Kolkata,

In the 31st match of the Indian Premier League 2024, Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 2 wickets on the last ball. Batting first after losing the toss in the match, KKR scored a huge score of 223 runs with the help of Sunil Narine’s century. In response, Rajasthan played brilliantly and won the match by scoring 224 runs on the last ball with a century from Jos Buttler. With this victory, the Rajasthan team has retained its number-1 crown in the points table. Rajasthan team captained by Sanju Samson has won 6 out of 7 matches so far. With this victory, Rajasthan team has now strengthened its number-1 position. On the other hand, Kolkata team has won 4 out of 6 matches so far.

In the match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata team had set a target of 224 runs, in response to which Rajasthan team was seen faltering from the very beginning. At one time the team had lost 8 wickets for 186 runs and needed 38 runs in 15 balls to win. Runs were needed. At that time Jos Buttler was at the crease and he did not give up. Butler single-handedly won the match for Rajasthan. He also completed his century. Butler played an unbeaten inning of 107 runs in 60 balls. During this period he hit 6 sixes and 9 fours.

Thanks to Butler’s innings, Rajasthan won the match after losing 8 wickets. Apart from Butler, Riyan Parag scored 34 runs on 14 balls. In the end Rovman Powell scored 26 runs in 13 balls. There was a partnership of 57 runs in 27 balls between Butler and Powell, which was very important. On the other hand, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets for KKR team. While Vaibhav Arora got 1 success.

Big score made by Narine’s stormy century innings
After losing the toss in the match, Kolkata team came to bat and scored 223 runs after losing 6 wickets. Sunil Narine batted stormily for the team and scored a century in 49 balls. In the match, Narine played a total innings of 109 runs in 56 balls. During this, he hit 6 sixes and 13 fours, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 30 runs. On the other hand, all the bowlers of Rajasthan team were badly beaten. Meanwhile, Avesh Khan bowled economically and took 2 wickets. Kuldeep Sen also got 2 successes. Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal got 1-1 success.