Jos Buttler spoiled Sunil Narine's century, made Rajasthan win the lost game by scoring a century.

KKR vs RR: Rajasthan Royals have defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 2 wickets in a thrilling match. Playing first, KKR had scored 223 runs thanks to Sunil Narine's century. Rajasthan, while chasing the target, did not have a good start as the team lost 2 big wickets within the first 50 runs. In today's match, captain Sanju Samson was out after scoring only 12 runs and Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 19 runs. But Riyan Parag was seen batting in a very stormy manner, hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes and scoring 34 runs in just 14 balls. Jos Buttler, who came as an impact player, scored the most runs for Rajasthan. Butler hit 9 fours and 6 sixes in his unbeaten innings of 107 runs in 60 balls.

After 10 overs, Rajasthan Royals' score was 109 runs for 4 wickets and the team needed 115 runs in the next 60 balls. Difficulties started increasing for RR when the team scored only 19 runs in the next 4 overs. From the 15th over, Jos Buttler and Rovman Powell started batting in a stormy manner. The team needed 79 runs in the last 5 overs. With Powell's inning of 26 runs in 13 balls, RR's hopes of victory started increasing, but he lost his wicket on the ball of Sunil Narine.

The match was becoming exciting and Rajasthan needed 28 runs in the last 12 balls and Butler was still at the crease. 19 runs came in the 19th over, due to which Rajasthan needed only 9 runs in the last over. The problem increased for KKR when due to the slow over rate, they could keep only 4 players outside the 30-yard circle in the last over. Butler gave a thrilling victory to RR by taking one run on the last ball.

Jos Buttler's 7th century in IPL career

Jos Buttler has scored the 7th century of his IPL career in the match against KKR. He completed his century in 55 balls. He has come second in terms of scoring most centuries in the history of IPL. Ahead of him is only Virat Kohli, who has 8 century innings in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Sunil Narine created history

Even though Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match, there is no doubt that Sunil Narine was the hero of the match. In this match, Sunil Narine has scored the first century not only of his IPL but of his entire cricket career. He completed his century in 49 balls. Narine scored 109 runs playing 56 balls against RR. His innings also included 13 fours and 6 sixes. Narine has also become only the third batsman in the history of IPL to score a century for KKR. He also showed excellence in bowling. Narine took 2 important wickets giving 30 runs in 4 overs.

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