Indian Premier League

IPL: Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by Super Over

Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders through a Super Over to win the tenth match of the second edition of the Indian Premier Rajasthan Royals players celebrate after winning in the super-over against Kolkata Knight Riders at Newlands in Cape Town.

Chris Gayle and captain Brendon McCullum batted for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Super Over with Kamran Khan bowling for the Rajasthan Royals. They scored 15 for 1 in the six balls faced setting a target of 16 for Royals. Yusuf Pathan and Ravinder Jadeja batted for the Rajasthan Royals with Ajantha Mendis bowling for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Thanks to Pathan’s hitting they got the target of just 4 balls.

Earlier, Rajasthan Royals scored 150/6 in 20 overs. The defending champions lost two early wickets when Paul Valthaty (5) was caught at third man by Ishant Sharma off Anureet Singh in the second over and in the next over Rob Quiney (6) edged an Ishant delivery to first slip for Chris Gayle to take the catch. Rajasthan were reeling at 14/2, but Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan added 56 runs for the third wicket in quick time before Mendis dismissed both in one over. Mendis took two wickets in one over as Rajasthan Royals were 78/4 in 10 overs. Abhishek Raut hit a four and 2 sixes in the last over by Anureet to take the Rajasthan total to the 150-run mark. Raut remained unbeaten on a 13-ball 21.

Kolkata lost their captain Brendon McCullum (3) early to Dimitri Mascarenhas but Gayle set the stdaium ablaze with his stunning fireworks. Displaying brute power, the West Indian captain hit 4 sixes and 2 fours in his 33-ball 41. He was dismissed by Warne who had him caught at long off by Ravinder Jadeja. Laxmi Ratan Shukla was promoted up the order but he scored 13 runs before he was caught by Mahesh Rawat off Kamran Khan. Shane Warne dismissed Chris Gayle as Kolkata Knight Riders were 67/3 in 10 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders reply was led by former captain Sourav Ganguly who hit a magnificent 46 off 30 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours. He was dismissed caught behind on the penultimate delivery with his team just 2 more runs to win. Ishant Sharma was run out on the last ball of the innings while attempting a second run and that took the match into the Super Over.

Rajasthan Royals now have three points from three games and Kolkata Knight Riders have two points from three games.

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