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    11.2 well taken by Rahane!! He slides to his right from extra cover, and grabs this forceful slash from Jaiswal. Narine dangled it up and went really slow, angling across and bowling full and around seventh stump. Jaiswal leaned into the loft while playing away from himself, and ended up playing aerially. 99/3
    8.4 Varun breaks the opening wicket and he's sent back Vaibhav Sooryavanshi! The teenager went big on the leg side, trying to clear midwicket but he skied that into the blue sky and Ramandeep did very well to run in from the deep, keep his eyes on it throughout and he might have misjudged it a little, but his dive made up for it in the end. Bishop says on commentary that was hit towards the longer boundary 81/1
    10.3 caught? or stumped? Either way, Seifert thinks he has Jurel. Yup, it's confirmed that Jurel is stumped. His back leg is clearly short when Seifert has whipped the bails off. Jurel looked to reverse sweep this full delivery wide-ish of off, but lost his balance and missed. Seifert was quick enough to clip the bails, and find his fellow keeper short 97/2
    12
    14
    22
    1
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    85.71
    14.4 bowled him!! A bit of cat-and-mouse stuff over these last three balls. Varun is pumped up - how rare of that to happen. He bowls a googly on a short of a length just outside off or thereabouts, and the ball turned in. Parag went for a big heave across the line, but missed. The ball hit the off stump, and sent Eden and Varun into screaming delight 117/4
    18.3 got him!! A full toss, but Tyagi gets his man. Seam up from Tyagi, who bowled a full toss at Hetmyer's knee at 142kph. Hetmyer went for a swipe, but seemed to have played too early. The ball took the leading edge, and ballooned for deep third, where Raghuvanshi moved forward to grab the ball 146/7
    15.6 caught and bowled!! Narine has Ferreira after beating him all over. Ferreira looked to half push at it from leg stump, and ended up getting a leading edge back to Narine. On a length, and finishing on leg, but Ferreira plays his shot early. The pitch is quite slow, remember, so getting a leading edge isn't entirely unexpected 124/5
    18.1 got him!! Green is manning the fine-leg boundary, and he completes the catch by tumbling to his left. Tyagi bowls a slower one to begin, and one that is short in length. The ball climbs up nicely even as it's bowled with a scrambled seam. Jadeja pulls it behind square, but it isn't hit all that powerfully 144/6
    19.6 Arora misses the chance to run Archer out at his end... but Archer is eventually run out at the keeper's end. A comical end to the innings. The third umpire confirms that Archer is miles short of his crease. Arora bowled a bouncer, and got the ball to finish over middle stump as the ball climbed nicely. Archer went to scoop but missed, and pushed for a bye. Seifert threw it to Arora, who couldn't collect the throw cleanly. So in trying to capitalise on the miss, Archer and Brijesh went for the second but Archer fell way short 155/9
    18.5 third wicket in the over!! Bishnoi gets an outside edge to the keeper, as Seifert moves to his right to take the ball close to his chest. This very full ball from Tyagi swings away to land at a near yorker length just outside off. Bishnoi goes low to slice, but gets an outside edge 146/8
    not out
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    33.33
    Extras
    13 (b 1, lb 2, w 10)
    TOTAL
    155/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.75)
    Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 8.4 ov), 2-97 (Dhruv Jurel, 10.3 ov), 3-99 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 11.2 ov), 4-117 (Riyan Parag, 14.4 ov), 5-124 (Donovan Ferreira, 15.6 ov), 6-144 (Ravindra Jadeja, 18.1 ov), 7-146 (Shimron Hetmyer, 18.3 ov), 8-146 (Ravi Bishnoi, 18.5 ov), 9-155 (Jofra Archer, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    VG Arora403709.2565010
    Kartik Tyagi402235.5133010
    C Green2027013.552240
    SP Narine402626.5131200
    CV Varun401433.5131000
    Ramandeep Singh202601301140
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    0.1 gone first ball! Jofra Archer is the man who rattles Seifert's stumps with one that's full, seams in and goes through the bat and pad gap to deflect off the pad and onto the stumps. What a cracking start for RR 0/1
    1.2 another duck for Rahane! It's outside off, Rahane goes after it with hard hands and only manages a thick outside edge for a regulation catch straight into Jurel's safe gloves 5/2
    6.6 loud appeal for lbw as Raghuvanshi misses the reverse and the umpire raises the finger! Jadeja does have a wicket in his first over although Raghuvanshi reluctantly takes the review. Ball-tracking has not even loaded and he's started walking. No edge, pitches on off, hits him on off and that's hitting top of middle. So KKR lose a review 52/4
    4.3 this is unbelievable work from Dhruv Jurel! Green comes down to take on Bishnoi who replies by bowling that down leg. Green doesn't connect, he's caught well outside the crease and Jurel goes a mile down the leg side to collect and then reverse flicks it with his right glove for a throw at the stumps while lying almost flat on the ground. Green knew he was gone and started walking immediately but the umpires checked it to be sure 37/3
    10.1 ohh, Powell falls!! He attempts to slog Jadeja down the ground, but this ball is a bit tossed up, and much slower as well, as it dips on a length on the stumps. Powell looks to swing but hits it to Ferreira at long-on to break what seemed like a steady stand 70/5
    not out
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    34
    64
    5
    2
    155.88
    13.3 chopped on!! Punja is off the mark in IPL. Raman is down on his haunches. Punja tosses it up, and bowls full and wide of off. The ball dips on to Raman, who goes slashing at it by reaching out. But he's beaten by the flight and lack of pace, and ends up getting a bottom edge before the ball drops and hits the middle stump 85/6
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    16
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    181.25
    Extras
    9 (lb 1, w 8)
    TOTAL
    161/6 (19.4 Overs, RR: 8.18)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tim Seifert, 0.1 ov), 2-5 (Ajinkya Rahane, 1.2 ov), 3-37 (Cameron Green, 4.3 ov), 4-52 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 6.6 ov), 5-70 (Rovman Powell, 10.1 ov), 6-85 (Ramandeep Singh, 13.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JC Archer403518.7594120
    N Burger202011042100
    Ravi Bishnoi4041110.2552240
    Yash Raj Punja402516.25102100
    RA Jadeja30822.66100000
    R Parag101001011010
    Brijesh Sharma1.4021012.643110

Match Details

Toss

Rajasthan Royals , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.30 start, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.15, Second Session 17.15-18.45

Match days

19 April 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)

Twenty20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0

Match Notes

KKR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0AM RahaneTL Seifert
2nd5AM RahaneA Raghuvanshi
3rd32C GreenA Raghuvanshi
4th15R PowellA Raghuvanshi
5th18RK SinghR Powell
6th15RK SinghRamandeep Singh
7th76RK SinghAS Roy