During the Eliminator of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Kolkata, Rajasthan Royals’ Krishnappa Gowtham made early inroads into the Knight Riders’ batting line-up.
Earlier Ajinkya Rahane, captain of Rajasthan Royals, had won the toss and chose to field. In a knock-out match, both the teams opted for not tinkering with their winning combination, fielding the same playing eleven.
Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn came out to open the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. Against two foreign batsmen, Rahane handed the new ball to off-spinner Gowtham, who picked up a couple of wicket in his first spell.
Bowling around the stumps, Krishnappa Gowtham made Narine step out of his crease on the second delivery of the match. Sunil Narine failed to make any contact with the bat which found him short of the crease when wicket-keeper Heinrich Klaasen dislodged the bails. Watch the video:
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On the first delivery of the third over, Robin Uthappa’s attempt to play the ball on the leg-side saw the ball lobbing off his leading edge back to the bowler. Watch the video of the dismissal:
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