Kolkata Knight Riders once again threw away a position of dominance against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday and lost the match by 3 wickets.
Dinesh Karthik smashed a career-best 97 not out off 50 balls for KKR but late fireworks from Riyan Parag and Jofra Archer sealed the deal for Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata.
When asked about Kuldeep Yadav's absence from the playing XI, KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik made it clear that he was dropped owing to poor form.
Both teams have eight points though Hyderabad have played one match less than Kolkata, who have lost four matches on the bounce.
Harry Gurney said that Kolkata Knight Riders are not too concerned about the presence of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Shikhar Dhawan found form with a 63-ball 97 and powered Delhi Capitals to a seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here Friday, leaving two legends at the visiting dugout beaming.
CAB President Sourav Ganguly is donning the hat of an advisor at Delhi Capitals, and is expected to sit in the away team's dugout despite a conflict of interest complaint against him.
The pitch in Eden Gardens is expected to be green and help the pacers. There will be runs on offer once the batsmen are set.
Deepak Chahar returned impressive figures of three for 20 from four overs against Kolkata Knight Riders, bowling a staggering 20 dot balls.
BCCI Ombudsman had asked Ganguly to clear his stand on allegations of conflict of interest in his role as IPL franchise Delhi Capitals advisor while serving as the president of CAB.
Speaking after the game, Ajinkya Rahane said that Rajasthan Royals were short by around 20-30 runs and even the bowlers failed to rise to the challenge.
Andre Russell stole the limelight this season so far with his hard-hitting abilities and is currently placed third in the run-getters list with 207 runs from four games at a staggering strike rate of 268.83.
Kagiso Rabada bowled six yorkers in the Super Over during the Super Over against KKR on Saturday to take DC home by three runs in the nail-bitter.
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