Kolkata Knight Riders continued their winning momentum and beat Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and registered their fourth win in five matches.
Earlier on a spin-friendly track, Knight Riders won the toss and asked Royals to bat first. Prasidh Krishna gave them a perfect start by removing Ajinkya Rahane for just 5 runs. Jos Buttler and Steve Smith rebuilt the innings but they couldn't score runs at a quick rate and in the quest of some quick runs Jos Buttler perished after scoring 37 runs off 34 balls.
Steve Smith too tried but couldn't accelerate and with singles and doubles brought up his first fifty of the season. Ben Stokes also struggled and scored only 7* runs off 14 balls. Steve Smith remained not out on 73 off 59 balls and Royals ended on only 139/3.
In reply, Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine gave a quick start to their team and smashed all Rajasthan bowlers and set the match for their team. Shreyas Gopal broke this 91 runs opening partnership by removing Sunil Narine for a well made 47 off 25 balls. Chris Lynn also got out after completing his fifty. Robin Uthappa and Shubaman Gill took their team home without any more damage.
All the major stats and facts from the 21st match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders in Jaipur :
37 - Kolkata Knight Riders won the match with 37 balls to spare - their joint biggest win in terms of balls remaining in the IPL.
Biggest wins for KKR in IPL (By balls remaining) -
37 vs Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur, 2019
37 vs Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata, 2011
35 vs Delhi Capitals at Kolkata, 2016
34 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Kolkata, 2014
31 vs Gujarat Lions at Rajkot, 2017
65 - Runs Kolkata Knight Riders scored in the powerplay - the second highest score in the powerplay in this IPL.
Highest powerplay scores in IPL 2019 -
69/0 - SRH vs RR at Hyderabad
65/0 - KKR vs RR at Jaipur
64/0 - RR vs KXIP at Jaipur
139/3 - Rajasthan Royals' score of 139/3 is the lowest score while batting first and losing three or fewer wickets in the IPL.
Lowest scores while batting first and losing three or fewer wickets in the IPL -
139/3 - Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Jaipur, 2019
146/2 - Pune Warriors vs Delhi Capitals at Pune, 2012
150/3 - Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals at Bloemfontein, 2009
151 - Robin Uthappa became the 11th batsman to hit 150 or more sixes in the Indian Premier League.
Most Sixes in IPL -
302 - Chris Gayle
198 - AB de Villiers
192 - MS Dhoni
188 - Suresh Raina
186 - Rohit Sharma
181 - Virat Kohli
170 - David Warner
162 - Shane Watson
161 - Kieron Pollard
158 - Yusuf Pathan
151 - Robin Uthappa
1005 - Chris Lynn completed 1000 runs in the IPL. He has scored 1005 runs at an average of 33.5 in 33 innings with 7 fifties.
