- BATSMENRB4s6sSR14.4 Rahul has struggled to time the ball all night. It shows you the pitch is not easy. He rarely fails on the slog to a length ball. Bowled at 129ks, so seams like an on-pace ball because his slower ones have hovered around 110. Rahul doesn't get any power into the slow, and holes out to deep midwicket. Replays show this is the split-finger slower ball so he has really outfoxed Rahul 121/20.6 sensational bowling and an equally sensational catch. We have said it so many times about Stokes. This is Test-match stuff. Bouncer, straight at his badge. And his eyes look away as he throws his bat up in self defence. The ball lobs up towards point but it looks like it will fall short, but Stokes charges in and puts in a full-length dive to catch it 1/119.4 emotion from Gayle. He has missed out on a hundred. What a seed from Archer. Yorker on leg. Maybe just six inches short of one. It goes past the inside edge, hits the pad, and ricochets into the wicket. Gayle is looking to kick the ground with his bat but loses control and the bat flies towards midwicket. And then a nice tough. He forgets the bat, and shakes Archer's hand. Gayle walks back with the helmet on the top of his bat handle. The only man with two 99s in the IPL 184/417.6 Tewatia with another smart boundary catch. He has been so safe on the fens this year. Slower ball, short, around off, and Pooran takes on the short boundary. Tewatia leaps a little to take this overhead. Right at the edge of the boundary 162/3Extras11 (lb 1, nb 2, w 8)TOTAL185/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.25)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Mandeep Singh, 0.6 ov), 2-121 (KL Rahul, 14.4 ov), 3-162 (Nicholas Pooran, 17.6 ov), 4-184 (Chris Gayle, 19.4 ov)
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR10.5 this is slower than the last ball, and gives him slightly less room to swing his arms. Uthappa still gets a lot of the slog-sweep, but not enough. Pooran takes the catch at deep midwicket. Just feet inside the fence 111/25.3 Stokes makes room to try to go over mid-off again, but Jordan is full so he gets too close to the ball. Doesn't get the elevation he wants. Finds mid-off. What relief for KXIP. What a fiery knock from Stokes to go with his bowling effort 60/114.2 direct hit. Oh why do they go for these silly runs when they can hit such big sixes? This is a quick length ball, Smith opens the face, straight to cover point. Samson hasn't hesitated, but he has still been beaten by the direct hit from Suchith, substituting for Mandeep 145/3Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL186/3 (17.3 Overs, RR: 10.62)Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Ben Stokes, 5.3 ov), 2-111 (Robin Uthappa, 10.5 ov), 3-145 (Sanju Samson, 14.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 3 0 34 0 11.33 3 4 1 0 0 Mohammed Shami 3 0 36 0 12.00 6 6 1 0 0 M Ashwin 4 0 43 1 10.75 7 2 4 0 0 CJ Jordan 3.3 0 44 1 12.57 6 3 3 2 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 27 0 6.75 10 2 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20
Match days
30 October 2020 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (KL Rahul 20, CH Gayle 27, Ex 5)
- Strategic Timeout: Kings XI Punjab - 63/1 in 7.0 overs (KL Rahul 23, CH Gayle 35)
- CH Gayle: 50 off 33 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 70 balls (KL Rahul 38, CH Gayle 61, Ex 5)
- Strategic Timeout: Kings XI Punjab - 137/2 in 16.0 overs (CH Gayle 71, N Pooran 12)
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab - 185/4 in 20.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 6, DJ Hooda 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (RV Uthappa 9, BA Stokes 43, Ex 1)
- BA Stokes: 50 off 24 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 93/1 in 9.0 overs (RV Uthappa 21, SV Samson 21)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (RV Uthappa 21, SV Samson 29, Ex 1)
- Over 14.4: Review by Kings XI Punjab (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batsman - JC Buttler (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 146/3 in 15.0 overs (SPD Smith 15, JC Buttler 1)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 3
Match Coverage
All Match NewsFun, fast, fearsome Archer carries Royals bowling load
His numbers are stunning despite lacking the kind of support Bumrah and Rabada have had
Talking Points - Did KL Rahul and Chris Gayle bat too slow?
Also, why did Shreyas Gopal bowl just one over?
Kings XI Punjab's winning streak ends, Ben Stokes helps Rajasthan Royals stay alive
Win takes Royals to fifth, level on points with fourth- and sixth-placed Kings XI and Kolkata Knight Riders
The dropped catch that gave Kings XI Punjab a fighting chance
ESPNcricinfo's Luck Index reckoned that the drop cost the Royals 26 runs
'Oh, man!' Chris Gayle climbs another mountain, becomes first to hit 1000 T20 sixes
He ended his innings on Friday with 1001 maximums to his name, 311 ahead of second-placed Kieron Pollard