Mumbai: Kolkata beat Rajasthan by a huge margin in the 47th league match of the IPL. In the Rajasthan Royals team that played first, captain Sanju Samson added 54 off 49 balls with 7 fours and a six.
Bowling selection …
Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders played a league match in the IPL cricket series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kolkata won the toss and elected to bowl Batting first, Rajasthan added 152 for 5 in the allotted 20 overs. Captain Sanju Samson top-scored with 54 runs. This includes 7 fours and a six. Jas Butler added 22 runs and Ryan Barrock added 19 runs.
153 runs …
Headmire, who was in action last time out, struck out 27 off 13 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes (not out). Tim Southee took 2 wickets for Kolkata. Umesh Yadav, Anukul Roy and Shivam Mavi took one wicket each. Following this, Baba Indrajith was dismissed for 15 by Aaron Pinch with 4 for Kolkata, who were on course to win by 153 runs. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored 34 runs.
Action …
Later, Nitishrana and Ring Singh joined the pair and led the team to victory. Nitish Rana (48) and Ring Singh (42) were on the field till the last. At the end of 19.1 overs, Kolkata scored 158 runs for the loss of 3 wickets and won by 7 wickets.