BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ajinkya Rahane (c)	st †Karthik b Rana	36	19	-	5	1	189.47

D'Arcy Short	b Rana	44	43	-	5	1	102.32

Sanju Samson	c Kuldeep Yadav b Shivam Mavi	7	8	-	1	0	87.50

Rahul Tripathi	c Russell b Kuldeep Yadav	15	11	-	2	0	136.36

Ben Stokes	c Rana b Chawla	14	11	-	0	1	127.27

Jos Buttler †	not out	24	18	-	2	0	133.33
Krishnappa Gowtham	c Shivam Mavi b Curran	12	7	-	0	1	171.42

Shreyas Gopal	b Curran	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Dhawal Kulkarni	run out (Shubman Gill/Shivam Mavi)	3	3	-	0	0	100.00

Jaydev Unadkat	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 3)	5
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 8.00)	160/8
Did not bat: Ben Laughlin
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Ajinkya Rahane, 6.5 ov), 2-62 (Sanju Samson, 8.4 ov), 3-98 (D'Arcy Short, 12.5 ov), 4-106 (Rahul Tripathi, 13.6 ov), 5-122 (Ben Stokes, 16.1 ov), 6-141 (Krishnappa Gowtham, 18.1 ov), 7-141 (Shreyas Gopal, 18.2 ov), 8-160 (Dhawal Kulkarni, 19.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Piyush Chawla	4	0	18	1	4.50	10	1	0	0	0
16.1 to BA Stokes, Another dismissal against wristspin for Stokes. Excellent bowling from Chawla, saw Stokes coming early and tossed it wider and slower. He ended up too much under the ball and not enough behind it, and it was the googly too, spinning away from him and causing him to skew his attempted slog over mid-on to the man at cover, who moved backwards and to his left to get under the skier. 122/5
Kuldeep Yadav	4	0	23	1	5.75	9	1	1	0	0
13.6 to RA Tripathi, taken! Andre Russell, at short extra-cover, jumps and is at full stretch to grab this overhead chance two-handed, after Tripathi skips inside the line to try and loft this flighted wrong'un, pitching on leg stump, over the fielder. 106/4
Sunil Narine	4	0	48	0	12.00	6	7	1	0	0
Shivam Mavi	4	0	40	1	10.00	9	3	2	3	0
8.4 to SV Samson, he's played the short-arm jab straight to Kuldeep at deep midwicket. Samson was cramped for room, hustled for pace as this angled back in to hit him high on the bat. Impressive effort delivery, the young man is elated. The dangerous Samson is gone.. 62/2
Nitish Rana	2	0	11	2	5.50	4	1	0	0	0
6.5 to AM Rahane, some DK brilliance there to convert that into a wicket. Magnificent back-handed flick onto the stumps off his right hand. Smart bowling from Rana too. Saw Rahane step out, so he shortened his length and fired this in, Rahane looks to turn this to the leg side but ends up getting little bat on it. Karthik moves swiftly to his left, picks the ball up and flicks it back. I suspect Rahane took it easy and was done in by DK's speed. Stunning work.. 54/1 12.5 to DJM Short, he's done him with a slider again. There's some drift back in. Short goes back to pull but is beaten by this 90kph delivery that goes straight on to beat his attempted whip and crash into the stumps.. 98/3
Tom Curran	2	0	19	2	9.50	3	2	0	0	1
18.1 to K Gowtham, slower ball, full outside off, and Gowtham departs. Looks to hit it over cover, maybe, ends up slicing a simple catch to backward point. 141/6 18.2 to S Gopal, bowled him! Curran follows the slower one with a fast length ball, angling into off stump. Shreyas' feet are stuck, going neither forward nor back, and he plays with half a bat, opening the face to try and dab it fine. He misses, and Curran knocks out his off stump. 141/7

Kolkata Knight Riders (T: 161 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Narine	run out (Unadkat/†Buttler)	35	25	-	5	1	140.00

Chris Lynn	b Gowtham	0	2	-	0	0	0.00

Robin Uthappa	c Stokes b Gowtham	48	36	-	6	2	133.33

Nitish Rana	not out	35	27	-	2	1	129.62
Dinesh Karthik (c)†	not out	42	23	-	2	2	182.60
Extras	(lb 1, w 2)	3
TOTAL	18.5 Ov (RR: 8.65)	163/3
Did not bat: Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chris Lynn, 0.3 ov), 2-70 (Sunil Narine, 8.4 ov), 3-102 (Robin Uthappa, 12.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Krishnappa Gowtham	4	0	23	2	5.75	12	3	0	0	0
0.3 to CA Lynn, tries to cut but this spins back in sharply from length to cramp him for room and sees the off and leg stump flattened. The skid has done the trick.. 1/1 12.3 to RV Uthappa, has Stokes caught that cleanly? The umpires are going to have a look. In Uthappa's slot for the lofted drive, which he hits hard and flat, but Stokes is on the boundary at long-on. He was stepping backwards as he took the catch over his head, about to tumble past the boundary, so he flicked it in the air, then stepped on the rope, and managed to return to the field of play and complete the catch comfortably enough in the end. Perhaps unwise of Uthappa to take on the deep fielder in this situation, but he's played an excellent hand for KKR. 102/3
Dhawal Kulkarni	2	0	20	0	10.00	5	4	0	0	0
Jaydev Unadkat	3	0	34	0	11.33	4	3	2	0	0
Ben Laughlin	3.5	0	37	0	9.65	5	2	2	1	0
Shreyas Gopal	3	0	23	0	7.66	7	0	2	0	0
Ben Stokes	3	0	25	0	8.33	4	3	0	1	0

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Rajasthan Royals innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 0 wicket)
Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (AM Rahane 36, DJM Short 16, Ex 1)
Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 1
Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (115 balls), Extras 2
Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 160/8 in 20.0 overs (JC Buttler 24, JD Unadkat 0)

Kolkata Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (SP Narine 27, RV Uthappa 25, Ex 0)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 2
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (N Rana 16, KD Karthik 35, Ex 0)

MATCH DETAILS

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss	Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2018
Player Of The Match	Nitish Rana
Hours of play (local time)	20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days	18 April 2018 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Abhijit Deshmukh Sundaram Ravi
TV Umpire	Chettithody Shamshuddin
Reserve Umpire	Krishnaraj Srinath
Match Referee	Manu Nayar
Points	Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0