IPL 2020 – KXIP vs RR Highlights & Analysis: Rajasthan Royals Defeated Kings XI Punjab by 6 Wickets, Chris Gayle Missed Century by 1 Run
KXIP vs RR: In the 50th match of the 13th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 7 wickets. Punjab lost the toss and invited to bat first gave a target of 186 runs. In reply, Rajasthan won the match by scoring 186 runs just by losing 3 wickets in 17.3 overs.
KXIP vs RR: In the 50th match of the 13th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 7 wickets.With this defeat, the road to play-offs for Punjab has become more difficult. At the same time, Rajasthan remains intact their chances of getting into the play-offs. Both teams have 12–12 points. Punjab is at number four and Rajasthan at number 5 in the points table.
In the match played in Abu Dhabi, Punjab lost the toss and invited to bat first gave a target of 186 runs. In reply, Rajasthan won the match by scoring 186 runs just by losing 3 wickets in 17.3 overs.
The last match of both the teams is on 1 November
Both teams now have 1–1 matches remaining in the season, which will be played on 1 November. Rajasthan will play against Kolkata Knight Riders in Dubai. While Punjab will clash with Chennai Super Kings captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Stokes and Uthappa Gave a Brilliant Start to RR
Rajasthan started off chasing the target and opener Ben Stokes hit a quickfire 50 off 26 deliveries, while Robin Uthappa scored 30 off 23 balls. There was a 60-run opening partnership between the two. Stokes made his second fifty in the league. After this Sanju Samson scored 48, Steve Smith scored 31 runs for Rajasthan.
Murugan Ashwin and Chris Jordan took 1-1 wickets for Punjab. Ashwin dismissed Uthappa caught out by Nicholas Pooran, while Deepak Hooda took the catch of Stokes at Jordan’s delivery. Samson was runout by Jagdish Suchit.
Gayle Missed Century by 1 Run
Chris Gayle was dismissed by Joffra Archer for 99 off 63 deliveries. This was his 31st FIFTY in IPL. Gayle missed a century by 1 run for the second time in the league. Earlier in 2019, he was out for 99 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. This time Gayle had a chance to score his 7th century in the league, but Archer bowled him.
Kings XI Punjab Bad Start
Punjab scored 185 runs losing 4 wickets in the match. Punjab had started poorly, losing their first wicket for 1 run. Mandeep Singh was dismissed by Jofra Archer and caught by Ben Stokes without scoring a single run. After this, Gayle and Rahul managed the innings and played some brilliant shot on bad deliveries while respecting good ones. Gayle and Rahul made a 120 runs partnership for the second wicket.
Stokes and Archer took 2–2 wickets
Ben Stokes and Joffra Archer taking 2–2 wickets each for Rajasthan Royals. Ben Stokes dismissed both KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran. At the same time, Archer Archer dismissed Mandeep Singh & Chris Gayle.
Gayle’s 1001 sixes in T20 cricket
Gayle has completed his 1000 sixes in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat as soon as he hit 7th six in this innings. Gayle has 1001 sixes in 402 innings of 410 matches so far. He has scored 13 thousand 572 runs in the T20 format with an average of 38.20 and strike rate of 146.82. He has scored 22 centuries and 85 fifty in T20 cricket.
Man of The Match
Ben Stokes is adjudged the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock of 50 off 26 deliveries with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 192.30.
Ben Stokes Performance
| Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 26 | 6 | 3 |
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) & Rajasthan Royals (RR) Playing 11
Kings XI Punjab
KL Rahul (C/WK), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals
Steve Smith (C), Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson (WK), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi
Changes in Playing 11
Captain Smith made a change in the playing 11 of Rajasthan. Varun Aaron to replace Ankit Rajput in the playing 11 for RR. There was no change in the Punjab team.
