First Josh Butler’s century, then Yuzbendra Chahal’s hat trick. Kolkata Knight Riders failed to cope with the double push. As a result, Rajasthan Royals won the match by 7 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata needed 11 runs in the last over to chase the target of 218 runs given by Rajasthan. But after scoring 3 runs in Obed Mccoy’s over, Kolkata lost the remaining two wickets. Kolkata was bowled out for 210.

Sunil Narine was run out at the beginning to chase the run. Aaron Finch and Shreyas Iyer added 107 runs for the second wicket. Finch was dismissed for 58 off 28 balls by the Prasidh Krishna.

However, Shreyas did not give up. The captain was dismissed for 85 off 51 balls. In the 16th over, Chahal changed the face of the match by taking wickets of Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas, Shivam Mavi, and Cummins. The leg-spinner dismissed Shreyas, Shivam Mavi, and Cummins in three consecutive balls to score a hat-trick. He took 5 wickets for 40 runs.

Earlier, after winning the toss, Kolkata sent Rajasthan Royals to bat. Rajasthan scored 217 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs based on Butler’s 103 runs. Chahal has become the best in the match.

As a result of this victory, Rajasthan came up at number two with 8 points in 6 matches. On the other hand, The Knights dropped to number six at the moment with a hat-trick of losses.