa 1)

Sanju was not looking as good playing across the line in the short stay as he was with the straight bat and he has perished playing one. Mavi with the wicket. Good, smart bowling from Mavi. Robin Uthappa has come in to bat. Off the mark with a risky single, almost running Buttler out. Buttler takes his time to get up, and then cracks one through the covers for four. He is looking good. But KKR still on top. Just 6 off the over.

FOUR! Room outside off, and short as well from Mavi, Buttler packs a punch through the covers with free flow of arms. What a shot!

OUT! Not Sanju’s day today, Mavi gets his wicket, he angles it in, no room really, but Samson swings across the line, does not connect and give s a dolly to man at mid-wicket. Samson c Narine b Shivam Mavi 8(9)

Sanju Samson’s numbers in PP overs in IPL:

Average : 32.3
SR : 118.3
Dot% : 47.7

After 4 overs,Rajasthan Royals 30/1 ( Jos Buttler (W) 15 , Sanju Samson 8)

Cummins continues. A mere block from Sannju Samson almost fetches him four, cut off by a diving Russell. He is looking good when he is looking to play it with the straight bat and failing to connect every time he has played across the line. But don’t worry about Buttler, he produces his special to hit a scoop for six. Nine off the over.

SIX! Buttler does it in his own style, shuffles across and scoops it away for six over fine leg. Some skill this.

After 3 overs,Rajasthan Royals 21/1 ( Jos Buttler (W) 9 , Sanju Samson 5)

Shivam Mavi, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack now. Sanju Samson has joined Buttler in the middle and starts off with a boundary. But Mavi pulls things back well. Just six off the over.

FOUR! Shivam Mavi angling into the leg stump and Samson flicks it away for four runs to backward square leg.

After 2 overs,Rajasthan Royals 15/1 ( Jos Buttler (W) 9 , )

Pat Cummins, right-arm fast, bowls from the other end. He bowls one at Buttler’s pads first up and Buttler collects single at square leg. Back of the length to Smith and he defends it well. Huge appeal on the fourth ball for caught behind but umpire said no, DK did not go upstairs. Next ball, Smith gets another chance as an extremely difficult opportunity goes down near long off but Cummins came back strongly to eventually remove RR captain. RR one down early in the chase. That was some weird stroke making from Smith. Top over for KKR. Just 3 and a wicket.

OUT! Well, well, well, third time lucky for Cummins, he almost got Smith out on the previous two deliveries but he came back strongly to remove him eventually, short ball, Smith attempted a heave and ended up edging it to Karthik behind the stumps. RR one down early. Smith c Karthik b Cummins 3(7)

Jos Buttler v Sunil Narine in IPL:

Runs : 29
Balls : 27
Dismissals : 1
SR : 107.41

After 1 over, Rajasthan Royals 12/0 ( Jos Buttler (W) 8 , Steven Smith (C) 1)

Sunil Narine first up. Buttler gets one to get off the mark. Smith ticks on the leg side as well to open his account. Does not take long for Buttler to go big as he smokes one over long on for six. Good start for RR. 12 off it.

SIX! Buttler gets going, steps out against Narine and smashes this over long boundary for a long six, first one today from RR

Alright, chase begins. Sunil Narine, right arm spin, will bowl the first over for KKR. Jos Buttler (RHB) and Steve Smith (RHB) to begin RR’s chase.

After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 174/6 ( Eoin Morgan 34 , Kamlesh Nagarkoti 8)

Nagarkoti on strike for the final over, with Curran steaming in. Starts off with a single off the first delivery. Morgan slaps a wide full toss down the ground next ball, coming back for a second after an athletic save by the opposition skipper. Curran dishes out a wide full toss to Morgan off the third — one with “HIT ME” splashed all over it and it gets dispatched appropriately over the midwicket fence. We have a couple of quick doubles to Morgan that are separated by a hat-trick of wides. Curran finishes the innings with a pinpoint yorker to Morgan that goes for a dot as KKR set RR 175 to win after being asked to bat by Smith, making a fine recovery in the last five overs of the innings by collecting 54 for the loss of Cummins’ wicket.

SIX! Curran goes short of length to Morgan, and the latter responds with a well-timed pull towards the midwicket fence! KKR 167/6

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 158/6 ( Eoin Morgan 22 , Kamlesh Nagarkoti 7)

Nagarkoti walks out to bat at eight, and gives Morgan the strike right away by collecting a single off the first ball. Morgan however, can only collect a quick single after guiding the ball towards short third man next ball. Rajpoot concedes a boundary off the third, as Nagarkoti times his inside-out slog over mid off perfectly, followed by a single off each of the last three deliveries. The pacer finishes with figures of 1/39 from four.

FOUR! Chipped over mid off by Nagarkoti! Not many in Rajasthan would’ve expected that, with their focus firmly on Morgan right now. KKR 155/6

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 149/6 ( Eoin Morgan 20 , )

Eight off Curran’s third over, including a well-timed slap over extra cover by Morgan off the second. Curran however, strikes later in this over as Cummins gets caught by Samson at fine leg while attempting to cut a slower bouncer from the English seamer.

OUT! Fine catch by Sanju Samson at fine leg as Cummins perishes while attempting to cut a slower bouncer from Curran, hardly getting any timing on it. KKR 149/6

Cummins c Samson b Curran 12(10)

FOUR! Morgan’s starting to accelerate now, and there’s enough evidence on YouTube to highlight the England captain’s ability to turn the game on its head. Slaps this hard towards the extra cover fence. KKR 146/5

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 141/5 ( Eoin Morgan 14 , Pat Cummins 10)

After bowling three outstanding overs, Archer goes for runs in his fourth as Cummins and Morgan collect a four and a six respectively as the Barbados-born England pacer signs ff with figures of 2/18.

SIX! Morgan guides the short ball from Archer towards deep backward point, where Curran nearly pulls off a catch, the ball bursting through his palms and landing on the other side of the boundary cushion. KKR 141/5

FOUR! That’s the first boundary conceded by Archer all evening, and this one comes off Pat Cummins’ bat off the third delivery of his final over. KKR 134/5

Eoin Morgan in death overs in IPL:

SR : 158.0
4s/6s : 17/20
Dot% : 33.5

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 127/5 ( Eoin Morgan 6 , Pat Cummins 4)

Tidy over from Tom Curran as he restricts Morgan and Cummins to the ones and twos at a time when KKR are in desperate need of a few hits to or over the fence. Four more overs to go, and the prospect of getting to 180-190 is looking very difficult for KKR now.

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 120/5 ( Eoin Morgan 2 , Pat Cummins 1)

Rajpoot begins his new spell with a wide, and is hammered for a six off the next ball by Russell. He, however, pulls things back nicely for the Royals by getting rid of Russell right after the six, the latter holing out straight to Unadkat at deep backward point with a shot that would’ve easily cleared the fence at Sharjah. Couple of wides thereafter, before Morgan gets hit on the helmet off the third while attempting a hook, resulting in a quick look by the physio and a change of protective gear. The second timeout of the innings is taken during Morgan’s change of helmet. 12 runs and a wicket off this over.

OUT! Huge wicket for Rajasthan Royals as Ankit Rajpoot nets the big fish! Russell tries steering the wide, overpitched delivery for a maximum over deep backward point, but the long boundaries at Dubai mean the fielder at the deep is always in play, with Unadkat collecting it safely. KKR 115/5

Russell c Unadkat b Rajpoot 24(14)

Russell v Archer in T20s:

Runs – 22
Balls – 18
SR – 122.22

SIX! Length ball to Dre Russ, and he clobbers this over midwicket for his third six of the innings! KKR 115/4

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 108/4 ( Andre Russell 18 , Eoin Morgan 1)

Archer’s solid run with the ball continues as he gets rid of Karthik with a beauty off the first ball of his third over, getting the KKR skipper caught-behind as the side lose their fourth wicket with a little over 100 on the board. Meanwhile, the Knight Riders send their last recognised batsman in the big-hitting Eoin Morgan out to the centre as the Royals continue to boss the middle overs of the innings. Just two runs and a wicket from the over.

OUT! Superb delivery by Archer to get rid of Karthik as the KKR skipper gets square up by a delivery that angles slightly away to clip the outside edge, before settling in Buttler’s gloves! KKR 106/4

Karthik c Buttler b Archer 1(3)

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 106/3 ( Andre Russell 17 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 1)

Dre Russ goes for a wild heave towards the leg side, and collects only a single as he doesn’t quite pick the googly from Gopal. Skipper DK gets off the mark with a single off the second ball. Another googly to Russell, and this time the big-hitting Jamaican picks it, getting down on one knee and smashing it over deep midwicket. Another six for Russell two balls later, this one hit a lot flatter towards cow corner. He skies the ball off an inside-out heave off the last delivery, the ball landing just out of Tewatia’s reach at deep extra cover. Big over for KKR, with 16 coming off it as Gopal signs off with 0/43.

SIX! Two big hits in three deliveries for Russell, this one hit a lot flatter towards the cow corner fence! Beast mode activated for Dre Russ! KKR 104/3

SR in middle-overs in IPL:

Andre Russell : 158.0
Dinesh Karthik : 123.2

SIX! Down on one knee, Dre Russ gives an exhibition of his power as he picks the googly from Gopal to send the ball flying over the midwicket fence. KKR 98/3

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 90/3 ( Andre Russell 2 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 0)

Smith’s decision to bring Archer back into the attack results in RR snaring the key wicket of Shubman Gill, who gives the bowler a return catch after getting a thick leading edge. The KKR skipper joins Russell now, with KKR slightly worried after losing two quick wickets. Solid over from Archer, giving away just one run for the wicket.

OUT! Gill falls short of what would’ve been a second consecutive half-century in IPL 2020, a leading edge resulting in the ball ballooning up in the air, with Archer collecting it safely in the end. KKR 89/3

Gill c and b Archer 47(34)

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 89/2 ( Shubman Gill 47 , Andre Russell 1)

Dre Russ joins Gill at the centre, and the KKR camp will have a lot of expectations from this partnership. Seven off the over, including a boundary to Gill off the first delivery that sees a fumble by Archer at the straight boundary.

FOUR! Misfield by Archer at the straight boundary allows the ball to tickle the advertising cushion, giving Gill his fifth boundary. KKR 86/2

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 82/2 ( Shubman Gill 41 , Andre Russell 0)

Tewatia brought in now. Rana gets a reprieve early as he gets a bit of glove on the ball while attempting a reverse, with Buttler dropping the chance behind the stumps. Rana, however, isn’t able to make the most of the chance as he holes out to Parag at long off off the final ball of the over. Six runs and a wicket off this over, including a boundary off the third.

OUT! Tewatia strikes for RR as the innings approaches the halfway mark, Rana holing out to Parag at long off after getting tempted by a loopy delivery from the Haryana leggie. KKR 82/2

Rana c Parag b Tewatia 22(17)

Shubman Gill’s SR and average in middle-overs in IPL is 136.2 and 57.2 respectively. –

FOUR! Full from Tewatia, Rana leans back and cuts this behind square, the ball ultimately beating Samson near the boundary. KKR 80/1

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 76/1 ( Shubman Gill 40 , Nitish Rana 17)

Gill collects his third boundary with a pull off the third delivery, which is followed by a mishit — the ball luckily landing safely out of Steve Smith’s reach at mid off. Boundary to end the over, as Gill drills the ball straight down the ground. Nine off the over.

FOUR! Drilled down the ground off the final delivery of the eighth over by Gill, who’s starting to look dangerous for RR right now. KKR 76/1

FOUR! Gill leans low, and pulls the ball towards the gap between deep square leg and deep midwicket. KKR 70/1

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 66/1 ( Shubman Gill 30 , Nitish Rana 17)

Rough start for Riyan Parag as he gets smashed over long off by Rana to concede a six off his first delivery, before the latter opens the face of his bat to guide the ball towards third man for three. Single off each of the next two balls. Gill clips the ball towards wide long on for a brace off the fifth, and collects a single off the last to keep the strike. 14 off the over, and it’s time for the first strategic break of the day.

SIX! Rana gets underneath the ball and hits it clean over long off to collect his first six of the innings. KKR 58/1

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 52/1 ( Shubman Gill 26 , Nitish Rana 7)

Spin brought into play after the powerplay, as has been the preferred strategy among captains, as Shreyas Gopal is handed the ball by Smith. Gopal concedes a single and a brace off the first two deliveries, before beating Rana with a googly off the third. The KKR No 3 goes for a wild heave towards the leg side, the ball landing just short of deep midwicket. A double to Gill off the fifth followed by a boundary off the last, with KKR going past 50 in this over.

FOUR! Gill rocks back and clobbers the quicker delivery from Gopal towards the midwicket boundary, guiding his team past the 50-mark. KKR 52/1

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 42/1 ( Shubman Gill 19 , Nitish Rana 4)

Curran brought in place of Rajpoot for the final over of the powerplay, and the Englishman starts off with a wide down the leg side. Rana cuts the ball hard off the fifth delivery to get off the mark. Six off the over. Has been a fairly even contest so far in the first six, with the momentum tilting slightly in favour of Rajasthan after Narine’s dismissal.

FOUR! Cut hard behind square by Nitish Rana as the new batsman gets off the mark off the fifth delivery that he faces. KKR 42/1

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 36/1 ( Shubman Gill 18 , Nitish Rana 0)

Narine starts accelerating in this over, hitting a six and a four off successive deliveries from Unadkat, before the Saurashtra pacer strikes back with a slower ball that rattles the West Indian opener’s furniture. 11 runs and a wicket from this over.

OUT! Unadkat finally gets Narine! The Trinidadian fails to pick the slower ball from the left-arm seamer, and ultimately hears the death ratte behind him as his stay at the crease comes to an end. KKR 36/1

Narine b Unadkat 15(14)

FOUR! And now a boundary right after the six. Slightly short from Unadkat, Narine clears his front leg and crunches this past extra cover. KKR 36/0

SIX! Narine finally gets the sweet timing that he had been looking for a while now. Slower ball from Unadkat picked early by the southpaw, and the ball’s launched into flight towards the cow corner fence. KKR 32/0

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 25/0 ( Shubman Gill 17 , Sunil Narine 5)

Rajpoot starts his second over with a wide down the leg side, followed by a boundary each to Narine and Gill in the next three deliveries. Narine tries going big down the ground off the fourth, hardly times it and the ball falls well short of extra cover. Goes for another wild swing off the last delivery, only for the ball to deflect of his thigh pad to the keeper, eliciting a faint appeal for caught-behind that’s turned down. 11 off the over.

FOUR! Slightly short from Rajpoot, and Gill picks the length early, pulling this through the gap between midwicket and mid on with impressive timing. KKR 24/0

FOUR! Misfield by Samson at deep midwicket allows Narine to collect his first boundary, courtesy a well-timed pull. KKR 19/0

Jaydev Unadkat’s numbers in PP overs in IPL:

Overs : 91.0
Wickets : 19
Average : 36.3
SR : 28.7
Eco. : 7.57

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 14/0 ( Shubman Gill 12 , Sunil Narine 1)

Unadkat replaces Archer now. Fine save by Uthappa at mid on after a well-timed loft down the ground by Gill, restricting the batsman to just a single. Leg bye collected off the third delivery after the ball deflects towards square leg after hitting Narine outside the leg stump line. Unadkat creates the chance for an early breakthrough as Narine skies a slower one off the fourth delivery, only for Uthappa to undo his fine effort earlier in the over by dropping at the edge of the circle down the ground. Good over from Unadkat though, giving away just four off his first.

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 10/0 ( Shubman Gill 10 , Sunil Narine 0)

Rajpoot shares the new ball with Archer, and is put under pressure right away as he gets hit for a six by Gill off his second delivery. Gill plays the next couple of deliveries square on the leg side, collecting a brace and single. Narine swings hit bat off the last two deliveries, but doesn’t quite connect on either and is yet to get off the mark at the end of the over.

Sunil Narine’s SR in PP overs in IPL:

2017 : 176.2
2018 : 198.6
2019 : 172.5
2020 : 75.0

SIX! In the slot for Shubman, and the right-hander leans in and clobbers this down the ground, the ball just about clearing the long on boundary. KKR 7/0

After 1 over,Kolkata Knight Riders 1/0 ( Shubman Gill 1 , Sunil Narine 0)

Archer to Gill at the start of the match, and the England seamer and clocks speeds in the late 140s and early 150s right away as the young Indian opener chooses to block the first three deliveries, before nudging the ball towards fine leg for a single off the fourth. Narine’s yet to get off the mark at the end of the over after facing a couple of balls. Neat start for RR.

Right then, the Rajasthan Royals eleven and the two Kolkata Knight Riders openers — Shubman Gill and Sunil Narine — walk out to open the innings after Steve Smith’s eyebrow-raising decision to bowl first. Jofra Archer to open the bowling today.

Did you know: Each of the five matches played at Dubai have been won by teams batting first in this IPL.

Did you know: RR have a 10-10 win/loss record against KKR in IPL.

KKR XI: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti

RR XI: Steven Smith (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat

Dinesh Karthik, KKR: (On batting first) We’re completely okay with that. It plays a little different. Overall, Abu Dhabi and Dubai are pretty similar. I think the brand of cricket that we played the other day was something I was proud of. Trying to be wise and keeping the same team.

Steve Smith, RR skipper: (On Dubai’s dimensions) That one’s big, certainly compared to Sharjah, so it’s a bit of a postage stamp. Have to adapt accordingly. (On Super Overs) Actually didn’t watch much, just the Super Over. Pretty good over from Saini. Excited to play on a different ground. We’ve played some good cricket, in a nice place. Has been a good start from us. (On Tewatia) It was amazing wasn’t it. Was under the pump for a bit, but just turned it around. Same team.

TOSS: RR win the toss, and skipper Steve Smith opts to bowl

Michael Slater and Simon Doull with the pitch report:

MS: We’ve got the same pitch used two nights ago. Be very wary of trying to go big on this surface.  

SD: It is hard for the bowlers. Spinners are really starting to take control. They’ve taken 23 wickets. We haven’t got as much grass on this surface. Biggest ground we’ve got. You’re getting caught at the boundary. That’s what brings spinners into the game here. I love that factor. I’m batting first here. All five games, team batting first have won.

Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting isn’t pleased about his side suffering their first defeat of the tournament, admits they were outplayed by David Warner’s men at Abu Dhabi.

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Wasn’t the pleasant evening for Delhi Capitals on Tuesday: not only did they register their first defeat of the tournament as they fell short of the Sunrisers Hyderabad total by 16 runs, skipper Shreyas Iyer ended up getting fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate

After their Super Over defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians face Kings XI Punjab in their next challenge and Mumbai bowling coach Shane Bond says the team has its sights set on containing KL Rahul as they eye their second win of the tournament.

As we build-up towards Match 12 of Indian Premier League 2020, here’s a look at the squads of the two sides that will be in action later this evening:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk/c), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Rahul Tripathi, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Tom Banton, Manimaran Siddharth

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler (wk), Steven Smith (c), Sanju Samson, Rahul Tewatia, Robin Uthappa, Jofra Archer, Riyan Parag, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Manan Vohra, Andrew Tye, Shashank Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh

With SRH winning their first game last night, every team in IPL 2020 has opened their account and at this stage, there are no clear favourites for playoffs. Still early days, but it seems we will see the most closely fought IPL in years. 

Click here to check out the points table, Orange and Purple Cap holders.

In Game 11of IPL 2020, Rashid Khan spun a web as Sunrisers Hyderabad outclassed Delhi Capitals to register their first win of season. 

Click here to check out all key moments from last night’s game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals .

Kolkata Knight Riders will have to bat out of their skin to stop a marauding Rajasthan Royals when the two teams clash in an IPL match at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday.

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Hello and welcome to our coverage of Match 12 of IPL 2020 to be played between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders. RR have won all their games so far in the tournament. In fact, they are coming into this match with a stunning victory in the last game against Kings XI Punjab, where Rahul Tewatia emerged as hero alongside Sanju Samson. On the other hand, KKR won their second game of the tournament after starting off on a losing note, beating Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both teams play their first game at Dubai, and the long boundaries will be a test for power hitters in both the teams. Sanju Samson has enjoyed the short boundaries at Sharjah, but it will be interesting to see whether he clears the longer ones at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. 

Stay tuned with us and follow our build up to the match.