Kolkata Knight Riders spinners flop against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024

IPL 2024 KKR vs RR: Jos Buttler scored a century to give victory to Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata Knight Riders had to face defeat by 2 wickets. The spinners had performed well for KKR in the beginning. But the tables were turned in the last overs. Seeing the initial performance, captain Shreyas Iyer gave the spinners a chance to bowl in the death overs and this proved costly for his team.

Batting first, KKR scored 223 runs. During this, Sunil Narine scored a century. In response, Rajasthan scored 145 runs in 15 overs with the loss of 6 wickets. KKR's spinners played an important role in the beginning. The spinners gave only 24 runs in the first 5 overs and took 3 wickets. Captain Shreyas selected him for the last over on this basis. But his decision proved costly for the team. The spinners gave away 42 runs in the last 3 overs.

KKR spinner Varun Chakraborty gave 36 runs in 4 overs. He took 2 wickets. Varun had given 17 runs in the 15th over. He hit four fours in this over. After this he gave 9 runs in the last over. Butler hit a six on the very first ball of Varun's over. Sunil Narine gave 30 runs in 4 overs. He gave away 16 runs in the 17th over.

It is noteworthy that Rajasthan Royals, the team captained by Sanju Samson, is on top in the points table of IPL 2024. He has won six out of seven matches. Rajasthan has faced defeat in only one match. Rajasthan had defeated Lucknow in its first match. After this, wins were registered against Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians. Rajasthan defeated RCB by 6 wickets. But could not win against Gujarat. Rajasthan was defeated by Gujarat by 3 wickets. After this the team registered victories against Punjab and Kolkata.

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