Andrew Tye walks inMarcus Stoinis looks for the big hit and gets a full toss but cannot get over K Gowtham in the deep to be caught on 11. Jaydev Unadkat gets his first wicket. Score 127/7Ah! KL Rahul isn't going down without a last fight. He hits three consecutive fours off Jofra's last three deliveries. 16 runs from the over. Score 127/6KL Rahul began the over with a four to midwicket but Jaydev Unadkat's slower deliveries got the better of both the KXIP batsmen (Rahul and Stoinis) as they could only score five off his next five. Score 111/6A good mixture of slower deliveries and yorkers from Jofra Archer keeps KXIP to four runs in the over. Score 102/6Six runs from the over. KXIP need much more than that to launch a comeback. Score 98/6Jaydev Unadkat returnsKXIP need 67 runs from the last five overs.Final strategic time-out of the matchIsh Sodhi completes his spell with yet another good over - six runs in it. His figures - 4-0-14-1. Score 92/6With a four to midwicket, Rahul brings up his fourth fifty of the season. Score 86/6Rajasthan Royals are bossing this contest. A superb throw from Stuart Binny catches Axar Patel short of his crease at the striker's end. It was a tough call as the replays were inconclusive. Axar scored 1. KXIP sink further. Score 81/6Anureet Singh into the attack nowEight runs from Gowtham's third over. 4 byes came off his first delivery as the ball spun sharply to evade everyone. Score 74/5K Gowtham is back. Axar Patel is the new man inTaken by captain Ajinkya Rahane at covers! Ben Stokes gets the better of Manoj Tiwary who ends up spooning a catch to Rahane and walk back after scoring 7. KXIP have lost half their side now. Score 66/5Ben Stokes is back into the attackIsh Sodhi's third over results in four runs - three singles and one leg bye. Score 61/4Mahipal Lomror continues but concedes a four to KL Rahul off his first delivery. 10 runs from the over take Punjab to 55/4.Time-outThis is brilliant from Rajasthan Royals. The spinners haven't allowed easy runs on this Jaipur surface and the slow rate works in their favour. The pressure gets to Akshdeep Nath who gets a leading-edge off the final delivery of Ish Sodhi and ends up holing out to K Gowtham at long-off. He scored 9. Score 45/4A lofted four to Akshdeep Nath off the fourth delivery. Nine runs in the first over of Lomror. Score 44/3Left-arm spinner Mahipal Lomror into the attack nowTight from Ish Sodhi - he rapped Akshdeep Nath on the pas off his very first delivery and Rajasthan went for the DRS but the replay showed the ball was missing the off stump. Two singles came off his next five deliveries. Score 35/3Ish Sodhi into the attack nowKL Rahul has been in terrific form this IPL. The two fours he has scored off Ben Stokes are proof enough. The first came off the first delivery - wide outside off and Rahule reached for it to send it flying over backward point. The second came off the penultimate delivery - beautifully driven through cover. 8 runs in it. Score 33/3Ben Stokes to bowl the final over of the PowerplayGood start from Unadkat. Five runs from his first over. Score 25/3First bowling change - Left-arm medium pacer Jaydev Unadkat into the attackSecond successful over in a row for the home team - 3 runs and a wicket in it. Score 20/3Rajasthan Royals are on a roll! This time it's Jofra Archer who strikes to remove Karun Nair on 3. A good catch from Jaydev Unadkat at long-on cuts short his innings. Score 19/3End of a successful over from K Gowtham - Four runs and two wickets in it. Score 17/2R Ashwin promotes himself to No. 3 and has been clean bowled for a two-ball duck! K Gowtham has his second wicket of the night. Score 14/2Gowtham gets the big fish as Chris Gayle has been stumped on 1. He saw Gayle charging down and fired the ball down leg. Jos Buttler did the rest. Score 14/1Jofra Archer joins Gowtham from the other end. His over is ruined after Rahul hits a six off the final delivery. 9 runs from it. Score 13/0A good over from Gowtham despite conceding a four to Rahul. Four runs in it. Score 4/0K Gowtham has the new ball. Chris Gayle and KL Rahul will start KXIP chase.So the target for Kings XI Punjab is 159Andrew Tye gets his fourth wicket of the night in Jaydev Unadkat who also fails to open his account. RR finish on 158/8Another one bites the dust and this time it's Jofra Archer who falls for a first-ball duck. Wicket no. 3 for TyeBen Stokes ends up hitting a full toss to R Ashwin at extra cover to be caught on 14. Wicket no. 2 for Andrew Tye. Score 152/6Rajasthan Royals are finding it really difficult to score runs in the death overs now. Just five runs from Mohit's third over. Score 152/5Mohit Sharma returnsStuart Binny has been run out at the non-striker's end while completing a second run. He scored 11 off 7. 14 runs from the over including a huge six from Binny. Score 147/5Stuart Binny is the new man in. End of an excellent over from Mujeeb - 2 runs and a wicket in it. Score 133/4Jos Buttler has been stumped. Clever from Mujeeb as he shortens his length after seeing Buttler dancing down the track. He misses the delivery and KL Rahul does the rest. He scored 87. Score 132/4An expensive end to Ashwin's spell tonight. He could have ended it with a wicket had Akshdeep Nath managed to take a difficult catch of Buttler. 11 runs from the over including a boundary to Ben Stokes. Score 131/3The break again works in favour of the visitors as they get a breakthrough. Five runs and a wicket in the over. Score 120/3Sanju Samson looks for some quick runs and takes the aerial route but he holes out to Manoj Tiwary at long-on to become Mujeeb's first wicket of the night. He scored 22. Score 117/3Second time-out of RR inningsProductive over for Rajasthan Royals. Sanju Samson finally gets going with a six over long-on off Ashwin's first delivery. He then threads the gap in the covers for a four to bring up the 50-run partnership with Buttler. 13 runs from it. Score 115/2Another decent over for KXIP - six from it. Score 102/2Ashwin is back. Good over from the skipper - just five singles in it. Score 96/2Two misfields in the over of Axar Patel. The first one from Andrew Tye resulted in a boundary to Buttler while the next from Mujeeb gave Samson an extra run. 9 runs in it. Score 91/2At the halfway stage of their innings, RR are 82/2Mujeeb Ur Rahman, the 17-year-old Afghan spinner into the attack now. He goes for nine in his first over, including a boundary to Buttler. Score 82/2Plenty of turn for Axar Patel who returns after bowling an expensive first over. Beats Jos Buttler twice in his second over. Just a single in it. Score 73/2Captain R Ashwin into the attack now. With a single,off 27 deliveries. Five runs from it. Score 72/2Sanju Samson is the new man in. End of a good over for KXIP. Four runs and a wicket in it. Score 67/2The break goes in favour of Punjab. The experiment to promote K Gowtham to No. 3 has failed. He holes out to long-on off Marcus Stoinis to walk back after scoring 8 off 6. Score 64/2Time for the first strategic breakJos Buttler looks unstoppable tonight. He has struck two more consecutive fours, this time off Andrew Tye. Another good over for RR. 11 runs from the over. Score 63/1Andrew Tye to bowl the final over of PowerplayWith a stylish shot for a six over the bowler's head, K Gowtham takes Rajasthan's total past 50-run mark. Earlier in the over, Buttler struck his fifth four of the innings.Score 52/1K Gowtham gets the promotion and walks in at no. 3. An excellent over from Tye - three runs and a wicket. Score 38/1Ajinkya Rahane has been out on 9. A slower one from Andrew Tye and Rahane miscues a shot to be caught at extra cover. Score 37/1The strong start continues despite a bowling change. Buttler gives quite a welcome to Mohit with a four to midwicket off the very first ball. Rahane then guides one between the slip and short third man fielder to score his first boundary. 10 runs from the over. Score 35/0First bowling change - Medium-pacer Mohit Sharma pressed into service.Jos Buttler is in some mood today. He has struck a four and a six off consecutive deliveries from Axar Patel. The first - an inside out over covers and the second a loft over the same region. 14 runs from the over. Score 25/0Let-arm spinner Axar Parel will share the new ballPositive start for Rajasthan. Jos Buttler gets two consecutive fours off Marcus Soinis - one to backward square leg and the next past the bowler. 11 runs from it. Score 11/0Right! Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler are out in the middle. Marcus Stoinis has the new ball.Jos Buttler (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi, Anureet SinghLokesh Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Akshdeep Nath, Karun Nair, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin (captain), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur RahmanRajasthan Royals have won the toss and opted to bat against Kings XI Punjab in JaipurRajasthan Royals' do-or-die show starts by hosting the high-flying Kings XI Punjab at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The return game comes two days after the Ajinkya Rahane-led side lost to Punjab by six wickets in Indore. In that game, Rajasthan's batting succumbed to the pressure and managed only 152. That was a match after they had almost chased down Delhi Daredevils’ 151 in 12 overs, losing by four runs.
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Rajasthan Royals will leave no stone unturned to remain in the contention for the IPL play-offs when they take on Kings XI Punjab in a do-or-die battle, in Jaipur today.The hosts succumbed to their third loss in a row, after being hammered by Punjab at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday and now need to win all their remaining five matches to keep themselves alive in the tournament.On the other hand, one more win by Punjab will seal them a playoff berth.Currently, RR has six points with three wins from nine games while Punjab is placed on the third spot after six wins from nine games and 12 points in their kitty.WICKET!! Stoinis out for 11 runs. He was caught by Gowtham. Andrew Tye, right handed bat, comes to the crease. Rahul hits two boundaries but his efforts were not enough to register a win.Rahul hits four boundaries in the over. Struggle for chasing low scores continues in this IPL.Rahul hits Unadkat for a boundary in the first ball of the over. 9 runs given off the over.Jofra Archer is back into the attack.Aother tight over by RR. Only 4 runs givenJaydev Unadkat is back into the attack. A tight over bowled. 6 runs off the over.Ish Sodhi back into the attack. 6 runs given off the over.Axar Patel run out for 9 runs! Marcus Stoinis, right handed bat, comes to the crease Rahul hits a boundary and completes his half-century. 12 runs scored off the over.Axar Patel, left handed bat, comes to the crease while Krishnappa Gowtham is back into the attack. Kings XI Punjab need 85 runs in 42 balls.Stokes sends Manoj Tiwary home. He was caught by Rahane! 5 runs off the over.A tight over by Sodhi. 6 runs off the over.Manoj Tiwary, right handed bat, comes to the crease. Looks like RR should win this match easily. Rahul hits a boundary. 10 runs off the over.WICKET!! Akshdeep Nath gone for 9 runs! He was caught Gowtham. Superb bowling by Sodhi. Only 1 run givenMahipal Lomror, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack. Akshdeep Nath hits him for a boundary. 9 runs scored off the over.Ish Sodhi, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Another slow over bowled. Only 2 runs given.Stokes hit for two boundaries by Rahul 8 runs scored off the over.Jaydev Unadkat, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack. Tight over bowled. 5 runs off the overWICKET! Rajasthan bowlers are on a roll. Nair out! caught by Unadkat! Akshdeep Nath, right handed bat, comes to the creaseWICKET! Gayle stumped! He departs for the just one run. Ravichandran Ashwin, right handed bat, comes to the creaseWICKET!! Ashwin bowled! What an over for Gowtham.Jofra Archer, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack. Rahul hits him for a six in the last ball of the over. 9 runs givenRahul and Gayle are at the crease. Rahul is on strike. Gowtham will open the attack. Rahul hits Gowtham for a four to long-off. 4 runs off the over.WICKET!! Andrew Tye removes Ben Stokes for 14 runs.WICKET!! Jofra Archer goes for a duck! Jaydev Unadkat, right handed bat, comes to the crease.WICKET!! Unadkat gone! Caught by Nair. He also goes for a duck! Three wickets taken in the last over by Tye.Mohit Sharma is back into the attack. Only five runs off the over.WICKET!!Binny run out! 14 runs off the over. Mahipal Lomror, left handed bat, comes to the crease.WICKET!! Buttler stumped! Superb innings! Only 2 runs of the over. Stuart Binny, right handed bat, comes to the crease.Buttler hits Ashwin for a boundary. 11 runs given off the over.WICKET! Samson gone! He was caught by Manoj Tiwary. Ben Stokes, left handed bat, comes to the crease. Buttler is still going strong.Samson hits a six and a four. 50-stand comes up between the duo. 13 runs off the over.Mujeeb Ur Rahman is back into the attack. The batsment couldn't do much. 6 runs scoredRavichandran Ashwin is back into the attack. A tight over by the skipper. 5 runs off the over.Very poor bowling effort from Tye. Buttler smashes him for a boundary. 9 runs scored off the over.Mujeeb Ur Rahman, right-arm off break, comes into the attack. Buttler hits him for a boundary. 9 runs scored.Axar Patel [1.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack. A tight over bowled. Only 1 runs given. Excellent effort!Ravichandran Ashwin, right-arm off break, comes into the attack. Buttler reach 50 runs. 5 runs off the over.WICKET!! Gowtham gone. He was caught by Manoj Tiwary, Only four runs off the over. Sanju Samson, right handed bat, comes to the creaseAndrew Tye hit for two consecutive boundaries by Buttler. He is on fire! 11 runs off the over.Buttler hit Mohit for a four. Gowtham hits a sixer in the last ball. 14 runs off the over.WICKET!! Rahane out. He has been caught by Akshdeep Nath!! Rahane's bad forn continue. Only three runs off the over. Krishnappa Gowtham, right handed bat, comes to the creaseMohit Sharma, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack. Buttler hits another boundary. Rahane also hits Mohit for a four. In the end, 10 runs givenAxar Patel, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack. Buttler hits a four and a sixer in the following ball. A big over for RR. 14 runs scored.Out come the players and the umpires! Rahane and Buttler are at the crease. Rahane is on strike. Marcus Stoinis will open the attack. Buttler hits Stonis for boundary. He is continuing from where he left. This is a man in form! 11 runs off the over.Jos Buttler(w), Ajinkya Rahane(c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi, Anureet SinghLokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Akshdeep Nath, Karun Nair, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur RahmanThree changes made by RR, Mahipal Lomror, Stuart Binny and Ish Sodhi come in.Two changes have been made by Punjab. Akshdeep Nath comes in for Mayank Agarwal and Mohit Sharma comes back in for Ankit Rajpoot.7:30 pm: TOSSRajasthan Royals have won the toss and have opt to batOpener Lokesh Rahul, who helped Kings XI Punjab outplay Rajasthan, said he is satisfied with his unbeaten 84-run knock at the Holkar Cricket Stadium here.Chasing 152/9, Rahul's 54 ball knock, comprising seven boundaries and three sixes, helped Punjab chase down the target in 18.4 overs on Sunday."For me personally I think this is the first knock I am really satisfied with because I won the game for the team and stayed till the end," Rahul said after the match."I always try to back my cricketing shots and don't try to slog much. Playing in this way is what will make me consistent."I trust myself and trust my instincts to finish the game. I knew if I stay till the end I'll finish the game today. Karun played well and supported me. Stoinis played well and ran well too. I got lucky and that's what happens in this format," he added.Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (WK), Rahul Tripathi, D'Arcy Short, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Ajinkya Rahane(Captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Ish Sodhi.Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (Captain), Yuvraj Singh, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul (WK), Chris Gayle, David Miller, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Barinder Sran, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar.
IPL 2018 Live Score, RR vs KXIP: Rajasthan Royals need to win to fight for survival. (Source: IPL)
For Rajasthan Royals, the equation cannot get any simpler now. They need to attain big wins in all their remaining five matches to at least have a chance to survive in the Indian Premier League 2018 season and make it through the play-offs. Their first challenge in this perilious journey is Ravichandran Ashwin's Kings XI Punjab, the same team that defeated them by 6-wickets two days ago. RR skipper Ajinkya Rahane has not clicked in the tournanment at all, and it seems the pressure of captaincy has affected his temparament. He will look to bank upon the solid form shown by opening batsman Jos Buttler, who scored fifties in the previous two games. The allrounder Jofra Archer is another asset in RR's arsenal. Unfortunately for them, Ben Stokes has not come off good this season, and RR will need to have a think about him. For Ashwin, it could be a big opportunity to win another game against the same opposition and cement his position on the right side of the IPL table.
