Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana blamed a lot of mistakes made by his batters for their big defeat to Rajasthan Royals in Match No. 56 of the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Eden Gardens.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Yuzvendra Chahal became the leading wicket-taker in the history of the IPL through a mesmerising 4\/25 while Yashasvi Jaiswal made a mockery of a two-paced pitch by smashing an unbeaten 47-ball 98, including the quickest-ever fifty of the tournament in 13 balls, as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chahal was undoubtedly Rajasthan's standout bowler, spinning a web around Kolkata batters with his slow tossed-up deliveries, leg-spin and googly to keep the hosts to 149\/8. Jaiswal was then sparkling in his strokeplay, combining bravado and a fearless approach to hit 13 fours and five sixes at a strike rate of 208.51.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rana blamed his batters for not putting up a decent score to defend.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"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," said Rana during the post-match presentation ceremony.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rana made a desperate attempt to claim early wickets by opening the bowling himself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"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," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n