Monday, Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs in IPL 2022. Jos Buttler's century and Yuzvendra Chahal's hat-trick were the highlights, as fans were jubilant.
In another thrilling match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, former champion Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated fellow former champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 30. Played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Monday, RR scripted a seven-run win, while KKR suffered its third successive and fourth loss of the season. Jos Buttler's century and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's hat-trick highlighted the match as fans went jubilant on social media.
What a match! An amazing knock by so close yet so far! What an over by on the 17th to change the game in just 4 deliveries and that to with a hat trick! Don't think any amount of runs is safe at brabourne this IPL!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)Winning the toss, KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer asked RR to bat first. The latter was off to a beautiful start, with openers Buttler (103) and Devdutt Padikkal (24) putting on 97 runs before mystery spinner Sunil Narine dismissed the latter in the tenth over. Another impressive 67-run stand followed it for the second wicket between Buttler and skipper Sanju Samson (38) before the latter departed to pacer Andre Russell in the 16th.
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Well played . Having a good season with the ball and now with the bat. What a knock! Almost took home.
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan)Buttler slammed his third IPL century at this time, while it was his second for the season before falling in the 17th to pacer Pat Cummins at 183. RR lost regular wickets thereon but finished at a monumental total of 217/5, which was the highest of the season. For KKR, Narine claimed a couple and was also the most economical.
Best game of an already ridiculously entertaining tonight. Great win for the heartbreak for MoM has to be Yuzi for his bowling on such a good batting track but was immense. I’m out of breath!
— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66)In reply, KKR lost opener Sunil Narine (0) in the first ball of the chase, as he was run out for a diamond duck. Nonetheless, fellow opener Aaron Finch (58) and Shreyas (85*) put on 107 for the second wicket, while the former scored his 15th IPL 50 before falling to pacer Prasidh Krishna in the ninth. Shreyas and Nitish Rana (18) added 41 for the third wicket before the latter went packing to Chahal at 148.
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What a game!
Had it all. Fitting as a 14th anniversary celebration of IPL.
Thereon, KKR began to lose wickets in a heap, while Shreyas fell to Chahal in the 17th at 180, as the leggie bagged four wickets in the same over to claim his maiden career hat-trick. His hat-trick victims happened to be Shreyas, Shivam Mavi (0) and Cummins (0). While Umesh Yadav (21) tried to provide some fightback towards the end with some biggies, pacer Obed McCoy claimed the final couple in the last over to hand RR a seven-run win. For RR, Chahal claimed five, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was the most economical of all.
Win or loss you just admire tricks played by yuzi Chahal.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)As for the records scripted:
Brief scores: RR 217/5 (Buttler- 203, Samson- 38; Narine- 2/21) defeated KKR 210 in 19.4 overs (Finch- 58, Shreyas- 85; Chahal- 5/40) by seven runs.