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How Kolkata Knight Riders ground high-flying Rajasthan Royals

TOI.in / Oct 01, 2020, 11.09 AM IST

No team has won chasing a total at the Dubai International Stadium in this IPL. Even a high-flying Rajasthan Royals could not change that as they suffered a 37-run defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders at the same venue on Wednesday. Put into bat by RR skipper Steve Smith, after winning the toss, KKR, who put up 174 for six, restricted their rivals to 137 for 9. KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, watching from the stands, must be proud of his team’s youngsters who made the difference between the two sides.The RR batsmen should have learnt a thing or two from the way Shubman Gill batted. The Punjab boy did not play a false shot even in this slam-bang version of the game. But at the same time he ensured that the scoreboard was kept ticking. In contrast the RR batsmen seemed to be still under their euphoric wins at Sharjah and perished trying to play shots too early on a track that played slow and the boundaries longer. Pat Cummins drew the first blood claiming Smith caught behind in his first over. But it was a day for youngsters Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti to repay the faith that the franchise had shown in them. Both the former India Under-19 World Cup winning pacers were out for long with injuries. But the KKR team management decided to carry them in spite of releasing a number of old faces.

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