- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.2 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. 99/38.4 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 81/110.3 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 97/214.4 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 117/418.3 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 146/715.6 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 124/518.1 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 144/619.6 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 155/918.5 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 146/8Extras13 (b 1, lb 2, w 10)TOTAL155/9 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VG Arora 4 0 37 0 9.25 6 5 0 1 0 Kartik Tyagi 4 0 22 3 5.5 13 3 0 1 0 C Green 2 0 27 0 13.5 5 2 2 4 0 SP Narine 4 0 26 2 6.5 13 1 2 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 14 3 3.5 13 1 0 0 0 Ramandeep Singh 2 0 26 0 13 0 1 1 4 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 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 0/11.2 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 5/26.6 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 52/44.3 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 37/310.1 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 70/513.3 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 85/6Extras9 (lb 1, w 8)TOTAL161/6 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JC Archer 4 0 35 1 8.75 9 4 1 2 0 N Burger 2 0 20 1 10 4 2 1 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 41 1 10.25 5 2 2 4 0 Yash Raj Punja 4 0 25 1 6.25 10 2 1 0 0 RA Jadeja 3 0 8 2 2.66 10 0 0 0 0 R Parag 1 0 10 0 10 1 1 0 1 0 Brijesh Sharma 1.4 0 21 0 12.6 4 3 1 1 0
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
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 0 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Shubham Dubey, Sandeep Sharma, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh and Yash Raj Punja
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tejasvi Dahiya and Navdeep Saini
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (YBK Jaiswal 17, V Sooryavanshi 37, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 63/0 in 6.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 21, V Sooryavanshi 38)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 109/3 in 13.0 overs (R Parag 7, SO Hetmyer 5)
- Over 14.2: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - R Parag (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders impact Player Sub: Angkrish Raghuvanshi in for Varun Chakravarthy (Rajasthan Royals innings, 14.6 ov)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 155/9 in 20.0 overs (Brijesh Sharma 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 3 wickets)
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: Yash Raj Punja in for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 4.6 ov)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2
- Over 6.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - A Raghuvanshi (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 63/4 in 9.0 overs (R Powell 21, RK Singh 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 97/6 in 15.0 overs (RK Singh 19, AS Roy 4)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 4
- Over 16.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - M Krishnadas, Batter - AS Roy (Struck down)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (RK Singh 25, AS Roy 19, Ex 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 9
- RK Singh: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsRinku banishes his boggart to finally win KKR a game
It might not have been so had Nandre Burger not shelled a chance, had Ravindra Jadeja bowled his fourth over, but Rinku Singh played what was in front of him to end KKR's losing streak
Varun points to slow Kolkata pitch for his match-winning return
KKR spinner says spinners will always go for runs when there is nothing in the surface to help them
Rinku, Anukul, spinners earn first win for KKR
After Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy bowled frugal spells to share five wickets, the KKR middle and lower order saw them home
Why did RR bowl so much spin against KKR? Parag explains
"I showed trust in the spinners that we might get a slog or something to get a wicket."
RR opt to bat, Hetmyer and Brijesh return
KKR, still searching for their first win this season, were unchanged





