Nitish Rana: Jaiswal’s innings was praiseworthy. Today was one of those days in life where nothing I thought 180 was par. We made a lot of mistakes with the bat and it’s the reason for losing out on two points. I bowled first because I thought I could gamble as a part-timer and get the in-form Jaiswal out but it was his day.
Sanju Samson: I didn’t have to do anything, just rotate strike and watch. He loves the powerplay and happy that he’s played so well. It’s time to give Chahal the legend tag. Very grateful to have him. You just need to give him the ball without saying anything and has introduced the concept of leggies bowling at the death. We have two more quarter-finals to play. But the pressure is never off, each and every game is important. Intensity is high. You know when Jos Buttler throws away a wicket for Jaiswal, how good the environment is.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, POTM: I always have it in my heart to go out and do well. Nice feeling that we have won. It’s not like everything happened right but I try. Process is very important, what I’m telling myself is as well. The shot which I won is what’s most pleasing because I’m learning to play till the end and win it for the team. That’s more important. I’m blessed, grateful and trying my best. I just wanted to make the NRR higher and not thinking about hundred. It happens, no one does it purposely. Sanju bhai said don’t worry, keep going. Blessed to play with all the great players, IPL is a great platform for youngsters and play with greats.
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Highlights today, Thursday 11-6-2023. 56th Match (N), Indian Premier League 2023, Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Toss: Royals chose to field.
Rajasthan Royals team: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c)†, Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Kolkata Knight Riders team: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz †, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.
Head to Head In T20’s: 26
Rajasthan Royals Won: 12
Kolkata Knight Riders Won: 14
Form guide
(last five completed Matches, most recent first)
Rajasthan Royals LLLWL
Kolkata Knight Riders WWLWL
Match Timings: 2:00 PM GMT | 7:30 PM Local
Umpires – Rod Tucker, Saidharshan Kumar
TV Umpire – Rohan Pandit
Match Referee – Pankaj Dharmani
Reserve Umpire – Parashar Joshi
Match number – IPL 2023 – 56th Match
IPL Points Table
Pitch and weather: No venue has had a higher average first-innings total this IPL than Eden Gardens’ 205. Spinners have been more successful than fast bowlers here, picking up 31 wickets at an economy of 8.49. Fast bowlers have 29 wickets at 10.47.
