Match Details

KKR vs RR 18th Match, IPL 2021

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RR
134-418.5
RR won by 6 wickets
KKR
20.0133-9
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D Miller Logo
D Miller Jersy

D Miller

24

(23)

D Miller
24(23)
4s: 3
6s: 0
SR:104.35
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S Samson Logo
S Samson Jersy

S Samson

42

(41)

S Samson
42(41)
4s: 2
6s: 1
SR:102.44
P Cummins Logo
P Cummins Jersy

P Cummins

0-36

(3.5)

P Cummins

0-36(3.5)
Econ: 9.39
16th Over:
1
wd
wd
4
0
0
0
2
 
= 9
17th Over:
1
4
1
1
0
1
 
= 8
Last Over:
0
2
4
0
1
1
 
= 8
This Over:
1
2
0
1
1
 
= 5

Player of the Match

Chris Morris Logo
Chris Morris Jersy
Chris Morris
Rajasthan Royals
4/23
RRRR - 2nd Innings
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6 Over 4450
10 Over 7980
15 Over 119104
KKRKKR - 1st Innings
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6 Over 5025
10 Over 6055
15 Over 9993
20 Over 152133

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So, this will be all from us tonight. A low-scoring game and a rare one-sided affair in this year's IPL edition. But do not forget to join us for the double-header lined up for you tomorrow. This is Vikhyat Jain signing off on behalf of Anurag Singh and Karthik Raj. See you soon. Until then stay indoors and stay safe. Cheers!!!
Man of the Match: Chris Morris
The start to the chase wasn't the best for RR as they lost Buttler cheaply once again. But Sanju depicted maturity today and worked the ball around nicely for 1's and 2's with minimal risk. He hit the oddball for a boundary and kept the scoreboard ticking and the math away from KKR. In the end, Sanju's calmness tonight helped the team's cause as they gripped a 6-wickets win in the end. Jaiswal, Dube and Miller did chip in with some vital cameos.
Winning the toss and opting to field first, bowlers proved their captain's decision correctly. KKR openers struggled miserably to time the ball upfront and posted a paucity of 25 runs within the first 6 overs. Tripathi played a quick cameo and he was probably the only batsman who looked fluent tonight. Morgan's misery didn't leave his shadow tonight as he got run out in an unfortunate way without even facing a single delivery. What was more baffling was the decision to hold back Dre Russ till the very last. KKR was limping but still, Dre Russ was pushed down the order. He came out only when a handful of balls were remaining. In the end, a total as low as 133 runs was never going to suffice on even a sluggish track of Wankhede.
While KKR continues with their losing spree of 4 back-to-back games. They looked timid right from the start of the evening, first with the bat and then later on with the ball. The blame for KKR's loss can rightly be coined to the failure of their top and middle-order once again. Some serious introspection needs to be done by the KKR team management going ahead.
It is the Royals who have put up a Royal show tonight to trounce KKR rather comprehensively in the end. Anchored by the RR captain himself, Sanju made sure that he stayed till the very end and sees his stream through. It will boost the confidence of the RR camp especially after a drubbing loss to RCB. With this win by 6 wickets, RR will hop onto the 6th position in the tally.
Anurag Singh: Very calculative batting by the Royals, they haven't played freely against a good bowling attack. However, they win here comfortably.
18.5 Pat Cummins to Sanju Samson
1 The captain does it for RR with a single to the deep mid-wicket region. RR wins by 5 wickets.
18.4 Pat Cummins to David Miller
1 Slow and on the good length around-off, Miller taps it gently on the off-side and hurries across for a single. One run required now.
18.3 Pat Cummins to David Miller
0 Short and slow, Miller was looking to play it with the soft hands on the on-side but drops it back to the bowler, dot ball
18.2 Pat Cummins to David Miller
2 On the pads of Miller once again who flicks it to the deep square leg region. Will allow them to take a couple of runs by the time Rana covers it
18.1 Pat Cummins to Sanju Samson
1 Back of a length and in the line of stumps, Sanju turns it to the on-side for a single
OVER 18.0
Rajasthan Royals
129/4
David Miller
21(20)
Sanju Samson
40(39)
Prasidh Krishna
1-20(3.0)
17.6 Prasidh Krishna to Sanju Samson
1 Full and Sanju moves across to his off and flicks it to the cow corner for a single. Will keep the strike. Will the next over do it for RR?
Karthik: Even though Prasidh's figures don't look bad, he has been pretty inconsistent so far
17.5 Prasidh Krishna to David Miller
1 Once again Krishna adamantly spills a fuller length delivery on the pads of Miller who times his flicks to the deep fine leg region for a single only this time
17.4 Prasidh Krishna to David Miller
0 Short and wide allowed Miller to free his arms as he cuts it crisply but straight to the point fielder, no run
17.3 Prasidh Krishna to David Miller
4 FOUR!!! This will put a step further towards the victory for RR. Full on the pads again and Miller doesn't miss out this time as he flicks it past the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary
17.2 Prasidh Krishna to David Miller
2 Short ball and in the body, Miller gets behind it but doesn't time it well as he gets the inside edge of the bat to the fine-leg region and takes a quick couple
17.1 Prasidh Krishna to David Miller
0 On the length and on the pads, Miller pushes it straight to the short mid-wicket fielder, no run
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