KKR vs RR: After Chahal's spin, KKR flew in Jaiswal's storm, Royals beat by 9 wickets
IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders scored 149 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs with the help of Venkatesh Iyer's half-century. In reply, Rajasthan Royals achieved this target by losing one wicket in just 13.1 overs.
Piu Deora 
The 56th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). In this match being played at Kolkata's Eden Gardens Stadium, Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets by first bowling well and then batting fast.
In this match for Rajasthan Royals, young star batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal once again batted brilliantly but he missed his second century. While batting Atishi, Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 98 off 46 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 12 fours.
During this, he also scored the fastest half-century in IPL history. Jaiswal scored a half-century in just 13 balls and took KL Rahul's years-old record in his name. Earlier, Jaiswal had scored a century while batting brilliantly against Mumbai Indians. The young batsman had completed his century off 53 balls. During this, Jaiswal played an inning of 124 runs in 62 balls.
Batting first in this match, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 149 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs with the help of Venkatesh Iyer's half-century. Iyer played an inning of 57 runs in 42 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from him, young batsman Rinku Singh scored 16 and captain Nitish Rana scored 22 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal bowled brilliantly for Rajasthan Royals, taking 4 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs.
In reply, Rajasthan Royals achieved this target by losing one wicket in just 13.1 overs. Apart from Jaiswal for Rajasthan, captain Sanju Samson batted well. Samson scored an unbeaten 48 off 29 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 2 fours. With this win, Rajasthan Royals have 12 points and have reached the third position in the points table.
