NEW DELHI: KL Rahul (84 no longer out) helped Kings XI Punjab sign in a comfortable six-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Sunday. With 6th win in 9 video games, Kings XI leapfrogged Kolkata Knight Riders to take the 3rd spot within the 2018 Indian Premier League standings with 12 points.
Scorecard | As it came about
Rahul and Marcus Stoinis (23 no longer out) added an unconquered 68 runs in 5.5 overs as Kings XI chased down the 153-run goal with 8 balls to spare. Royals suffered their 6th defeats in 9 video games and remained caught at the backside of the points table.
IPL 2018 Points Table
Needed 43 off 4 overs, Rahul smacked 3 sixes and two fours to finish the chase in next 2.4 overs. Rahul's unbeaten match-winning 54-ball knock was studded with 3 maximums and 7 fours, while Stoinis hit a six and two fours in his 16-ball innings.
King XI regardless that hit a roadblock early in their run chase as they lost Chris Gayle (eight) and Mayank Agarwal (2) within five overs. Jofra Archer supplied the big leap forward for Royals when he scalped Gayle within the fourth over, and Ben Stokes reduced the hosts to 29/2 in 4.4 overs by dismissing Agarwal cost effectively.
KL Rahul and Karun Nair revived the run chase by including 50 runs for the 3rd wicket in 6.1 overs. They turned around the moves incessantly and hit barriers whenever they got the opportunities as Kings XI reached 68/2 at the halfway mark.
Anureet Singh, who was making his debut for Royals, was hit for a most by Nair within the 11th over, however two balls later the batsman dragged one to the stumps to present the pacer his first wicket of the season. Nair scored 31 off 23 balls with the assistance of couple of sixes and as many fours.
Kings XI were at 87/4 after 13 overs, wanting 66 off seven overs, when Krishnappa Gowtham removed Axar Patel.
Stoinis and Rahul led the Kings XI chase with some smart batting. Rahul modified gears within the 17th over as he smacked a six over 3rd guy off Archer to finish his fifty in 44 balls and scored 16 runs in it. Rahul then clobbered Unadkat, who conceded simply 11 runs in 3 overs by then, for a six and a 4 in consecutive balls to switch the equation to 12 off 12 balls.
Earlier, younger off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman led an impressive bowling show from Kings XI to limit struggling Royals to a modest 152/9.
Mujeeb (three/27) struck within the first two deliveries of the 15th over, first eliminating dangerous-looking Jos Buttler after which Jofra Archer to stand in with a possibility of registering a hat-trick. But it did not come as he bowled a wide supply within the next ball.
However, Mujeeb's exploits were enough to keep Rajasthan in check as Kings XI kept on dropping wickets at common intervals from the beginning after being despatched into bat.
Besides Mujeeb, Andrew Tye (2/24), Axar Patel (1/21), skipper Ravichandran Ashwin (1/30) and Ankit Rajpoot (1/37) were the opposite wicket-takers for Kings XI.
Opening the batting, Buttler scored 51 off 39 balls with the assistance of seven barriers to anchor Rajasthan innings however simply when it was time for him to boost up he nicked a Mujeeb supply to KL Rahul at the back of the stumps. To make issues worse for Rajasthan, Mujeeb cleaned up new guy Archer with a googly within the next supply.
Mujeeb also accounted for dangerous Ben Stokes (12) who was brilliantly stuck by a joint effort from Mayank Aggarwal and Manoj Tiwary at the long-off boundary.
Rajasthan didn't have a super get started as they lost opener D'Arcy Short (2) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (5) early ahead of Buttler and Sanju Samson (28) stitched 49 runs for the 3rd wicket to stabilise the innings.
Towards the tip, Shreyas Gopal played a 16-ball 24-run cameo to take Rajasthan over 150-run mark.
Brief Scores: Kings XI Punjab 155/4 in 18.4 overs (KL Rahul 84*; Krishnappa Gowtham 1/18) beat Rajasthan Royals 152/9 (Jos Buttler 51; Mujeeb Ur Rahman three/27) by six wickets
Scorecard | As it came about
Rahul and Marcus Stoinis (23 no longer out) added an unconquered 68 runs in 5.5 overs as Kings XI chased down the 153-run goal with 8 balls to spare. Royals suffered their 6th defeats in 9 video games and remained caught at the backside of the points table.
IPL 2018 Points Table
Needed 43 off 4 overs, Rahul smacked 3 sixes and two fours to finish the chase in next 2.4 overs. Rahul's unbeaten match-winning 54-ball knock was studded with 3 maximums and 7 fours, while Stoinis hit a six and two fours in his 16-ball innings.
King XI regardless that hit a roadblock early in their run chase as they lost Chris Gayle (eight) and Mayank Agarwal (2) within five overs. Jofra Archer supplied the big leap forward for Royals when he scalped Gayle within the fourth over, and Ben Stokes reduced the hosts to 29/2 in 4.4 overs by dismissing Agarwal cost effectively.
KL Rahul and Karun Nair revived the run chase by including 50 runs for the 3rd wicket in 6.1 overs. They turned around the moves incessantly and hit barriers whenever they got the opportunities as Kings XI reached 68/2 at the halfway mark.
Anureet Singh, who was making his debut for Royals, was hit for a most by Nair within the 11th over, however two balls later the batsman dragged one to the stumps to present the pacer his first wicket of the season. Nair scored 31 off 23 balls with the assistance of couple of sixes and as many fours.
Kings XI were at 87/4 after 13 overs, wanting 66 off seven overs, when Krishnappa Gowtham removed Axar Patel.
Stoinis and Rahul led the Kings XI chase with some smart batting. Rahul modified gears within the 17th over as he smacked a six over 3rd guy off Archer to finish his fifty in 44 balls and scored 16 runs in it. Rahul then clobbered Unadkat, who conceded simply 11 runs in 3 overs by then, for a six and a 4 in consecutive balls to switch the equation to 12 off 12 balls.
Earlier, younger off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman led an impressive bowling show from Kings XI to limit struggling Royals to a modest 152/9.
Mujeeb (three/27) struck within the first two deliveries of the 15th over, first eliminating dangerous-looking Jos Buttler after which Jofra Archer to stand in with a possibility of registering a hat-trick. But it did not come as he bowled a wide supply within the next ball.
However, Mujeeb's exploits were enough to keep Rajasthan in check as Kings XI kept on dropping wickets at common intervals from the beginning after being despatched into bat.
Besides Mujeeb, Andrew Tye (2/24), Axar Patel (1/21), skipper Ravichandran Ashwin (1/30) and Ankit Rajpoot (1/37) were the opposite wicket-takers for Kings XI.
Opening the batting, Buttler scored 51 off 39 balls with the assistance of seven barriers to anchor Rajasthan innings however simply when it was time for him to boost up he nicked a Mujeeb supply to KL Rahul at the back of the stumps. To make issues worse for Rajasthan, Mujeeb cleaned up new guy Archer with a googly within the next supply.
Mujeeb also accounted for dangerous Ben Stokes (12) who was brilliantly stuck by a joint effort from Mayank Aggarwal and Manoj Tiwary at the long-off boundary.
Rajasthan didn't have a super get started as they lost opener D'Arcy Short (2) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (5) early ahead of Buttler and Sanju Samson (28) stitched 49 runs for the 3rd wicket to stabilise the innings.
Towards the tip, Shreyas Gopal played a 16-ball 24-run cameo to take Rajasthan over 150-run mark.
Brief Scores: Kings XI Punjab 155/4 in 18.4 overs (KL Rahul 84*; Krishnappa Gowtham 1/18) beat Rajasthan Royals 152/9 (Jos Buttler 51; Mujeeb Ur Rahman three/27) by six wickets
IPL: Kings XI beat Royals by six wickets, move to third
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May 07, 2018
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