After Yuzvendra Chahal's 'four', Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets in the 56th match of IPL based on Yashasvi Jaiswal's record-breaking innings. This is Rajasthan Royals' sixth win in 12 matches. With 12 points, Rajasthan Royals have made it to the third place in the points table. Yashasvi played a record-breaking inning taking the news of KKR bowlers fiercely. Yashasvi hit 13 fours and 5 sixes in 47 balls in an unbeaten 98-run innings. Earlier, Yashasvi scored the fastest half-century in IPL history in this match. He completed his fifty on 13 balls.
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After 4 wickets of Yuzvendra Chahal, who became the highest wicket-taker in IPL, Rajasthan Royals were defeated by a big margin with the help of Yashasvi Jaiswal's excellent innings. Royals captain Sanju Samson's decision to bowl first after winning the toss proved correct and his bowlers stopped Kolkata Knight Riders for 149 runs for 8 wickets. In reply, the Royals lost just one wicket for 13. Scored 151 runs in 1 over.
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Jaiswal missed the century by two runs and while playing at a strike rate above 200, he hit 12 fours and five sixes in his innings. Captain Samson, playing with him well, scored an unbeaten 48 in 29 balls, which included two fours and five sixes. KKR bowlers could not take a single wicket and the only wicket of Royals fell in the form of Jos Buttler (0) who was run out.
After this victory, the Royals have now reached the third position with 12 points in 12 matches, while KKR are seventh among ten teams with ten points in 12 matches and their path to the playoffs has become difficult. Earlier, Chahal (187 wickets) broke the record of Dwayne Bravo (183) by dismissing KKR captain Nitish Rana on his second ball and became the highest wicket-taker in IPL history.
