In this article, we will discuss Cricket Highlights of the IPL 2024 on 17 April for Match 31 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a thrilling IPL clash. They beat KKR by 2 wickets in this high-scoring match on Tuesday (April 16). English star Jos Buttler was the hero of the Royals’ victory on the day. Apart from Buttler, KKR’s bowling all-rounder Sunil Narine also scored a century in this match. There were also many records made of this encounter.
After losing the toss and batting first, Knight Riders got a huge collection of 223 runs for 6 wickets. KKR’s Caribbean batsman Narine scored his first career century on this day. After a 22-ball 47 in the team’s second tournament match, Narine played a 39-ball 85 in the third match against Delhi Capitals (DC). This was his highest-scoring innings in his T20 career.
Narine got the first century of his career at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. 11 fours and 6 sixes in 49 balls took him to reach a great century. In the end, he was bowled by Trent Bowl scoring 109 runs off 56 balls with 13 fours and 6 sixes. Also, Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 30 off 18 balls and Rinku Singh scored 20 runs off 9 balls.
No bowler bowled that well for the Royals. However, Avesh Khan bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets for 35 runs. Kuldeep Sen also got two wickets.
Chasing a huge target, RR kept losing wickets at regular intervals from the start. 22 runs came from the opening pair. Jaiswal, who scored 19 runs, was sent back by Vaibhav Arora. Then Royals captain Samson also got back with only 12 runs. Parag, who has been in great form in the current IPL, has not been able to go far. This batsman got out after scoring 34 runs off 14 balls.
But Buttler continued to play well keeping one end safe. He continued to lead the team to victory by dominating over Starc-Arora-Rana. Buttler got fifty off 36 balls. Meanwhile, Rovman Powell hit three sixes in one over of Narine. But he could not play big innings. This Caribbean batsman got out after scoring 26 runs off 13 balls.
The Royals needed 46 runs in the last 3 overs. After Mitchell Starc’s 18 runs in one over, Buttler scored 19 runs in Harshit Rana’s over. He left the field beating the team by completing his century in the last over. Buttler remained unbeaten on 107 runs off 60 balls with nine fours and six sixes. For KKR, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Harshit Rana took the maximum number of 2 wickets each.
The Royals touched the record for the highest run chase in IPL; the exciting part is they’ve matched their previous record this time. They won against Punjab Kings in 2020 crossing the line of 223 runs. This time they secured a triumph chasing down 223 runs. Rajasthan Royals have strengthened the top spot in the points table with six wins in seven matches. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are now placed second in the standings with four wins in six games.
Kolkata Knight Riders – 223/6 (20.0)
Rajasthan Royals – 224/8 (20.0)
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 2 wickets
Player of the match – Jos Buttler
Jos Buttler
Kolkata Knight Riders | Shreyas Iyer (c), Philip Salt (wk), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, and Varun Chakaravarthy. |
Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Kuldeep Sen. |
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