KOLKATA: Yuzvendra Chahal and Yashasvi Jaiswal made the day for Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens as the visitors thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets to reach the third spot in the points table of Indian Premier League on Thursday.
Leg spinner Chahal bowled a mesmerising spell of 4/25 and became the leading wicket-taker in the history of IPL while leading an impressive bowling show from RR to restrict KKR to 149/8. Then young opener Jaiswal put on excelent batting display to score fastest half-century in the history of the mega league. He remained unbeaten at 98 runs from 47 balls with 5 sixes when RR reached target in 13.1 overs losing Jos Buttler’s wicket. Jaiswal hit 26 runs in the first over of the innings bowled by Nitish Rana. Captain Sanju Samson made unbeaten 48 runs off 29 balls with 5 sixes.
Chahal was undoubtedly Rajasthan's standout bowler, spinning a web around Kolkata's batters with his slow tossed up deliveries, leg-spin and googly to keep the hosts below 150. He was well-supported by Trent Boult taking two wickets while Sandeep Sharma had a scalp to his name. For Kolkata, barring Venkatesh Iyer's 57, none of the batters got going. Agencies
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