Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 43rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Oshane Thomas 1-32(4 ov)
16.6
Thomas to Karthik, SIX, just over. That last delivery somewhat ruins Thomas's figures - 4-0-32-1. He was unleashed on a surface that aided him and the tall pacer has repaid the decision. This was a back of a length delivery and Karthik was waiting for it, goes deep in the crease and pumps it over long-on. Not much Stokes could do there
16.6
Thomas to Brathwaite, no ball, 1 run, overstep and Thomas is livid with himself. Smacks the pitch hard with his hand. He has not done much wrong in his debut game apart from this. Full ball on the stumps, Brathwaite eases it to long-on
16.5
Thomas to A Russell, out Caught by Riyan Parag!! Thomas wins the Caribbean battle. Third time lucky for RR. Binny and Chopra can't breathe easy now. No fireworks from Russell today. A good short delivery that had height on it, Russell had to fetch the pull from above his head, he cue-ends it and picks out Parag at deep mid-wicket. The youngster didn't flinch while taking such a high pressure catch. A Russell c Riyan Parag b Thomas 14(14) [6s-1]
16.4
Thomas to Karthik, 1 run, short and at the body, Karthik gets inside the line and pulls on the bounce to deep backward square
16.3
Thomas to A Russell, 1 run, dropped! Once is a sin. What do you call dropping a guy like Russell twice? Prashant Chopra, on as a substitute, puts down the skier. Short of length outside off, Russell had to reach out for his muscled hoick to leg and all he could manage was a toe-end straight up, Chopra circles underneath near point and spills it. Smith is not a happy captain
16.2
Thomas to Karthik, 1 run, fifty for Karthik. He needed this. KKR needed this. They needed their captain back in form and leading from the front and Karthik has done just that today. Back of a length around off, Karthik waits and steers it down to third man
16.1
Thomas to A Russell, 1 run, a rare mishit from Russell. He shuffles and winds up for the good length delivery and it is in the slot, miscues it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket. He sinks to his knees after completing the single - the left wrist is causing problems
12.6
Thomas to Karthik, 1 run, rising short ball and Karthik handles it well, jumps in the crease and drops it into the leg-side
12.5
Thomas to A Russell, 1 run, short of length around off, Russell dabs it away to third man
12.4
Thomas to A Russell, no run, swing and miss. Russell is going to play his game. The situation doesn't matter to him. Sees a good length ball and he moves away to send it out of Eden Gardens, no luck as he misses it by quite some distance
12.3
Thomas to Karthik, leg byes, 1 run, hurrying the batsman for pace and Karthik is not able to get bat on the glance, off the thigh pad and into the leg-side
12.2
Thomas to A Russell, 1 run, oh! Russell backed away and Thomas cleverly took pace off the ball, he still hangs his bat out and the slice off the outer half lands just in front of the fielder at third man
12.1
Thomas to Karthik, 1 run, short of length around off, Karthik rides the bounce and steers it to third man
3.6
Thomas to Nitish Rana, leg byes, 1 run, on the pads again, Nitish Rana is late to flick, off the pad and rolls to fine leg
3.5
Thomas to Nitish Rana, FOUR, Nitish Rana gets into an awkward position, but manages to collect a boundary. A short ball that climbs at the batter, but the line was leg-stump. Rana, despite not being in a great position, managed to get a glove on it. Raced away to the fine leg fence
3.4
Thomas to Nitish Rana, no run, 142.2kph, on a good length and on middle, blocked back to the bowler
3.3
Thomas to Shubman Gill, 1 run, 143.2kph, good length ball on off, tapped to the left of mid-off with soft hands for a single
3.2
Thomas to Shubman Gill, no run, 144.7kph, pitched up delivery, pushed to mid-off
3.1
Thomas to Shubman Gill, FOUR, good shot! Used the bowler's pace and Gill collects his first boundary. A short-and-wide ball at 145.6kph, Gill hops and scythes it behind backward point. No chance for the third man fielder to even get close to it
1.6
Thomas to Shubman Gill, 1 run, leg-stump line ball and Gill works it around the corner
1.5
Thomas to Nitish Rana, 1 run, 145.2kph, back of a length delivery, but the line is too straight, tucked through square leg for a single
1.4
Thomas to Nitish Rana, no run, 142.2kph, short and just outside off, once again Nitish Rana tries to periscope over the keeper/1st slip, gets beaten by the extra bounce
1.3
Thomas to Nitish Rana, FOUR, uppish, but in the gap. Thomas offers width on this short of length delivery and Nitish Rana doesn't go hard at it. Stays back in the crease and dabs it aerially through the gap between backward point and cover-point. He used the bowler's pace (143.4kph) to good effect
1.2
Thomas to Nitish Rana, no run, 139.3kph, Thomas bangs it in short and Nitish Rana tries to ramp it over the keeper by arching his back. Doesn't make contact
1.1
Thomas to Shubman Gill, 1 run, 143.4kph, pitched up delivery around off, Gill push-drives it in front of mid-off for a quick single
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