IPL 2018: Robin Uthappa leads Kolkata Knight Riders to a 7-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals

The Kolkata Knight Riders recorded a comfortable win over the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, thus ending their massive unbeaten streak at home. Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana played key roles in Kolkata Knight Riders’ chase of a 161-run total. Robin Uthappa played a brilliant knock of 48 runs that included 6 fours and 3 sixes. Rana scored 35 and skipper Dinesh Karthik scored 42 runs to see KKR through.

It was brilliant bowling from Tom Curran and Nitish Rana who took 2 wickets each to stem Rajasthan’s run flow in the first innings. Sunil Narine, however, proved to be expensive, with Rajasthan skipper Ajinkya Rahane smashing four 4’s in an over by him.

Kolkata Knight Riders

BATSMEN	DISMISSAL	RUNS	BALLS	4S	6S	S.RATE
Sunil Narine	Run Out (J Unadkat/J Buttler)	35	25	5	1	140.00
Chris Lynn	b K Gowtham	0	2	0	0	0.00
Robin Uthappa	c B Stokes b K Gowtham	48	36	6	2	133.33
Nitish Rana	Not Out	35	27	2	1	129.63
Dinesh Karthik (c & wk)	Not Out	42	23	2	2	182.61

Total 163 For 3 wickets in 18.5 Overs

Rajasthan Royals

BATSMEN	HOW OUT	RUNS	BALLS	4S	6S	S.RATE
Ajinkya Rahane (c)	st D Karthik b N Rana	36	19	5	1	189.47
D'Arcy Short	b N Rana	44	43	5	1	102.33
Sanju Samson	c K Yadav b S Mavi	7	8	1	0	87.50
Rahul Tripathi	c A Russell b K Yadav	15	11	2	0	136.36
Ben Stokes	c N Rana b P Chawla	14	11	0	1	127.27
Jos Buttler (wk)	Not Out	24	18	2	0	133.33
Krishnappa Gowtham	c S Mavi b T Curran	12	7	0	1	171.43