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IPL 12 Match 21 RR vs KKR at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in in Jaipur: Kolkata Knight Riders win by eight wickets and move to the top of the IPL 2019 points table! The Rajasthan Royals have been completely outplayed in this game, with the Knight Riders winning this with 37 balls to spare! Ben Stokes is brought into the attack in the 14th over, conceding four byes first up, followed by two singles. Stokes concedes a wide off the final delivery to bring the match to an anti-climactic end. Click here to know when and where to watch IPL Live telecast 2019, LIVE streaming on hotstar, RR vs KKR 2019 Playing XI, LIVE TV on Star Sports
IPL 2019, RR vs KKR, Today’s Match Preview: Rajasthan Royals will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in match 21 of the ongoing season of IPL at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Both teams come into the match on the back of wins against Royal Challengers Bangalore. While KKR registered their highest run-chase in the previous match to beat RCB by five wickets, RR clinched the first win of the season with a seven-wicket victory over Virat Kohli’s side. 
RR are set to lose a host of World Cup-bound players including Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Steve Smith in the second part of the season and therefore need a streak of wins before that to get close to playoff qualification. They last played a match on 2 April and will need to hit the ground running immediately against KKR. Another major headache for RR will be contain the mighty Andre Russell, who has smashed 207 runs at an average of 103.50 and with a strike rate of 268.83 so far in four matches. The West Indian all-rounder has been the Man of the Match in all three wins of KKR and showed against RCB that no target is too much for the Dinesh Karthik’s side. Apart from Russell, other KKR batsmen with exception of Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana have struggled to find some consistency and KKR would hope for them to fire against RR and not to leave the job once again to the lower-order. Meanwhile, RR would want Smith and Stokes to find their best form. They have also been guilty at times of letting the game slip out of their hands despite being in control of things. The team needs to improve on that front as well. Both teams have been on the winning side on nine occasions in 18 matches played between these two sides. Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squads Rajasthan Royals Team 2019 Players list: Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler,
Ashton Turner
, Ish Sodhi,
Oshane Thomas
, Liam Livingstone, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Shubham Ranjane, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Sudhesan Midhun, Jaydev Unadkat, Prashant Chopra, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Riyan Parag, Dhawal Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Manan Vohra, Rahul Tripathi. Kolkata Knight Riders Team 2019 Players list:
Dinesh Karthik
(capt), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell,
Carlos Brathwaite
, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, K C Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj. For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here
For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here
Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps
RR vs KKR Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Kolkata cruise to eight-wicket win
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 21 LIVE Score Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders win by eight wickets and move to the top of the IPL 2019 points table! The Rajasthan Royals have been completely outplayed in this game, with the Knight Riders winning this with 37 balls to spare! Ben Stokes is brought into the attack in the 14th over, conceding four byes first up, followed by two singles. Stokes concedes a wide off the final delivery to bring the match to an anti-climactic end.
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And that brings us to the end of the Sunday double-header! Both DC and KKR emerged winners after opting to bat first against RCB and RR respectively. RCB continue to remain winless, suffering their sixth loss in as many games so far, while RR remain a place above them with just two points (their only win coming against the Royal Challengers) after getting completely outplayed by Dinesh Karthik’s men.
The action shifts to Mohali tomorrow, where KXIP host SRH. For now, it’s time for us to bid you all good night!
Quickfire 26 off 16 from Uthappa!
Well!
Largest victories for KKR by balls remaining in IPL:
37 v RR, Jaipur, 2019*
37 v RR, Kolkata, 2011
35 v DD, Kolkata, 2016
Larget victories v RR by balls remaining in IPL:
76 – KTK, Indore, 2011
56 – RCB, Bangalore, 2010
37 – KKR, Kolkata, 2011
37 – KKR, Jaipur, 2019*
After 13.5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 140/2 ( Robin Uthappa 26 , Shubman Gill 6)
Kolkata Knight Riders win by eight wickets and move to the top of the IPL 2019 points table!
The Rajasthan Royals have been completely outplayed in this game, with the Knight Riders winning this with 37 balls to spare! Ben Stokes is brought into the attack in the 14th over, conceding four byes first up, followed by two singles. Stokes concedes a wide off the final delivery to bring the match to an anti-climactic end.
After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 133/2 ( Robin Uthappa 25 , Shubman Gill 5)
Gopal bowls out his quota, conceding 15 runs off it with Uthappa smashing his Karnataka teammate for two sixes. KKR nearly at the finish line, needing just seven runs to with as many overs at their disposal.
After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 118/2 ( Robin Uthappa 12 , Shubman Gill 3)
Archer returns to the attack, conceding just three runs off his third over. Both Archer and Gopal have bowled good spells so far in the day. With two new batsmen at the crease, it looks like the Knight Riders might have to wait a little longer for their victory. KKR need 22 off 48 balls.
After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 115/2 ( Robin Uthappa 11 , Shubman Gill 1)
Lynn smashes the ball over the midwicket fence off the second delivery, collecting a single off the next ball to bring up his fifty. However, his innings comes to an end two deliveries later as he holes out to Midhun at deep backward square leg. 10 runs and a wicket off Gopal’s third over. KKR need 25 off 54 balls.
OUT! Lynn attempts to heave the ball over the square-leg fence, but doesn’t get the distance, as Midhun collects the catch near the boundary rope. Gopal collects his second wicket of the evening. KKR 114/2
Lynn c Midhun b Gopal 50(32)
Highest stands for KKR v RR in IPL:
152* – Jacques Kallis/Gautam Gambhir, Jaipur, 2011
121 – Robin Uthappa/Gautam Gambhir, Ahmedabad, 2014
111* – Sourav Ganguly/Cheteshwar Pujara, Kolkata, 2010
91 – Sunil Narine/Chris Lynn, Jaipur, 2019*
78* – Jacques Kallis/Yusuf Pathan, Kolkata, 2013
After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 105/1 ( Chris Lynn 43 , Robin Uthappa 9)
Uthappa starts off with a cracking drive through extra cover to collect his first boundary, following it up by guiding the ball towards third man for three. Lynn brings up the 100 for KKR with a boundary off the next delivery, and collects a single off the penultimate delivery. Uthappa collects a single off the last ball. KKR need just 35 off 60 balls.
After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 93/1 ( Chris Lynn 38 , Robin Uthappa 2)
Gopal continues from the other end. Lynn smashes the ball over deep square-leg for a six off the first delivery, and collects a single off the next ball. Narine departs after bottom-edging the ball to Smith, who takes a sharp catch at slip. Uthappa gets off the mark with a single off the last ball of the over. Eight runs and a wicket off the over.
OUT! The partnership is finally broken, as Narine gets a bottom edge while looking to heave the ball towards the off side, with Smith taking a fine catch at slip. KKR 91/1
Narine c Smith b Gopal 47(25)
After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 84/0 ( Chris Lynn 31 , Sunil Narine 47)
Sudeshan Midhun, making his debut today, is brought into the attack. Lynn collects a single of the first, followed by a wide. Appeal for lbw against Narine, but was pitched outside leg, with two leg byes coming off it. Narine gets down on one knee, and smashes the ball over the midwicket fence for his second maximum. Another lbw appeal by Midhun, this time off the penultimate delivery, but is once again turned down. Narine ends the over with another big hit, this time over cow corner. 16 off the over!
Overs : 32.4, Wickets : 19, Average : 9.89
After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 68/0 ( Chris Lynn 30 , Sunil Narine 35)
Shreyas Gopal is brought into the attack in the seventh over, and he starts off with a tidy one, conceding just three. KKR, meanwhile, are running away with the game. RR need a wicket or two to halt their charge.
After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 65/0 ( Chris Lynn 25 , Sunil Narine 34)
Narine smacks the ball towards the leg side off the second and third deliveries, collecting a four and a two respectively. Smacks the ball towards long on for a boundary off the fourth. Wide off the penultimate delivery. 11 off the over. End of what turned out to be a terrific powerplay for KKR. Umpire signals timeout at the end of the over.
After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 54/0 ( Chris Lynn 25 , Sunil Narine 24)
Lynn shuffles down the track and lofts the ball over long on to bring up the fifty stand. Quick single to the Aussie off the third delivery. Leg bye off the next ball. Eight off the over.
After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 46/0 ( Chris Lynn 18 , Sunil Narine 24)
DROPPED! Tripathi puts down a chance at backward point after a miscue by Narine off Kulkarni, who comes in from a different end. BOWLED! Lynn gets an inside edge, with the ball clipping the leg stump, but the bail fails to get dislodged! Kulkarni cannot believe his luck! Meanwhile, the ball runs away to the fine leg fence, and is counted as four byes. Lynn then smashes the ball towards the midwicket fence to extend the bowler’s misery. Dot to end the over. KKR need less than 100 with 16 overs and all 10 wickets at their disposal.