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Rajasthan Royals (RR) registered their second victory in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 after they defeated Kolkat💟a Knight Riders (KKR) by six wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Chasing a paltry target of 134, the Royals had a bad start as they lost both the openers inside five overs when the team’s score was 40. Then, skipper Sanju Samson and all-rounder Shivam Dube (22) tried to stabilise the ship by adding a crucial 45-run🐈 stand for the third wicke⭕t.
Dube, who was looking settled at 22, was removed by Varun Chakravarthy to provide an important breakthrough for KKR. Soon, pacer Prasidh Krishna joined the party and sent back Rahul Tewatia (5) to reduce RR to 100/4 in 13.4 overs.
However, Samson held his end alive and kept on scoring runs. He formed another vital partnership with David Miller to get his team over the finish line. The🌟 duo added an unbeaten stand of 34 runs for the fifth wicket. Samson remained not out on 42, and Miller stayed unbeaten on 24.
Earlier, Chris Morris displayed outstanding bowling skills and never allowed KKR batting to settle. The South African all-rounder picked up four wickets for 23 in his quota of 4 overs and completely destroyed th𓄧e Knight♉ Riders.
Apart from Morris, Mustafizur, Chetan Sakariya, and Jaydev Unadkat bagged one scalp apiece. For KKR, Rahul Tripathi top-scored with 36 runs off 26 deliveries featuring one four and two sixes. Later, Dinesh Karthik ♔made a valuable co✃ntribution of 25 runs to help his side post 133/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
WE WIN! 💗
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
That is the kind of innings tha🥃t must please Sanju Samson; and one🐠 many were waiting for.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Well done for winning thꦚis game convincingly. Bowling was top notch from Morris and Chetan. Kkr needs to regroup quickly before it’s too late.They have a better team on paper.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
//twitter.com/KP24/status/1386015449473765380
bowlers to batters today
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Average and SR of captains in
55.25 – Rahul (133.13 SR)
47.66 – Kohli (128.82)
46.75 – Samson (143.84)
40.20 – Rohit (130.51)
32.50 – Warner (116.07)
29.33 – Pant (129.41)
11.66 – Dhoni (129.62)
9.00 – Morgan (112.50)Morgan has the lowest average and SR
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
//tw🔯itter.com/benjonescricket/status/1386🔜016086433337350
Very good knock Samson! Pla💫yed the sﷺituation perfectly and took his side home. A vital win for them.
Kolkata can keep bragging about the 𒐪brand of game without playing anywhere close to it.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
A convincing win for Rajasthan♓ Royalꦏs. Scorecard:
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Sanju Samson has faced 40+ deliveries on 13 occasions in the IPL. The false shot percentage he recorded today (7%) was the equal lowes๊t for a🐷ny of those knocks. Clinical from the RR captain.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
is back on winning ways, beating KKR by 6 wickets, bowlers lead to this easy victory for Royals and good to 🐬ꦕsee Sanju Samson guiding the run chase as a captain.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Chris Morris is the first player with identical 4+ wicket hauls against a team in IPL.
4/23 vs KKR in 2015
4/23 vs KKR todayIncidentally both the matches are at Mumbai..
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Samson is show🅷ing how easy it is to anchor an innings if he wants to do it.
— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho)
