Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals - Indian Premier League - 47th match – Live Score and Update
Rajasthan Royals 132 v Kolkata Knight Riders 133 - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
After a series of losses, Kolkata Knight Riders finally managed to grab an eight-wicket win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals, successfully cashing down the meagre target of 133 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Asked for field first, Kolkata conceded 20 runs before tasting their first success when Senanayake dismissed AM Rahane for six.
Number-three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jai-Prakash-Yadav-c65330 Faulkner was disappointing as he could score only a run before finding his way back to the pavilion, becoming the second batsmen to fall in the day and leaving his team on 27.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 and SV Samson forged a competent partnership, as they halted the bowling onslaught and brought their side back in the game.
This partnership was crucial for Rajasthan Royals, while at the same time it was important for KKR to dismantle his duo before letting things slip out of hand.
Finally with 71 on the board, the batting side lost the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, who was trapped in front of stumps by Narine after scoring 35 runs off 35 deliveries.
SV Samson was then joined by DH Yagnik as the two batsmen tried to continue the scoring rate, however, this partnership could take the score to only 83, before the latter lost his wicket to Senanayake after scoring ten runs.
The partnership between Samson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 was productive as it took the score to 117, before Samson was finally removed by Bhatia after hitting 40 runs.
The Royals managed to end their innings with a decent score for the loss of six wickets.
Kolkata now needed to bat with a plan in order to secure an easy victory; however, the Royals had the firepower in their arsenal to deny them this pleasure.
KKR openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 and MS Bisla gave their side a solid start of 41 runs before this partnership met its end on the wicket of Gambhir, who hit the showers with 12 runs under his belt.
Later with 55 on the board, KKR lost Bisla for 29. However, that was about it for the Royals as they failed to take wickets any further as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 (49) led their side to victory.
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