RR vs KKR : Rajasthan's 'Royal' win against Kolkata; Buttler's century | leader

Leaders Online Desk: Chasing down the challenge given to Kolkata, Rajasthan won the match by two wickets on the strength of Jos Buttler's unbeaten century. Batting first in the match, Kolkata scored 223 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan scored 224 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs to win the match by two wickets. (RR vs KKR)

Rajasthan started the innings slowly while chasing the challenge given by Kolkata. The first blow to the team came in the form of Yashasha Jaiswal who scored 19 runs in his innings. This was followed by a 25-run partnership between Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler for the second wicket. Sanju returns to the tent with only 2 runs. After this Rian Parag scored 34 runs with the help of four fours and two sixes. The match saw Rajasthan's batting line-up struggling against Kolkata's bowling. Dhruv Jurrell scored two, Ravichandran Ashwin scored eight, Shimron Hetmyer scored zero, Rovman Powell scored 26 and Trent Boult scored zero.

Buttler steals victory for Kolkata

In the 19th over of the innings, Jos Buttler turned the match around for Rajasthan. He smashed 19 runs in Harshit Rana's last over. Meanwhile, Buttler hit two sixes and a four. He completed his century on the first ball of the 20th over. This is his second century in IPL 2024. Earlier, Buttler scored a powerful century against Bangalore to lead the team to victory. In this match, Buttler remained unbeaten with 107 runs off 60 balls. He hit nine fours and six sixes in his innings. In bowling, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty took two wickets each for Kolkata. While Vaibhav Arora took one wicket. (RR vs KKR)

A unique record in the name of Butler

After scoring a century in the match, Buttler overtook Chris Gayle to become the highest scorer in the IPL. Buttler has scored seven centuries in IPL while Gayle has scored six centuries in IPL. At the same time, Virat Kohli remains at the top position with eight centuries. (RR vs KKR)

Earlier, losing the toss and batting first, Kolkata scored 223 for 6 in 20 overs thanks to Sunil Narine's blistering innings against Rajasthan. KKR got off to a poor start in this match. Phil Salt, who opened the batting, returned to the pavilion after scoring only 10 runs. Avesh Khan dismissed him on the third ball of the fourth over. After this, Angrash Raghuvanshi, who came to bat at number three, shared an 85-run partnership with Narine for the second wicket. In this, Raghuvanshi scored 30 runs against Rajasthan with the help of five fours. In this match Shreyas Iyer contributed 11 runs, Andre Russell 13 runs and Venkatesh Iyer eight runs.

Sunil Narine performed strongly in this match. He scored his first career century. This is his first century in IPL and international career. He scored 109 runs in 56 balls with the help of 13 fours and six sixes. He was clean bowled by Trent Boult in the 18th over. In this match, Rinku Singh scored 20 runs while Ramandeep Singh remained unbeaten on one run. Avesh Khan and Kuldeep Sen took two wickets each while Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket each for Rajasthan. (RR vs KKR)

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