Watch the highlights of RR vs KKR 30th Match IPL 2022 - Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament of the 30th T20 match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai in 18th April 2022.
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| Jos Buttler found an equally enterprising partner in Sanju Samson © BCCI / IPLT20 |
A remarkable century from Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal's five-for including a hat-trick helped to Rajasthan Royals thrilling 7-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders, despite a skipper Shreyas Iyer's 51-ball 85 - Aaron Finch's blazing fifty in a high-scoring historic day of the 30th match of a Indian Premier League.
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- Rajasthan Royals' 7-run win was their sixth smallest victory by terms of runs in Indian Premier League and It is their narrowest win against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, previous smallest win by 9-runs at same venue in 2015.
- Jos Buttler hammered a 59-ball his second fastest century for Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League.
- Jos Buttler became the second Rajasthan Royals batsman to score a century against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL after Shane Watson.
- Jos Buttler became the first Rajasthan Royals batsman to score three centuries in IPL and overall sixth player in IPL.
- Rajasthan Royals' 217 was their joint fourth highest score in Indian Premier League and It is their highest total against KKR in IPL, previous highest was 199 at same venue in 2015.
- Kolkata Knight Riders' 210 was their fifth highest score in Indian Premier League and It is their highest total against Rajasthan Royals in IPL, previous highest was 191 at Dubai in 2020.
- Aaron Finch hammered a 25-ball his second fastest fifty in Indian Premier League and the fastest fifty by an KKR batsman against Rajasthan Royals in IPL.
- Yuzvendra Chahal became the fifth Rajasthan Royals player to claimed a hat-trick in Indian Premier League after Ajit Chandila, Pravin Tambe, Shane Watson and Shreyas Gopal and overall the 18th player in IPL.
- Yuzvendra Chahal became the third Rajasthan Royals bowler to took five-wicket haul in Indian Premier League after Sohail Tanvir and James Faulkner.
- Yuzvendra Chahal became the second bowler to took four wickets in an over in IPL after Amit Mishra.
- Yuzvendra Chahal's 5 for 40 was the fourth best bowling figures for Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League and the best bowling figures by an RR bowler against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, surpassing the previous record of 4 for 23 two times held by Chris Morris at same venue in 2015 and 2nd at Wankhede Stadium in the last year.
- Shreyas Iyer's 84 was his fourth highest score in Indian Premier League and the second highest-score by an KKR batsman against Rajasthan Royals in IPL after Dinesh Karthik's unbeaten 97.
- On this day 2008 : First ever IPL match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at Bengaluru.
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RR scored 217-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by Jos Buttler blasted a 103 off 61-balls - which was his 3rd IPL hundred & his first century against KKR in IPL - including 9-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 168.85.
Sanju Samson struck 38 off 19-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 200, Shimrom Hetmyer hammered a unbeaten 26 off 13-balls included 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike-rate of 200 and Devdutt Padikkal hit 24 off 18-balls including 3-fours & a six.
KKR best bowler by Sunil Narine took 2-wickets and one for Shivam Mavi - Pat Cummins.
KKR scored 210 for all-out in 19.4 overs with top scorer by Shreyas Iyer hammered a 85 off 51-balls including 7-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 166.66.
Aaron Finch blasted a 58 off 28-balls including 9-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 207.14, Nitish Rana 18 and Umesh Yadav 21.
RR best bowler by Yuzvendra Chahal claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 40-runs in 4-overs, Obee McCoy took 2-wickets and one for Ravichandran Ashwin - Prasidh Krishna.
Yuzvendra Chahal named Player of the match for his game-changing bowling performance to claimed a 5-wicket haul for 40-runs in 4-overs including a hat-trick after taking a wicket of Shreyas Iyer (85), Shivam Mavi (0) and Pat Cummins (0).
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