Watch the highlights of KKR vs RR 56th Match IPL 2023 - Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament of the 56th T20 match played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 11th May 2023.
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| Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates after slamming the fastest IPL fifty ever off 13 balls © BCCI / IPLT20 |
Leading wicket-taker Yuzvendra Chahal's milestone-filled four-for and Pace bowler Trent Boult's early two wickets before Yashasvi Jaiswal's blistering 47-ball 98* including record-breaking 13-ball IPL fastest fifty and Captain Sanju Samson's quick-fire 29-ball 48* gives Rajasthan Royals easy nine-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders and move to third place on the points table in a one-sided historic game of the 56th match of a Indian Premier League.
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- Rajasthan Royals chased 150 was their third lowest successful run-chase against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
- Rajasthan Royals' 41-balls spare win was their joint second largest victory by terms of balls remaining in IPL and It is their biggest win against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, previous biggest win by 21-balls spare at same venue in the inaugural 2008 IPL season.
- Kolkata Knight Riders' 149 was their sixth lowest total against Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League.
- 187 : Yuzvendra Chahal became the leading wicket-taker in IPL history, beating the Dwayne Bravo's 183-wickets.
- Yuzvendra Chahal's 4 for 25 was his joint third best bowling figures in Indian Premier League, His third best bowling figures for Rajasthan Royals in IPL and his second best-bowling-figures against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL after his career-best 5 for 40 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai in the last season.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered a 13-ball fastest fifty ever in IPL history, surpassing the previous record of 14-ball half-century jointly held by KL Rahul (KXIP) against Delhi Capitals at Mohali in 2018 and Pat Cummins (KKR) against Mumbai Indians at Pune in the previous season.
- 121* : Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson set up the record second-wicket partnership for Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League, previously held by the 72-run stand between Jos Buttler and Steve Smith at Jaipur in 2019 and the RR's joint fourth highest second-wicket stand in IPL.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 575* in this tournament - the second most runs by an uncapped player in an IPL season after Shaun Marsh's 616 in the inaugural 2008 IPL season and the most by an uncapped Indian player in an IPL season, beating Ishan Kishan's 516 runs record in 2020.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 26 runs off Nitish Rana in the first over of the Rajasthan Royals' innings. The most runs scored by one batsman in the first over of an IPL innings, surpassing the previous record of 24 runs hit by Prithvi Shaw, when he hit six consecutive fours off Shivam Mavi in 2021.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal became the second batsman to hit two sixes off the first two balls of an IPL innings, after Virat Kohli in 2019.
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KKR scored 149-8 in 20 overs with top scorer by Venkatesh Iyer struck 57 off 42-balls including 4-sixes & a four.
Nitish Rana scored 22 off 17-balls including 2-fours, Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit 18 off 12-balls included 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 150 and Rinku Singh scored 16 off 18-balls including a boundary.
RR best bowler by Yuzvendra Chahal claimed a 4-wickets for 25-runs in 4-overs, Trent Boult took 2-wickets and one for Debutant KM Asif - Sandeep Sharma.
Sanju Samson blasted a unbeaten 48 off 29-balls including 5-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 165.51.
Yashasvi Jaiswal named Player of the match for his record-breaking batting performance to smashed a blistering unbeaten 98-runs knocked off facing 97-balls including 12-fours & 5-sixes with strike rate of 208.51.
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