Kolkata Knight Riders’ opening batter Quinton de Kock with his unbeaten 97 runs off 61 balls, guided KKR to register a comfortable eight-wicket win over RR in away condition.

Initially, the KKR bowlers made an exceptional performance in the first innings. Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Moeen and Varun Chakaravarthy each bagged a couple of wickets while Spencer Johnson made a wicket.

Speaking of the match, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson opened the batting attack for the Royals, while Spencer Johnson opened the bowling attack.

Jaiswal secured a first ball boundary after the ball top-edged and rushed to the boundary rope. While the duop started to build a partnership, Vaibhav Arora in the fourth over dismissed Samson for 13 runs and drew the first blood for the Rajasthan Royals.

In the next over from Harshit Rana, Jaiswal survived a catch as Rana dropped the catch. Jaiswal ended the first powerplay with a six and pushed Rajasthan Royals to score 54 runs for a wicket loss.

Mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy in his first over of the game dismissed Riyan Parag for 25 runs and made an impressive start. In the very next over, Moeen Ali dismissed Jaiswal for 29 runs and loaded pressure over the RR’s batting lineup.

Again, Varun Chakaravarthy struck in the next over and dismissed Wanindu Hasaranga for just four runs. With three wickets in three back-to-back overs, Rajatshan Royals ended up scoring just 76 runs for four wickets at the end of 10 overs.

In the 11th over, Moeen Ali again made a breakthrough by dismissing Rana for eight runs.

Impact player Shubham Dubey and Dhruv Jurel gradually started to add runs to the scoreboard but Vaibhav Arora in the final delivery of the 15th over, dismissed Dubey for 9 runs while RR scored 110 runs for six wickets loss at the end of 15 overs.

With Jofra Archer’s 7 balls 16 runs, Rajasthan Royals scored 151 runs for nine wickets loss at the end of 20 overs.

While chasing, Moeen Ali and Quinton de Kock opened the inning for KKR, while Jofra Archer opened the bowling attack. Though Moeen Ali was dismissed at an early stage, Quinton de Kock made a steady inning and pushed KKR to reach the target in 17.3 overs.