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Sunday, Jul 20, 2025
Royals skipper Rahane feels his team can still turn it around despite winning only one of the five games so far.
The KKR opener insider-edged a delivery from Kulkarni onto his stumps, but the ball lit up the zing bail but failed to dislodge it, ricocheting off the leg stump to the fine-leg boundary for a four.
With two teams having an array of top-notch spinners, the onus would be on the batsmen to counter them, given the nature of the pitch at the M A Chidambaram Stadium.
KKR have suffered five defeats on the trot, exposing their over-reliance on Andre Russell, and captain Dinesh Karthik has copped criticism for not promoting the big-hitting West Indian up the order.
RR's openers took them off to a breezy start in their chase of 161, after SRH's middle-order collapsed to an under-par total.
Quinton de Kock's 52-ball 81 went in vain as Rajasthan registered their second win of the season.
With both sides without a victory in their first three matches, it was the Royals who broke their duck with a seven-wicket win in Jaipur.
A desperate Ashwin did the unthinkable when he mankaded Buttler in controversial circumstances in the 13th over.
David Warner's blistering 69 and cameos through the innings gave Sunrisers their victory.
'Mankaded' in their opening match, Rajasthan Royals would look to resurrect their fortunes in Friday's clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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