IPL 2021, Match 54: KKR beat RR by 86 runs, take giant step towards play-offs- In Pics
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Image Source : iplt20.comShubman Gill hit a second consecutive fifty as KKR registered the highest score at the venue this season, posting a competitive 171 for four after being put into bat. Gill (56 off 44) and Venkatesh Iyer (38 off 35) got KKR's innings to a rollicking start, stitching 79 runs for the opening stand.
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Rahul Tripathi (21), Dinesh Karthik (14 not out off 11) and skipper Eoin Morgan (13 not out off 11) also played good hands towards the end to take KKR to past the 170-run mark.
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RR had a horrible star to their chase, losing their best batter of the season Yashasvi Jaiwal to Shakib Al Hasan in the third ball of the innings If that was not enough, skipper Sanju Samson departed in the first delivery of the next over.
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Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy was not to be left behind as he joined the party in the next over dismissing Chris Morris LBW.
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Rahul Tewatia took the attack to the opposition and struck Mavi for three boundaries as RR reached 49 for seven in the 10th over.Tewatia played a 36-ball 44-run cameo but it was not enough as KKR bowled out RR for a meagre 85.
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Mavi finished with his best IPL figures of 4/21, while Ferguson (3/18) also shone bright with the ball.