Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by only one run, as RR Stand-in Captain Ryan Parag’s bravery 95 heroic knock was in vain. KKR was hovering with RR in a phase of 71/5. Parag made a dramatic comeback in a single over by hitting five sixes from Moin Ali. Earlier, however, the parague could believe what was happening as RR as RR lost two wickets in one over, in which Varun Chakraborty took the wickets of Dhruv Jurlel and Vanindu Hasranga.
While bowling in the eighth over, Dhruv Jurlel was completely left from Chakravarti to Gugli in bamboo. Unable to read it, the stumps of Jurall were knocked as he left for a Golden Duck.
With four wickets below, RR decided to send Vanindu Hasranga as a temporary stabilizer. However, almost cheerful, Hasranga suffered a uniform dismissal. Hasranga was excluded from Chakravarti from another googly, as he also left for a duck.
Ryan Parag, who looked together from the other end, could barely believe what he was watching. The 23-year-old man was almost expression-less and the way things moved forward.
Ryan Parag slowly felt that captaining one side is not a cup of tea. #Rrvskkr pic.twitter.com/5Tbw8x8ktq
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Parag and Shimron Hetmyer collected borders in later overs, giving RR a point of 100 runs in 11.5 overs.
Moeen Ali was brilliantly taken down by Parag in the 13th over, a game-turning match for RR. Parag launched him for five sixes, with his first fifty, five fours and three sixes in 27 balls.
At the end of the 15 overs, RR was at 155/5, in which Hetmyer (28*) and parag (86*) were unbeaten.
The partnership by Harshit was demolished as a good catch by Narin was removed for 29 in 23 balls, with four and six. After breaking this 92 -run stand, RR was 163/6 in 15.5 overs.
Ryan’s amazing attempt ended with his wicket with Harshit, with a good catch from Vaibhav. He went for 95 off 45 balls, with six fours and eight sixes. The RR was 173/7 in 17.4 overs.
Jofra Archer and Shubam Dubey continued to chase, with 22 runs in the final. Dubey broke Vaibhav for six, four, six, but failed to complete two runs on the final over to take the game to the final. RR ended at 205/8 in its 20 overs, Shubam (with 25*, four and two sixes in 14 balls) and Archer went out for 12 runs.
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