Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 54th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2020 Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Date & Time: Nov 01, 06:00 PM LOCAL
Will they be able to pull off something incredible?
Will they be able to pull off something incredible? © IPL

That's all from us tonight. Until next time, ciao!

Pat Cummins is the Man of the Match.

Big win for KKR

Morgan with the bat and Cummins with the ball were KKR's heroes tonight. With 1000 on the board after 13 overs, KKR were in deep trouble but Morgan and Russell counterattacked, and how! They finished with 191, Morgan leading the way with an unbeaten 68. It was a very competitive score to finish with but in front of them was a team that had mastered the art of tall chases this season. Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be tonight for RR. The wheels came off early, in the powerplay itself, with half the team back in the hut in first-five. Cummins, who had struggled to justify his price tag for large part of the season, was the star there, taking four of those five wickets. It was a tough blow to recover from, despite Tewatia and Buttler and later Shreyas Gopal showing some fight. 191 did eventually prove too tall a mountain to climb for them as they fell short by 60. KKR have done their NRR a favour too with this big win, but not enough to enjoy the two remaining games stress free.

KKR win by 60 runs

And that's a massive win by T20 standards. But more importantly, it's the end of the road for RR. They fall to eighth spot from the fifth, CSK are now seventh and KKR have leapfrogged from eighth to straight into top-four. They have done everything that was in their hands to give themselves the best possible shot at a top-four finish. Now they'll be watching the two remaining games closely because they don't have a very great NRR.

Inching closer

Mavi gets his second wicket tonight and KKR are now just a wicket away from top-four. Right from the bottom slot they currently occupy. Of course that still doesn't guarantee a top-four finish. Such has been this IPL. Such has been 2020.

Nagarkoti gets his first

It's Jofra Archer, who can wield the long handle. But not tonight. RR edge closer towards defeat and exit gate, unfortunately.

Chakravarthy gets Tewatia too

This was coming, wasn't it? He had no support left so Tewatia decides to go big. Attempted a slog sweep but the ball was wide and he had to fetch it. Gets an edge through to the keeper. No miracles tonight, then. RR are 105/7. Only a matter of time now...

Buttler departs

A brief recovery for RR and now KKR have managed to break the partnership with the big wicket of Jos Buttler. Varun Chakravarthy claims his first tonight. RR in deep, deep trouble now. Tewatia is their very last hope. Buttler tried to pull to midwicket but can't clear the fielder. Cummins has his fourth

Cummins had definitely saved his best for the last! Morgan wanted to sneak another over in the powerplay from his best bowler on the night and he's delivered! Takes out Riyan Parag with a bouncer. Parag was only trying to duck, but the ball takes a top edge and goes straight to Karthik. Easy catch. KKR on top. Well on top. But RR have Rahul Tewatia still.

Mavi into the action now

Samson nicks behind for just 1 and RR have lost their fourth on just 32! KKR now in with a big chance to give their NRR a big boost, unless there's another twist in this tale.

Third for Cummins!

He's come back very strongly after the caning in the first five balls. This time he has Steve Smith chopping on against a back of a length delivery. KKR all over RR now as they slip to 32/3.

WICKET: Karthik stunner ends Stokes' stay

It's Pat Cummins who strikes again, getitng Stokes to get a thick outside edge. It looked to be flying to the third man fence but Dinesh Karthik lunges out full length and sticks his left glove to pluck out a stunner!

Wicket and 19 from the first over!

Pat Cummins manages to come back and strike off the last ball as Uthappa flicks straight to deep square leg. But the five previous balls yielded 19 as Stokes and Uthappa got stuck in. Rajasthan will keep going hard, they have no other choice.

Here's something to track

If #KKR win by 79 runs or #RR win inside 13.4 overs, they are assured of a Play-Off spot (presuming DC-RCB match doesn't end in a no result).#KKRvRR #IPL2020
01 Nov 2020

KKR finish with 191/7

...and that's a very good recovery from where they stood at start of 14th over. They'll be happy with 191. Credit to the captain, Morgan who has made an unbeaten 68. He's had helped from youngsters, and the foreign players later chipped in with brief but vital cameos. The dew in the later half also played a part. It's only going to get easier now... Back in 10 for RR's chase.

Morgan, Russell counterattack

KKR were 100/5 at the end of the 13th over, and in deep trouble. But Russell and Morgan have changed that in the space of few deliveries! Morgan goes 4.4.6.6 against Gopal before it's Russell who welcomes Archer back into the attack with a six and a four. He goes hard against Tyagi too, and fetches two sixes but perishes in the attempt to get the third in as many balls. Decent 25-run cameo from him but he's obviously disappointed for not carrying on for longer.

Tripathi departs

Miscues his pull off s short ball from Shreyas Gopal. and Robin Uthappa takes the top edge running to his left from his position at long-on. Good catch and here's another wicket for... wait, Dinesh Karthik is out too! Another duck for him! Flighted ball on leg, one that keeps straight. Karthik was playing for the turn, trying to drill it through the covers. But he gets an inside edge straight to Smith at short midwicket. Big wicket for RR. But here's Dre Russ.

Double-wicket over from Tewatia

Oh the move has backfired! Narine falls for a second-ball duck.He was going for the big shots right away, he'd been promotedup the order just for that. But he perishes in the attempt, without opening his account, trying to tonk Tewatia straight down the ground. Good,easy catch for Ben Stokes. Successful, doublw-wicket over for Rajasthan. Good on Smith to back his leggie. Eoin Morgan out to bat now.

The Rahul vs Rahul battle

...which Tripathi is bossing at the moment. Tewatia has erred, short and wide of off, and Tripathi has taken full toll, fetching a six and then four in back to back overs of the leggie. However, Tewatia has taken out Gill to make a strong comeback.The batsmen went for a slog sweep but gets a top edge. Buttler at midwicket settles under it and takes an easy catch. Was the longer boundary so he had all the time. KKR are now 73/2 after 8.3. Here's Sunil Narine.Not entirely surprising because KKR are working with their spinners at the moment....

Fifty partnership

This is good recovery for KKR. Led by Gill's brisk 33, they've posted 55/1 off their powerplay. Gill seems in full control - targeting wayward bowlers and giving full respect to Archer. And Rahul hasn't done too bad either. He's 20 off 16 at the end of powerplay.

And KKR haven't started well either...

With off just the second ball for Jofra Archer. Digs it short and into the body, Rana unnecessarily pokes, looks back as Samson collects the easy grab and then at the last, last second - quite literally - decides to review it! Wasted. There was a sound and there is an edge. He has to walk back and now he's wasted the team's only review as well. Good start for Rajasthan. Tripathi at one-drop.

All set for live action! But before we begin, important piece of news : KXIP are out of the playoffs race with their nine-wicket loss to CSK.

TOSS: Rajasthan opt to bowl; Russell returns

Both captains have alluded to the dew later on being an influential factor. Morgan concedes that he would have chased as well. But can't do much now. However, Andre Russell returns for KKR which is big while Rajasthan play the same team.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi

The lead-up...

The big question on everyone's minds is what'll it take for qualification. Here below is a brief summary for these two teams.

What do teams need to do to qualify?

For KKR, they have to hope KXIP lose their contest against CSK and SRH lose to MI. In that case, they will finish with 14 points (SRH, RR and KXIP will end with 12 points each) and can go ahead on 14 points without NRR coming into play. If they lose to RR, they stand eliminated irrespective of the results of other matches.

RR need to defeat KKR and hope both KXIP and SRH lose their last league games. They will be knocked out if they lose.

One of these seems to be on course with KXIP set to get knocked out as CSK continue strongly in the chase..

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