Kolkata Knight Riders registers its second win against Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs

In the 12th match of IPL 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders stopped Vijay Rath of Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs in this match played at the International Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday. KKR have registered their second win this season. At the same time, this is the first defeat of the Rajasthan Royals. Batting first after losing the toss in this match, Kolkata Knight Riders set a target of 175 runs to win against Rajasthan Royals.

In the 12th match of IPL 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders stopped Vijay Rath of Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs in this match played at the International Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday. KKR has registered its second win this season. At the same time, this is the first defeat of the Rajasthan Royals. Shivam Mavi was awarded as Man of the Match for his excellent bowling in the match. Mavi took two wickets for 20 runs in four overs.

In the match, Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Batting first, KKR scored 174 runs at the loss of six wickets in the scheduled overs. For KKR, Shubman Gill scored 47, Eoin Morgan (34 *), Andre Russell (24), and Nitish Rana scored 22 runs.

Joffra Archer bowled brilliantly for Rajasthan. He took two wickets for 18 runs in four overs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals had a disappointing start. Half of the Royals team had returned to the pavilion on the score of 42 runs. At the same time, Rajasthan had lost eight wickets within 100 runs. For Rajasthan, Tom Karan scored half-century innings of 54 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders set a target of 175 runs to win against Rajasthan after choosing to bat. Chasing the target, Rajasthan’s team faltered and could lose only 137 runs after losing nine wickets in the scheduled overs. Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagerkoti bowled brilliantly for Kolkata. Both bowlers took two wickets each.