Achi news desk-
A huge target of 224 runs ahead.. Starc, Narine and Varun Chakraborty are quality bowlers in the opposing team. But, none of that could stop him. He is.. Jos Buttler. Butler, who came as an opener, stood at the crease until the last ball and brought the team to victory. Although the batsmen who came at the other end left as if they had come, he fought alone. In short, his batting went like a soldier against the enemy. Buttler, who scored 107 runs in 60 balls with the help of 9 fours and 6 sixes, gave the team victory in the last ball.
Jaiswal, Samson failed
Rajasthan did not get off to a good start in the big break. Yashaswi Jaiswal(19) and Sanju Samson(12) soon joined the pavilion. At that time Jos Buttler (107 not out; 9 fours, 6 sixes in 60 balls) and Ryan Parag (34; 4 fours, 2 sixes in 14 balls) faced the Kolkata bowlers. They are targeting young bowlers like national heroes Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora and they are getting runs. Rajasthan scored 74 runs for the loss of 2 wickets at the end of the power play thanks to both. Later, trying to play hard, Parag turned back.
The Royals batsmen then lined up and queued for the pavilion as the Kolkata bowlers exploded. Dhruv Jurel(2), Ashwin(1), Shimran Hetmeyer joined the pavilion soon after. Rowman Powell (23; 14, 3 sixes off 13 balls) joined Buttler to lead the scoreboard at that time. In the 17th over bowled by Narine, the first three balls were 6, 6, 4. Badi raised hopes for Rajasthan’s victory. Powell was dismissed in the fifth ball of the same over.
Another Final Excitement 🤩
And Jos Buttler special guidelines @rajasthanroyals over the line and further extend their lead in the 🔝 🙌 🙌
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/13s3GZLlAZ #TATAIPL | #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/d3FECR81X1
— Indian PremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2024
Narine hits a century
Earlier Kolkata scored 223 runs losing 6 wickets in allotted 20 overs. Windies stalwart Sunil Narine scored a century of 109 (13 fours, 6 sixes off 56 balls). Raghuvanshi (30), Rinkusingh (20 not out), Russell (13), Shreyas (11), Salt (10), Venkatesh (8), Ramandeep (1 not out) scored runs. Among the Rajasthan bowlers, Avesh and Kuldeep Sen took 2 wickets, while Boult and Yuzvendra took one wicket each.
SCENES IN THE GARDENS OF EDEN!#KKRvRR #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/dfj1oMCO5g
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 16, 2024
