RR vs KKR: Kolkata set a target of 134 runs, Morris took four wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have scored 133/9 against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 18th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Rahul Tripathi scored 36 runs from KKR. Apart from him, Dinesh Karthik contributed 25 runs.

On the other hand, Chris Morris took the maximum four wickets from RR.

Let’s look at KKR’s innings.

Kolkata started poorly

KKR got off to a poor start after losing the toss and Shubman Gill was run out on a team score of 24. Gill, who was dismissed in the sixth over, scored just 11 runs in 19 balls.

In front of the tight bowling of the RR team, KKR could only score 25 runs after losing one wicket in the powerplay. In the powerplay, Nitish Rana could only score 12 runs in 17 balls.

Rahul Tripathi, who came to bat in difficult conditions, scored 36 runs in 26 balls with the help of one four and two sixes.

In the middle order, Dinesh Karthik scored 25 runs in 24 balls with the help of four fours. At the same time, Nitish Rana scored 22 runs in 25 balls.

Strike batsman Andre Russell too could not do anything amazing and returned to the pavilion after scoring just nine runs.

Captain Eoin Morgan was run out without opening an account.

Karthik completed 1,000 runs from KKR

Dinesh Karthik, who scored 25 runs, completed 1,000 runs for KKR in the 49th match. He became the 12th KKR player to do so.

This is how Rajasthan’s bowling

In today’s match, RR used six bowlers.

Jaydev Unadkat took Sunil Narine’s wicket for 25 runs in four overs. Young Chetan Sakaria took the wicket of Nitish Rana for 31 runs in four overs.

Mustafizur Rahman bowled economically and took one wicket for 22 runs in four overs. At the same time, Rahul Tewatia gave 24 runs without taking wickets in three overs.

Morris took the most four wickets (4/23).