- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.4 leading edge, and taken at cover! Morris has his first wicket in the UAE in this leg. The ball was too full on off to try and heave that across to the on side, as Gill played from deep in his crease and his front leg near the leg stump. The ball went sailing, as Jaiswal took a few steps to his left to take that 133/310.5 Iyer will be so disappointed as he gets bowled trying to play the reverse sweep. Iyer changed his stance to play the reverse. Tewatia bowls stump to stump. He misses the shot, and it hits the pad before crashing into his stump. Partnership broken after 79 79/111.5 holes out! So Rana falls after a 5-ball 12. Which isn't too shabby, but KKR would've wanted a bigger cameo. Full outside off. Rana tries to loft it over extra cover but he's toe-ended the shot. Long off gobbles it up 92/217.1 bowled him! Castles him with that change of pace. Sakariya bowls on a good length on middle, as Tripathi looks to swing that away to the on side after going down on his back knee and making a touch of room. But he is beaten by the lack of pace, and the ball strikes the middle pole 145/4Extras17 (b 5, lb 3, w 9)TOTAL171/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.55)Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Venkatesh Iyer, 10.5 ov), 2-92 (Nitish Rana, 11.5 ov), 3-133 (Shubman Gill, 15.4 ov), 4-145 (Rahul Tripathi, 17.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JD Unadkat 4 0 35 0 8.75 8 2 2 1 0 CH Morris 4 0 28 1 7.00 12 2 1 3 0 C Sakariya 4 0 23 1 5.75 12 2 1 0 0 Mustafizur Rahman 4 0 31 0 7.75 8 2 1 1 0 S Dube 2 0 18 0 9.00 1 2 0 0 0 R Tewatia 1 0 11 1 11.00 1 0 1 1 0 GD Phillips 1 0 17 1 17.00 1 2 1 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 bowled him around his legs! Goes for the reverse sweep, Shakib goes full on off. Misses the shot, ball stays low, and his offstump is rattled. Armball does the trick 0/13.2 up high! And taken by Tripathi! Short ball, rising delivery. Swivels to pull but too late into the shot. Sliced in the air, and its coming down swiftly, but the fielder runs in from deep backward square leg to take a tumble and catch. 12/3 12/31.1 strikes first ball! And its the wicket of the skipper! Good length ball angling in, and his gentle flick goes straight to Morgan diving to his right at midwicket! 1/27.6 stumps knocked back again! Ball stays a bit low too. Fullish on middle and leg. Dube is slow to get low and flick. Misses the shot. Hits the front leg, and then crashes into the wickets. 34/63.4 trapped lbw? Of course! Full on off and angling in from around off stump. Tries to flick it leg side but doesn't connect. Finger raised and Rawat reviews, but this looks plumb. The left-hander has to go back for a first-ball duck. Ball-tracking is a mere formality: this is crashing into middle stump. 13/47.3 top of off! Fullish ball on off. Phillips tries to stay on the back foot to punch straight. The ball zips through instead of jagging in. Past the outside edge, and the zing bails have been lit. Time out. 33/516.1 bottom edge on to the stumps, and gone! This is the lowest total by Royals this IPL. Tewatia goes for the slash to this full ball wide of off, and gets it off the bottom edge and on the bounce to the stumps. Mavi bowls one with a change of pace, and finishes with his best IPL figures 85/108.6 the finger goes up even before Varun has finished appealing, and Royals lose their seventh! That was too full on middle to try and sweep after going down on his back knee, repeating the shot from previous ball. Knight Riders riding on well here 35/711.2 goes slogging, and finds deep point! Fullish ball on off, as he looks to slice that over the off side, but the ball takes off from the bottom of the bat to go ballooning to Shakib in the deep 62/815.3 Sakariya is run-out at the keeper's end! The throw was very accurate and very close to the stumps, where Karthik's gloves took off the bails hurriedly. There was a mix-up among the batters after Tewatia went for the slog-sweep to this full ball on middle, but got a top edge toward fine leg. Sakariya thought there was two - and even Tewatia took a step forward for it - but was sent back and eventually fell short 85/9Extras1 (b 1)TOTAL85 all out (16.1 Overs, RR: 5.25)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (Sanju Samson, 1.1 ov), 3-12 (Liam Livingstone, 3.2 ov), 4-13 (Anuj Rawat, 3.4 ov), 5-33 (Glenn Phillips, 7.3 ov), 6-34 (Shivam Dube, 7.6 ov), 7-35 (Chris Morris, 8.6 ov), 8-62 (Jaydev Unadkat, 11.2 ov), 9-85 (Chetan Sakariya, 15.3 ov), 10-85 (Rahul Tewatia, 16.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shakib Al Hasan 1 0 1 1 1.00 5 0 0 0 0 Shivam Mavi 3.1 0 21 4 6.63 10 3 0 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 30 0 7.50 12 1 3 0 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 18 3 4.50 17 3 0 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 14 1 3.50 16 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20
Match days
7 October 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 0 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 44/0 in 7.0 overs (Shubman Gill 22, VR Iyer 19)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (Shubman Gill 24, VR Iyer 21, Ex 5)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 119/2 in 14.0 overs (Shubman Gill 46, RA Tripathi 16)
- Shubman Gill: 50 off 40 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Over 17.3: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - EJG Morgan (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 171/4 in 20.0 overs (KD Karthik 14, EJG Morgan 13)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 17 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 3.4: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Umpire - HAS Khalid, Batter - Anuj Rawat (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 33/5 in 7.3 overs (S Dube 18)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 85/9 in 15.3 overs (R Tewatia 44)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsStats - Royals' biggest IPL defeat, and Knight Riders' biggest win since 2008
It was the sixth time Knight Riders bowled out their opposition for a sub-100 total
As it happened - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2021
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Clinical Knight Riders in line for final playoff spot after Royals demolition job
They enjoyed the perfect game on Thursday, keeping Royals to their second successive sub-100 total
Andre Russell 'pushing hard' to be fit for playoffs
"We know that he heals quickly. He has proved that last year," Morgan said of Russell's fitness
Kolkata Knight Riders hold key to their own playoffs fortunes
Rajasthan Royals, however, could rain down on their parade in Thursday's clash in Sharjah