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Rajasthan Royals (RR) registered their second victory in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 after they defeated Kol☂kata Knight Riders (KKR) by six wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Chasing a paltry target of 134, the Royals had a bad start as they lost both the openers inside five overs when the team’s score was 40. Then, skipper Sanju Samson and all-rounder Shivam Dube (22) tried t🦂o stabilise the ship by addinꦐg a crucial 45-run stand for the third wicket.
Dube, who was looking settled at 22, was removed by Varun Chakravarthy to provide an important breakthrough for KKR. Soon, pacer Prasidh Krishna joined the party and sent back Rahul Tewatia (5) to reduce RR to 100/4 in 13.4 overs.
However, Samson held his end alive and kept on scoring runs. He formed another vital partnership with David Miller t🌜o get his team over the finish line. The duo added an unbeaten stand of 34 r𒈔uns for the fifth wicket. Samson remained not out on 42, and Miller stayed unbeaten on 24.
Earlier, Chris Morris displayed outstanding bowling skills and never allowed KKR batting to settle. The South African all-rounder picked up four wickets for 23 in his quota of 4 overs and completel💝y destroyed the Knight Riders.
Apart from Morris, Mustafizur, Chetan Sakariya, and Jaydev Unadkat bagged one scalp apiece. For KKR, Rahul Tripathi top-scored with 36 runs off 26 deliveries featuring one four and two sixes. Later, Dinesh Karthik made a valuable contribution of 25 run🐈s to help his side post 133/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
WE WIN! 💗
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
ꦅThat is the kind of innings that must please Sanju Samson; and one many were waiting forꦫ.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Well done for winning this game convincingly. Bowling was top notch from Morr⭕is and Chetan. Kkr needs to regroup quickly before it’s too late.They have a better team on paper.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
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Average and SR of captains in
55.25 – Rahul (133.13 SR)
47.66 – Kohli (128.82)
46.75 – Samson (143.84)
40.20 – Rohit (130.51)
32.50 – Warner (116.07)
29.33 – Pant (129.41)
11.66 – Dhoni (129.62)
9.00 – Morgan (112.50)Morgan has the lowest average and SR
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
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Very good knock Samson! Played the situ🐬ation perfecꦇtly and took his side home. A vital win for them.
Kolkata can𓆏 keep bragging about the brand of game wi🍷thout playing anywhere close to it.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
A convincing win for Rajasthan Royal꧙s. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Sanju Samson has faced 40+ deliveries on 13 occasions in the IPL. The false shot percentagไe he recorded today (7%) was the equal lowest for any of those kn𒊎ocks. Clinical from the RR captain.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
is back on winning ways, beating KKR by 6 wickets, bowlers lead to t🗹his easy victory for Royals and good to see Sanju Samson guiding the run chase as a captain.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Chris Morris is the first player with identical 4+ wicket hauls against a team in IPL.
4/23 vs KKR in 2015
4/23 vs KKR todayIncidentally both the matches are at Mumbai..
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Samson is showing how easy it is to anchor an innings if he wants🌠 to do it.
— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho)
