RR scored 217 runs for the loss of five wickets in their first innings, while KKR fell short by 7 runs in a high-scoring chase. RR defeated KKR despite Shreyas Iyer’s 85 runs. Jos Buttler scored an impressive century in IPL 2022 and Yuzvendra Chahal took a stunning five-wicket haul including a hattrick RR defeated KKR in a thriller by seven runs.
Shreyas Iyer won the toss and KKR chose to bowl first. They made one change from the previous match, with Shivam Mavi taking the place of Aman Khan. Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, and Karun Nair replaced James Neesham, Kuldeep Sen, and Rassie van der Dussen in RR’s lineup.
Jos Buttler smashed his second century of the season. He hit a 59-ball century with six in the 17th over and he got out in the same over after scoring 103(61). He has three centuries for the Rajasthan Royals, the most by any player for the franchise. He presently holds the Orange Cap after scoring 375 runs in six innings.
Captain Sanju Samson scored 38 off 19 balls and Hetmyer 16 off 13 balls to take the team to a massive total of 217. Pat Cummins has again conceded 50 runs in this match, and Sunil Narine is their top bowler, conceding only 21 runs in four overs while taking two wickets.
Chasing a mammoth target of 218 runs, Sunil Narine got out for zero without facing any delivery. Aaron Finch hit 58 runs off 28 balls with the help of nine fours and two sixes after being involved in the suicidal run out. Prasidh Krishna broke the partnership by dismissing Finch.
They were 178 for 4 when Chahal came in to bowl his final over. He made an instant impact by dismissing Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas, Shivam Mavi, and Pat Cummins. Hattrick came off the over’s final three off balls. Umesh Yadav smacked Trent Boult for 20 runs in his final over, the 18th of the game, to make it 18 needed off the final two.
Prasidh bowled a decent 19th over and conceded only 7 runs in his over. Obed McCoy took two wickets in the final over and led his team to a famous win.
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