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Result: Match tied (Rajasthan Royals won the Super Over on boundary count) Toss: Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bat first. Rajasthan Royals 152/5 in 20 overs: Ajinkya Rahane hit a classy 72 (59b, 6x4, 1x6) and skipper Shane Watson a few lusty blows to score 33 off 24 balls (5x4) in a 64-run third-wicket stand that was the highlight of Rajasthan's innings. The manner in which Rahane paced the innings was praiseworthy. When Watson and before that Sanju Samson (20 off 19, 4x4) were going after the bowlers, he dropped anchor getting the singles along with odd boundaries.
Once he got his half-century, he opened up pulling Vinay Kumar for a six. For KKR, Shakib al Hasan (1/23) and Sunil Narine (0/28) had a decent outing. R Vinay Kumar (2/30) was their most successful bowler. However, young Karun Nair's (1) struggle in this format continued as he tried to give his state captain Vinay the charge and saw the delivery cutting back to clip the leg-stump bail. Samson's four boundaries came off Morkel in the final Powerplay over and was unlucky to see the ball hit his pads and roll onto the stumps as he got onto the backfoot in Shakib's fuller delivery. Rahane however, was fluent with his shot selection — when Chawla was introduced into the attack, he played a copybook sweep shot to get a boundary when the bowler pitched one well outside the leg-stump. Watson's first big hit was a lofted one bounce four off a flighted delivery from Shakib. Rahane followed his skipper as he also used his feet to perfection to play the inside-out lofted shot over extra cover for a boundary. The watershed moment for Royals came in the 14th over as Watson got three boundaries off Piyush Chawla as it yielded 17 runs in all. Rahane in the meantime completed his second 50 off the tournament off 44 balls.
Once he got his half-century, he opened up pulling Vinay Kumar for a six. For KKR, Shakib al Hasan (1/23) and Sunil Narine (0/28) had a decent outing. R Vinay Kumar (2/30) was their most successful bowler. However, young Karun Nair's (1) struggle in this format continued as he tried to give his state captain Vinay the charge and saw the delivery cutting back to clip the leg-stump bail. Samson's four boundaries came off Morkel in the final Powerplay over and was unlucky to see the ball hit his pads and roll onto the stumps as he got onto the backfoot in Shakib's fuller delivery. Rahane however, was fluent with his shot selection — when Chawla was introduced into the attack, he played a copybook sweep shot to get a boundary when the bowler pitched one well outside the leg-stump. Watson's first big hit was a lofted one bounce four off a flighted delivery from Shakib. Rahane followed his skipper as he also used his feet to perfection to play the inside-out lofted shot over extra cover for a boundary. The watershed moment for Royals came in the 14th over as Watson got three boundaries off Piyush Chawla as it yielded 17 runs in all. Rahane in the meantime completed his second 50 off the tournament off 44 balls.
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