KKR vs RR IPL 2024: Jos Stuns KKR, Rajasthan Royals Defeat Kolkata Knight Riders at Their Home

Rajasthan Royals won the 31st match of IPL 2024 on the last ball. Jos Buttler gave the team its sixth win with a century. Rajasthan continues to top the points table with 12 points while Kolkata remains in second place with eight points. Batting first, Kolkata scored 223 runs losing six wickets in 20 overs. In response, Rajasthan scored 224 runs losing eight wickets in 20 overs, and won the match by two wickets.

KKR Starts A Good Innings

Rajasthan had a slow start to chase the target. The first blow to the team came in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 19 runs. After this, there was a 25-run partnership between Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler for the second wicket. The captain could score only 12 runs. Riyan Parag came to bat and scored 34 runs. During this, four fours and two sixes came from his bat. The match saw Rajasthan’s batting line-up struggling against Kolkata’s bowling attack.D Dhruv Jurel scored two, Ravichandran Ashwin scored eight, Shimron Hetmay scored zero, Rovman Powell scored 26 and Trent Boult scored zero.

Experienced all-rounder Sunil Narine scored 109 runs in 56 balls with six sixes and 13 fours, he scored a century in 49 balls. With this, Narine became the first player in the PL to score a century, wicked,t and catch in a match. Narine set the stage for a big score by making an 85-run partnership with Angkrish Raghuvanshi for the second wicket. After these two, 21 extra runs were the third-highest score for the team. In this match, Rinku Singh remained unbeaten after scoring 20 runs and Ramandeep Singh remained unbeaten after scoring one run.

Jos Is The Real Boss

Sunil Narine’s century was overshadowed by Jos Buttler’s century as Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders on the last ball in a high-scoring encounter. Batting first after losing the toss at their home ground Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 223 runs losing six wickets, which Rajasthan achieved thrillingly and completed its most successful run chase. The hero of victory for Rajasthan was Jos Buttler who scored an unbeaten 107 runs in 60 balls, in such a situation, Sunil Narine’s 109 runs in 56 balls went in vain for KKR.

KKR vs RR Scorecard

RR      224/8(20)

KKR    223/6(20)