Kolkata | Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bat first against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL match here on Sunday.
KKR brought on England all-rounder Moeen Ali and Ramandeep Singh for this game.
RR made three changes for this game. Nitish Rana, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Kumar Kartikeya went out, while Yudhvir Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga and Kunal Rathore came in to the eleven.
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Riyan Parag (capt), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh, Akash Madhwal.
Andre Russell struck a 25-ball 57 not out to lift Kolkata Knight Riders to 206 for four against Rajasthan Royals in their must-win IPL match here on Sunday.
Apart from Russell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44), opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (35) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (30) were the other main contributors.
For RR, Jofra Archer (1/30), Yudhvir Singh Charak (1/26), Maheesh Theekshana (1/41) and Riyan Parag (1/21) were among the wickets.
KKR are placed seventh in the IPL standings with four wins and five losses, while RR are already out of the reckoning for the play-offs.
Brief Score:
Kolkata Knight Riders: 206 for 4 in 20 overs (Andre Russell 57 not out; Jofra Archer 1/30)
Scoreboard of the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals here on Sunday.
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz c Hetmyer b M Theekshana 35 Sunil Narine b Yudhvir Singh 11
Ajinkya Rahane c Dhruv Jurel b Riyan Parag 30 Angkrish Raghuvanshi c (sub)Ashok Sharma b Jofra Archer 44 Andre Russell not out 57
Rinku Singh not out 19
Extras: (B-1, LB-2, W-7) 10
Total: (For 4 wkts, 20 Overs) 206
Fall of Wickets: 13-1, 69-2, 111-3, 172-4 Bowler: Jofra Archer 4-0-30-1, Yudhvir Singh Charak 2-0-26-1, Maheesh Theekshana 4-0-41-1, Akash Madhwal 3-0-50-0, Wanindu Hasaranga 4-0-35-0, Riyan Parag 3-0-21-1.
