Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, Indian Premier League 2020 Match 52: In Pics
RR opt to bowl first against KKR
Steve Smith-led Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first against Dinesh Karthik's Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the last league stage fixture for the two sides in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.
RR and KKR are occupying sixth and seventh place, respectively in the points table with six wins each from 13 games and this clash is crucial for both the teams in order to stay alive in the playoff race.
In the previous encounter between the two sides this season, Rajasthan slumped to a 37-run defeat at the hands of Kolkata at the same venue on September 30.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)
Kolkata Knight Riders- Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have made two changes in their Playing XI for their second clash against Rajasthan Royals of the season. Andre Russell has returned to the team and he has replaced Lockie Ferguson, while Shivam Mavi comes in place of Rinku Singh.
Eoin Morgan,Andre Russell, Pat Cummins and Sunil Narine are the four overseas players named in the KKR Playing XI fo the tie. (Image Credits: Twitter/@KKRiders)
Rajasthan Royals- Playing XI
Jofra Archer removes Sunil Narine early
Sunil Narine falls for duck
Rahul Tewatia dismisses Shubman Gill
Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik depart in quick succession
Rahul Tripathi (39) and Dinesh Karthik (0) fell in quick succession. While Rahul departed on the last delivery of 12th ovr by Shreyas Gopal following a running catch by Robin Uthappa near long-on, Karthik was taken by Steve Smith at short midwicket on the third ball of the next over by Rahul Tewatia.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)
Eoin Morgan brings up fifty
KKR skipper Eoin Morgan has brought up a half-century off 30 deliveries. He reached the mark with a maximum by lofting the fourth delivery of the 19th over by Ben Stokes over long-on. This was his first fifty of the season. Morgan eventually finished with unbeaten knock of 68 runs off just 35 balls to help KKR post a good total of 191/7.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)