The much-needed win keeps KKR alive in the tournament as they now have 10 points from 12 matches. Mumbai remain in third spot with 14 points from 12 games.
Youngster Riyan Parag (47) and Jofra Archer's cameo guided Rajasthan Royals to a thrilling three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders.
Shikhar Dhawan smashed his highest IPL score while chasing 179 at Eden Gardens to take his team to the victory line. With the win, Delhi Capitals jumped to the fourth position at points table.
Nitish Rana was batting on 68 when the floodlights stopped and working for 12 minutes and when play resumed, Rana was out on the third delivery.
Pant has made a big statement in Tests by scoring centuries in England and Australia but he's yet to make an impact in the ODIs and T20Is.
CAB President Sourav Ganguly's comment came after BJP's youth wing workers protested in front of the Eden Gardens, seeking removal of photographs of Imran and other Pakistani cricketers from the walls of the stadium.
"I also texted him a month back but he didn't reply," Ganguly said at the Kolkata leg of the book launch.
The CAB has also incorporated a Differently Abled Cricket Committee while amending its constitution.
The 23-year old snared the wickets of Darren Bravo, Rovman Powell and skipper Carlos Brathwaite in a devastating spell.
About 30,000 tickets from Eden's capacity of 67,000 are distributed as complimentary passes including to government agencies like Kolkata Police, the Corporation and Fire brigade.
In this edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata's Eden Gardens went on to host nine matches of IPL 2018 after getting two bonus matches in the playoffs which were originally slated in Pune.
The duo of Lynn and Rana were going great with 87/1 before Rashid Khan triggered the collapse in the ninth over with a fine throw from deep midwicket to dismiss Rana for 22.
While KKR ticked all the boxes during the business end of the tournament with four wins on the trot, table-toppers SRH have slipped after finishing on top of the league table.
On a day KKR star spinner Sunil Narine was expensive and returned wicketless, the likes of Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav stepped up to restrict Rajasthan 144 for four after batsmen put on board 169 for seven.
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The Governing Council has confirmed that Kolkata will host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 on May 23 and 25 respectively, IPL GC chairman Rajeev Shukla told PTI.
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The 37-year old off-spinner owes a lot of credit to the former India captain Sourav Ganguly under whom he achieved many laurels while representing Indian team.
The West Indies will tour India for a full series between October and November featuring three Tests, five One Day Internationals and one-off Twenty20.
Kohli becomes the second Indian batsman after legendary Sachin Tendulkar to hit 50 international hundreds, he is at the eighth spot in overall in the list of most century-makers.
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