Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals were up against each other in the 54th match of the Indian Premier League 2021 in Sharjah. KKR are looking to seal the final berth for the playoffs of the IPL 2021 while RR are almost eliminated for this season.
Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to field first. He named four changes in the playing XI and brought Liam Livingstone, Anuj Rawat, Jaydev Unadkat and Chris Morris in. KKR, on the other hand, replaced Tim Southee with Lockie Ferguson.
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Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer gave Kolkata Knight Riders a solid start and scored 34 runs inside the powerplay. Both batsmen were scoring occasional boundaries and kept a good run rate. Both batsmen were going well and scored 79 runs for the opening wicket.
Venkatesh Iyer was looking good for another match-defining knock but Rahul Tewatia dismissed him in the 11th over. Iyer went for a reverse sweep but the ball went through his legs and crashed into the stumps. He got out after scoring 38 runs in 35 balls, where he hit three fours and two sixes.
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Gill, however, kept his cool from the other end and scored a fine fifty. He got out after scoring 56 runs in 44 balls. KKR managed to put a good total on the board and finished their innings with 171/4 in 20 overs.
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KKR Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy.
RR Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Liam Livingstone, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman.
