Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders have finally registered their first win of IPL 2026. They have defeated Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets at Eden Gardens. The unbeaten 76-run partnership between Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy opened the account of KKR’s victory. For Rajasthan Royals, this won match was equivalent to losing, because RR bowlers had dropped 6 wickets of KKR even before the score of 100. After that, the Rajasthan bowlers were seen making waves in front of the game shown by Rinku and Anukul.
In this match played at Eden Gardens, Rajasthan Royals batted first and scored 155 runs. In reply, Kolkata lost 6 wickets at the score of 85. But the strong and intelligent play of Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy gave Kolkata a thrilling victory in the last over.
KKR won the lost game, account of victory opened
Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to chase the target of 156 runs, had a very bad start. By the score of 5 runs, two wickets had fallen. Cameron Green was stumped, who scored 27 runs and captain Ajinkya Rahane could not even open the account. Within no time, Kolkata had lost 6 wickets by the time the score reached 85. At that time KKR’s winning percentage was only 16.
When the chances of victory were 16 percent, Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy took the responsibility. Both of them took the innings forward in a sensible manner. On one end Anukul stood firm, on the other side Rinku Singh kept hitting big shots. Rinku played a match-winning inning of 53 runs in 34 balls, while Anukul returned unbeaten after scoring 29 runs.
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21 runs had to be scored in 2 overs
The match seemed stuck till the 18th over. Kolkata had to score 21 runs to win in the last 2 overs, but Rinku Singh was determined to give KKR its first win of the season. In the 19th over, Anukul hit Joffra Archer for a tremendous six. 12 runs came in this over, after which Kolkata had to score 9 runs in the last over. Earlier, Brijesh Sharma, who bowled tightly in the 18th over, could not defend 9 runs in the last over.
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