Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets with 51 balls in hand to climb to 3rd on the table. KKR, batting first, put 149/8 on the board after 20 overs, and no other batter than Venkatesh Iyer rose to the occasion.
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Iyer scored 57(42), but the other KKR batters fell prey to Yuzvendra Chahal’s magic, who picked up a four-wicket haul.
Chasing 150, Yashasvi Jaiswal struck an unbeaten 98(47), which included 12 fours and five sixes. Further, the 21-year-old smashed the fastest fifty of the season.
Several cricketers took to Twitter to hail the youngster’s blistering knock and wrote highly about the right-hand opener. Here are some of the reactions.
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RR will next face RCB on May 14, while KKR will face CSK on May 14.
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