Kolkata [174/6] beat Rajasthan [137/9] by 37 runs in Match 12 of IPL 2020

[MenInG]

When:Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 12, IPL 2020, September 30, Wednesday at 19:30 IST

Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

What to expect: Both the Super Overs this season have been in Dubai, so while it is possible to chase the big totals down, it's also important to get the bowling combination right. The spinners will come into play a lot more on the surface.

Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Rahul Tripathi, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Tom Banton, Manimaran Siddharth

Rajasthan Royals Squad: Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith(c), Sanju Samson, Rahul Tewatia, Robin Uthappa, Jofra Archer, Riyan Parag, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Manan Vohra, Andrew Tye, Shashank Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh

 

[Ab Fan]

Dubai has the best and most balanced pitch of the three.

 

[MenInG]

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith(c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat

Rajasthan Royals opt to bowl

 

[Smbhayi]

Nice strategy by Uthappa.. he wants Narain waste more balls..

 

[BalluBalleBaaz]

Gill brings a sense of calm. Kaptaan saab shouldn't waste too much time.

 

[naseem]

Undakat coming to his own

 

[MMHS]

When KKR is going to stop this experiment of extracting a dynamic opener out of Narine? 15 of 14 as opener with 4 scoring shots .......

 

[Justcrazy]

Rana looking good here , KKR need him to bat deep here

 

[Ab Fan]

Gill should open with Rohit in ODIs for India.

 

[Rajdeep]

IPL did very well to hire Mark Nicholas. The best commentator currently along with Michael Artherthon. So soothing on the ears.

 

[Justcrazy]

When KKR is going to stop this experiment of extracting a dynamic opener out of Narine? 15 of 14 as opener with 4 scoring shots .......

I think they will keep doing this whole season. I do not think narine is good down the order. KKR hopes he can score a few runs in next few games.

 

[Justcrazy]

Russell is earlier in now , He should look the right ball to go after

 

[BreadPakoda]

Gill should open with Rohit in ODIs for India.

Rahul should open considering the next World Cup is in Indyeah!

 

[Justcrazy]

out

Gill gone !

 

[JaDed]

Gill is taking this responsibility to show he has matured, Shaw and Pant though lol..

 

[tyron_woodley]

shubman gill cant play express pace. He still needs to improve a lot. Poor shot. He is not ready yet. Go work harder instead of mucking around with tenda's daughter.

gill is overrated at the moment. Not impressed.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Gill is taking this responsibility to show he has matured, Shaw and Pant though lol..

gill is not ready yet. he cant handle express pace.

 

[JaDed]

shubman gill cant play express pace. He still needs to improve a lot. Poor shot. He is not ready yet. Go work harder instead of mucking around with tenda's daughter.

gill is overrated at the moment. Not impressed.

Considering Pant and Shaw are playing in the team, Gill is not that bad compared to them, he will improve if the chance is given to atleast test for one full series..

 

[tyron_woodley]

archer is such an exciting bowler when he bowls fast. Too bad he cant maintain pace consistently.

 

[Justcrazy]

Russell looking rusty here , not connecting anything , KKR need to up the ante here

 

[MMHS]

I think they will keep doing this whole season. I do not think narine is good down the order. KKR hopes he can score a few runs in next few games.

KKR squad isn't balanced this year, might end up among bottom two. They are playing with 5 bowlers, most of whom has no clue about batting + Narine & Russell, Rana can bowl few as well. Then the Captain is DK, when Morgan is there - finally they are trying to put sloggers upfront keeping Morgan behind.

Need to bring Banton, but not sure whom to drop - may be Cummins. Then, no point both Nagorkoti & Mavi - one of them goes out. May be then they can have a decent XI, but still they are missing one Indian big batting name.

1. Banton^/Niak
2. Gill
3. Rana
4. Morgan^
5. *DK+
6. Rinku Singh
7. Russell^
8. Narine^
9. Warrier/Cummins^/Lockie^
10. Varun
11. Mavi/Nagorkoti

Still, don't see them making top 4.

 

[Lurker_Ind]

gill is not ready yet. he cant handle express pace.

Its not the pace. Its the length that Archer bowled. He looks like a different bowler today. Nobody can play 150k bowler who is bowling perfect line and length.

 

[Rajdeep]

Fast express bowling today by Archer. Most of them 150+

 

[Ab Fan]

Considering Pant and Shaw are playing in the team, Gill is not that bad compared to them, he will improve if the chance is given to atleast test for one full series..

Shaw is a proper hack, Gill is far better than him.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Its not the pace. Its the length that Archer bowled. He looks like a different bowler today. Nobody can play 150k bowler who is bowling perfect line and length.

yes gill is not ready. he cant play anything above 140.

 

[Rana]

Narine and Cummins being depended upon as Batsmen. KKR need to invest in specialist batsmen, ideally a couple of Indian mainstay players

 

[Justcrazy]

Very poor batting by KKR here

 

[MenInG]

Archer 152.13 kph - fastest in IPL so far

 

[Justcrazy]

120 / 5

30 balls remaining

 

[viveks]

Why are there so many bowlers playing for KKR? 7 bowlers it seems, Narine is a good pinch hitter but Cummins should not be at 7

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Curran and Archer against Morgan with tips from Smith. IPL things ...

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Brilliant catch by Samson. Cummins gone.

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR lack solid batsman in middle , there are too many hit and miss players.

 

[JaDed]

Never seen hatrick wides wth lol

 

[Justcrazy]

175 is the target for Rajasthan

 

[JaDed]

KKR lack solid batsman in middle , there are too many hit and miss players.

With Morgan, Karthik and Russel there shouldn't be a need to say strong middle order...

 

[MenInG]

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Cummins against Smith.

 

[jiduguravindra]

Cummins against Smith.

Hacking like a tailender

 

[Lurker_Ind]

Steve Smith struggled against the pace of Cummins. Could not connect one properly. He would not want to look at the replay of his innings.

 

[Smudger]

Steve Smith struggled against the pace of Cummins. Could not connect one properly. He would not want to look at the replay of his innings.

He was playing the bowler not the ball

 

[JaDed]

Cummins and Archer coming to party today

 

[Justcrazy]

Butler is dangerous hitter

 

[JattMaula]

You are not in Sharjah anymore Sanju.

 

[JaDed]

You are not in Sharjah anymore Sanju.

Lol yup, Gill assessed it better, lets see how Sanju does now outside Sharjah..

 

[JaDed]

Lucky wicket , cmon Parag!!

 

[Ab Fan]

RR need Yashasvi Jaiswal at top.

 

[tyron_woodley]

mavi better than any Pakistani bowler now hey.

 

[JaDed]

KKR is going to do well in bigger grounds..

 

[Justcrazy]

42 / 4

Rajasthan struggling here

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Rajasthan lose 5th wicket , ship sinking fast

 

[JaDed]

Well done youngstaaas!! Like that KKR is giving so many opportunities to youngsters!! Thinking ahead. Top catch as well..

 

[Ab Fan]

RR should go with

Jaiswal
Buttler
Smith
Samson
------------
Tewatia
T Curran
Archer
Shreyas
Unadkat
-------------

 

[Justcrazy]

50 . 5

9 overs

Rajasthan need a solid partnership to make a match out of this.

 

[JaDed]

I think Indian batsmen should be rotated based on pitches and ground size.

Gill,Rahul should be in for larger ones, Pant,Samson,Iyer for shorter ones.

 

[JattMaula]

RR should go with

Jaiswal
Buttler
Smith
Samson
------------
Tewatia
T Curran
Archer
Shreyas
Unadkat
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Parag is fine bat at 5. Tewatia is too high 6. He is type boomer. They need Stokes back ASAP.

 

[JaDed]

Six by Tewatia

 

[JaDed]

Nagerkoti has line problems similar to Umesh, legside ended well though..

 

[Ahmed216]

Last time i saw nagarkotti he was bowlimg mid 140's.
What happened to his pace?

 

[JaDed]

Lol Tewatia...

 

[JaDed]

The dismissal reminded me of Ajay Jadeja..got out very similarly once in 90s and IIRC it was UAE

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR on verge of win here

 

[JaDed]

Lol RR is going to have a tough time outside Sharjah, that was an amazing catch, two good catches this match by youngsters, Kohli should put down his head in shame.

 

[naseem]

mavi better than any Pakistani bowler now hey.

He he.....anything that makes u happy.....jump up and down.....slowly slowly UAE wickets are revealing their true nature.........stroke making will be tough....and slower masters will dominate

 

[Justcrazy]

Royals need 72 runs in 18 balls. RRR: 24.0

Impossible ask here for Rajasthan

 

[Rana]

Samson not clearing the 80m boundaries today at ease?

 

[Panchujeev]

Samson not clearing the 80m boundaries today at ease?

Come on sir... You can't expect player to perform in every damn match... KKR bowled really well today..

 

[Hasan123]

KKR may have found their combination but Narine opening may need to end as he doesn't have a great record last season and so far this season.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Samson not clearing the 80m boundaries today at ease?

look at his physique. what do you expect.

Desis need to learn that times have changed. You need elite level fitness to compete with the best. When I say fitness I mean everything including strength, power, cardio flexibility etc.