Such was the brilliance of Narine and Chakaravarthy that KKR didn't even need Andre Russell\u2019s services with the ball, as RR went from 67\/1 to 82\/5. It also didn\u2019t help RR that their top-order fell to rash shot selection. It took Dhruv Jurel\u2019s 33 off 28 balls and Jofra Archer\u2019s cameo of 16 to take RR past 150.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pushed into batting first, Jaiswal and Sanju Samson got off the mark with a boundary each in the opening over. With Spencer Johnson and Vaibhav Arora finding some swing, Samson struggled, while Jaiswal unveiled a straight drive and hook off the former to pick a four and six respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In a bid to loft Arora through the off-side, Samson stepped down the pitch, but was left to seeing the yorker uprooting his leg stump, as he fell for 13. RR continued to play attacking cricket as local lad Riyan Parag wowed everyone with his heave and straight loft shots fetching him two sixes, while Jaiswal lofted Arora over long-off for a maximum, as RR ended power-play at 54\/1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After Parag smashed Chakaravarthy for a six over mid-wicket, the spinner had the last laugh as a ball later, he got the RR skipper to miscue a loft and was caught by Quinton de Kock for 25. From there, RR\u2019s slide began - Jaiswal holed out to long-on against Moeen Ali, Wanindu Hasaranga, promoted to number five, spooned one to mid-off against Chakaravarthy and Nitish Rana was bamboozled by turn and grip, as Moeen hit the top of his middle stump.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jurel began resurrecting RR\u2019s innings by pulling Moeen for four, before steering and edging off Harshit Rana twice for fours, despite losing impact player Shubham Dubey to Arora. Jurel\u2019s fightback continued as he scooped and sweetly drove Rana for a brace of fours, before inside-edging onto his stumps off the pacer and walk back for 33.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With Shimron Hetmyer holing out to long-on off Rana, the twin blows in the 19th over deprived RR of the finishing flourish they were desperately seeking. It took twin sixes from Jofra Archer\u2019s bat while making a seven-ball 16 to help RR cross 150-mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jurel began resurrecting RR\u2019s innings by pulling Moeen for four, before steering and edging off Harshit Rana twice for fours, despite losing impact player Shubham Dubey to Arora. Jurel\u2019s fightback continued as he scooped and sweetly drove Rana for a brace of fours, before inside-edging onto his stumps off the pacer and walk back for 33.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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