Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals 56th Match 11 May 2023

56th T20 • Eden Gardens • Kolkata

Kolkata Knight Riders

149/8 (20)

Rajasthan Royals

151/1 (13.1)

RR won by 9 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Videos

Player of the Match Yashasvi Jaiswal

98(47)

KKR

Info

Kolkata Knight Riders

149/8 (20)

Batters

Jason Roy

125.00

c S Hetmyer b T Boult

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

150.00

c S Sharma b T Boult

Venkatesh Iyer

135.71

c T Boult b Y Chahal

Nitish Rana

(C)

129.41

c S Hetmyer b Y Chahal

Andre Russell

100.00

c R Ashwin b K Asif

Rinku Singh

88.89

c J Root b Y Chahal

Shardul Thakur

50.00

lbw b Y Chahal

Anukul Roy

100.00

Not out

Sunil Narine

120.00

c J Root b S Sharma

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.45)

149/8

Did not Bat

Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma

Bowlers

EXT

5.00

8.50

8.00

7.00

6.25

KM Asif

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jason Roy

c S Hetmyer b T Boult

1-14

2.2

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c S Sharma b T Boult

2-29

4.1

Nitish Rana

c S Hetmyer b Y Chahal

3-77

10.2

Andre Russell

c R Ashwin b K Asif

4-107

13.3

Venkatesh Iyer

c T Boult b Y Chahal

5-127

16.1

Shardul Thakur

lbw b Y Chahal

6-129

16.4

Rinku Singh

c J Root b Y Chahal

7-140

18.4

Sunil Narine

c J Root b S Sharma

8-149

19.6

Rajasthan Royals

151/1 (13.1)

Batters

Yashasvi Jaiswal *

208.51

Not out

Jos Buttler

0.00

runout (A Russell)

Sanju Samson

(C)

165.52

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(13.1 Ov, RR: 11.47)

151/1

Did not Bat

Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bowlers

EXT

Nitish Rana

26.00

Harshit Rana

11.00

Shardul Thakur

1.1

15.43

9.33

6.50

7.33

20.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jos Buttler

runout (A Russell)

1-30

1.4

Match Info

Date & Time

11 May, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

56th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Rod Tucker(Australia), Saidharshan Kumar(India), Rohan Pandit(India, TV)

Referee

Pankaj Dharmani(India)

Weather

Mostly clear with no chance of rain

Pitch Report

High scoring pitch with help for spinners; In this series: Avg. 1st Inn. Score - 205, Batting team won 3 out of 5 times

Toss

Rajasthan Royals elected to bowl

Player of the Match Yashasvi Jaiswal

98(47)

Analysis

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Pratyush Rohra. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda with a lot more matches coming up tomorrow including the IPL, the second ODI between Ireland and Bangladesh and many more. Until next time, it is a warm good-bye!

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Player of the Match: In my mind, I wanted to play well. It is a nice feeling and I am happy that we won. I try my best and I think about my process a lot. Result will come but preparations and belief is more important. The winning shot was a great feeling as I always wanted to finish games. Winning matches for the team is my motto. I am blessed and I am grateful. I was just thinking to increase my strike-rate. I was just discussing with Sanju bhai (Sanju Samson) that if we score quickly, it will help our strike-rate. No one does it purposefully. Sanju bhai came and said don't worry, just carry on. I am just blessed to have a platform like the IPL. Just grateful to be here.

Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals captain): I didn't have to do anything. Just had to put bat on ball and get to the other end. Enjoyed watching him. We know what he can do now. He loves the Powerplay, has got the fun factor for Powerplay. It is time to give him the tag of 'Legend'. We were very happy when we signed him last year itself. He knows what he needs to do, very brave bowler. The pressure is never off. You know how the IPL is. You can see how a legend like Buttler sacrifices his wicket for Jaiswal, you can tell how the atmosphere of the team is

Yashasvi Jaiswal is getting a horde of awards and he absolutely deserves and all of those!

Time for the Post-match Presentation!

The crowd at Eden Gardens usually appreciates good cricket. Tonight, they were chanting Yashasvi Jaiswal's name after the youngster put on an absolute show. Here are some of the best Twitter reactions from that knock 👇

"Yashasvi Jaiswal madness in Eden Gardens"- Fans go berserk as RR opener smashes fastest IPL fifty against KKR

Nitish Rana: You (Jaiswal) have to give him credit. There are days when things go your way, today was his day. It was a 170-180 wicket. We made some mistakes in the batting department and as a result we lost two points tonight. [Bowling the first over] Not to call myself a part-timer bowler, but I thought if someone like me comes along, it might work. It was in our plans and didn't work out, I can't bother about what anyone says because we know it didn't work out. Credit for to Jaiswal, he started attacking from the first ball and batted brilliantly.

MATCH OVER!

Rajasthan Royals win by nine wickets!

Kolkata Knight Riders 149-8 (20)
Rajasthan Royals 151-1 (13.1)

Yashasvi Jaiswal 98* (47) | Sanju Samson 48* (29)

What a sensational win for RR turbo-charged by Yashasvi Jaiswal's jaw-dropping 98 off 47 balls. KKR would have thought they had some chance after posting 149-8 on a slow-ish track but Jaiswal came out all guns blazing to bury their hopes. The gamble from Nitish Rana to bowl himself for the first over kicked off the carnage as Jaiswal smashed him for 26 balls. In the next over, a bad mix-up resulted in Jos Buttler getting run-out for a three-ball duck. However, that didn't affect Jaiswal as he continued to smash the KKR bowlers on the way to breaking the all-time IPL record for fastest IPL fifty in the third over.

Nitish tried to use different bowling options but none worked as Jaiswal continued to butcher all parts of the ground while his partner and RR skipper Sanju Samson also joined in the party in the 11th over. Samson started to produce some cracking shots on his own as he neared his fifty. Yet, he decided to help Jaiswal get to his hundred but the southpaw fell just two short of the milestone!

13.1 Shardul Thakur to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! YASHASVI JAISWAL, TAKE A BOW! He doesn't get to a century but he celebrates like he's got one, as he should. Takes his helmet off and points to the RR badge on his chest as he gets a hug from his captain. That was a knock of the highest order. Low full toss wide outside the off-stump, swept away through backward square leg to seal the deal. Rajasthan Royals win by 9 wickets with 41 balls to spare!

Shardul Thakur [1-0-14-0] is back into the attack

Suyash Sharma tried to fire a wide but Sanju Samson still stretched to block the ball. The RR skipper is determined to see Yashasvi Jaiswal register another hundred for this season

overs

147 /1 score

runs

Sanju Samson *

48 (29)

Yashasvi Jaiswal

94 (46)

Suyash Sharma

0 /22

12.6 Suyash Sharma to Sanju Samson, darts it in full and on the pads. Samson is a bit unorthodox but manages to defend it back to the bowler, no run

12.5 Suyash Sharma to Yashasvi Jaiswal, another googly on the off-stump line. Jaiswal lunges forward and skews a thick outside edge that rolls to sweeper cover

12.4 Suyash Sharma to Yashasvi Jaiswal, nicely tossed up googly that beats Jaiswal all ends up as he tried to work it into the leg-side, no run

12.3 Suyash Sharma to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Brings out some panache now! Picking the googly and setting up for the reverse sweep to clear backward point to find the boundary on the bounce. Into the 90s now!

12.2 Suyash Sharma to Sanju Samson, flatter on the good length at the middle stump. Samson tucks it through mid-wicket for a single

12.1 Suyash Sharma to Yashasvi Jaiswal, a stumping chance goes begging! Pushed through the googly outside off, beating Jaiswal as he stepped out and missed. Gurbaz snatches at it, allowing a single to be pinched in the end

The last single shows how complete a batsman is Yashasvi Jaiswal already. The target isn't far away now but he is still determined to remained unbeaten at the end