IPL 2022 KKR vs RR Highlights: Rinku-Rana end Kolkata's 5-match losing run

KKR vs RR Highlights: Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh combined together to give Kolkata Knight Riders its first win in six matches as they chased down 153 to defeat the Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets

11:44 PM

KKR vs RR Player of the Match: Rinku Singh

 

Rinku Singh was adjudged Player of the Match for his outstanding effort in the field where he took two catches and saved many runs and then went on to score a brilliant 42* off just 23 balls to win the match for his team with the bat. 

 

11:39 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: Match Summary

 

Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh combined together to give Kolkata Knight Riders its first win in six matches as they chased down 153 to defeat the Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets. The duo put on a stand of unbeaten 66 runs in just 38 balls to guide their team home.

 

The chase by the Kolkata side did not start on an ideal note as they lost both the openers in the Powerplay and scored only 32 runs. But slowly and steadily Nitish alongside skipper Shreyas Iyer built a partnership and brought the Knights into the game before Iyer was out to Boult through a soft dismissal. 

 

Rinku, who joined Rana, then attacked from the word go and was lucky with a few shots and many wide calls that went in his favour and frustrated the Rajasthan bowlers. He scored an amazing 42* off just 23 balls while Nitish Rana remained unbeaten on 48 off 37. 

 

Earlier in the day, Rajasthan and its skipper Sanju Samson could not utilise his form as after scoring a 38 ball fifty, he could score only four more of the next 11 balls and slowed the innings a lot. But thanks to Shimron Hetmyer's 13 ball 28, Rajasthan managed to get to a fighting total of 152/5 in their 20 overs. 

 

11:27 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: Rinku scored a brilliant 42* off 23 balls

11:25 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: Finally the victory for the Kolkata Knight Riders

11:20 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: Rana wins it with a six for Knight Riders

 

Kuldeep Sen is into the attack

 

Ball 1  Six!! Short and hit over the keeper for a six by Nitish Rana to ride home the victory for the Knight Riders. They win by Seven wickets with five balls to spare and the spell of a five-match losing run. 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score 158-3 after 19.1 overs 

 

11:18 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: Just one more run needed as Sanju Samson is frustrated

 

Prasidh Krishna is into the attack

 

Ball 1  Single to mid-off of the first ball of the 19th over 

 

Ball 2  Another single as Krishna nails the yorker and Rinku tried to be cheeky and scoop it, but not being able to 

 

Ball 3  WIDE signalled by the umpire here and that might just upset the rhythm of the bowler 

 

Ball 3  Four!! This is not at all expected from Trent Boult as he lets that go through his hands. Not at all expected 

 

Ball 4  Well that has been called a wide and Sanju has gone for the review much so because of the wide rather than anything else. It was a protest to the wide call more than anything else 

 

Ball 4 Nails the slower yorker once again but single could not be avoided. What could have been over by now and still more runs needed, still has two balls to go 

 

Ball 5  Now two runs to deep mid-wicket as Rajasthan seem to have lost the interest in the game 

 

Ball 6  WIDE as it was outside the white guideline although very close to the batter 

 

Ball 6  Four!! The over is over and so is the match, very frustratingly for the Rajasthan Royals as it didn’t even need bih hits and the over goes for 17 runs 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score 152-3 after 19 overs 

 

11:08 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: 18 needed off the last 12

 

Yuzvendra Chahal is into the attack

 

Ball 1  Four!! Short and googly and punched away by Rinklu to extra cover for a four 

 

Ball 2  Four!! Two days are not the same and Chahal is realising it the harsh way as t6ghis was a bit fuller and Rinkly sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a four. Maybe it was a bad move to bowl Chahal now with two left-handers all set 

 

Ball 3  And now the batteries steal two runs and it is already the required 10 from the over 

 

Ball 4  Appeal for LBW, the umpire doesn’t give and Royals don’t go upstairs either. Now 20 needed off 14

 

Ball 5  Now that was a really good ball, as it hit Rana on the legs, but they still take a single 

 

Ball 6  Swept away for a single and that would be 13 off the over. Six more than what Rajasthan would have liked it to be. 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score 135-3 after 18 overs 

 

11:02 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: 31 needed off 18 now by KKR

 

Prasidh Krishna is into the attack

 

Ball 1  Single off the first ball of Prasidh’s over as Rinku hits it to third-man 

 

Ball 2  What an effort this is by Trent Boult and if that did come off, it might have been the best catch thus far. But certainly saved three runs at third-man as the ball dropped short of him 

 

Ball 3  Wide was Signalled by the umpire, even as Rinku was almost near the ball, but it was outside the white guideline 

 

Ball 3 This time it is not called wide as the ball is inside the white line 

 

Ball 4  Four!! He was trying for this shot on the last two balls too, but this time he gets the ball in his arc and gets it over short fine for a four 

 

Ball 5  Single to deep extra cover now 

 

Ball 6  This ball is very crucial as eight runs have come off the over so far and he nails a yorker. This match will be going to the wire it seems 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score 122-3 after 17 overs 

 

10:54 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: Rinku hits a great six

 

Kuldeep Sen is into the attack

 

Ball 1  Dot ball first up as Rinku Singh plays it to backward point for no runs 

 

Ball 2  Six!! That was towards the short boundary, but Rinku Singh uses Sen’s pace and just sweep-hooks it for a six over fine leg 

 

Ball 3  And another dot ball as it is played to short cover by Rinku 

 

Ball 4  Single down to the fine leg 

 

Ball 5  Beats the outside edge of Rana’s bat here and even after getting hit for a six, Sen has conceded only seven so far 

 

Ball 6  And that would be yet another dot ball and just seven off the over it would be 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score 114-3 after 16 overs

 

10:48 PM

KKR vs RR Live Updates: Ashwin keeps it tight

 

Ashwin is into the attack

 

Ball 1  And Ashwin bowls a dot ball first up to Rana 

 

Ball 2  And once again, into the blockhole and two runs have been stolen here by the Knight Riders batters 

 

Ball 3  Now, it is a single to short fine leg 

 

Ball 4  Quick single once again to backward point 

 

Ball 5  Now that’s a direct hit, but has the batter made it to the crease, the replays show that he has 

 

Ball 6  Played on the on side for a single and that would six off the over

 

Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score 107-3 after 15 overs