Jos Butler hit his second century of this season in Match 31 of IPL 2024. Rajasthan Royals chased 200+ score against Kolkata Knight Riders which is first time in this season. Rajasthan Royals managed their top spot in this tournament in the IPL 2024 points table. The match was too thrill, it was the last ball win to Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals won by 2 wickets. They chased the total of 224 to win the match.
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Key Highlights
- Jos Butler hit second century of this season for Rajasthan Royals (107*)
- Sunil Narine also a centurion for Kolkata Knight Riders (109)
Toss
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to field first.
The roar of Sunil Narine | First Inning Highlight
Philip Salt and Sunil Narine came to start the KKR inning. Trent Boult began the first over for Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata Knight Riders collected 40 runs for the loss of one wicket in first five overs. Avesh Khan dismissed Philip Salt on third ball of the fourth over of the inning. He caught and bowled him for a score of 10 in 13 balls. Angkrish Raghuvanshi replaced Philip Salt on the crease to join Sunil Narine. Sunil Narine hit couple of boundaries in first five overs for Kolkata Knight Riders. There was no maximum in the first five overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders set 100 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 10 overs of the inning. Sunil Narine completed his fifty in 29-balls on 5th ball of the 10th over with a SIX to Ashwin. Angkrish and Sunil set a partnership of more than 50 runs. Sunil Narine hit three MAXIMUM and three FOUR in last five overs. Sunil Narine collected a SIX to Kuldeep Sen on the fifth ball of the fifth over. Next SIX, he smashed to Chahal on last ball of the ninth over. He completed his fifty with a SIX to Ashwin on the fifth ball of the tenth over. Angkrish also contribute with boundaries to keep scoreboard running.
The score of Kolkata Knight Riders reached to 161 runs after losing 3 wickets in the 15 overs of the inning. The 85-run partnership broke by Kuldeep Sen. He dismissed Angkrish Raghuvanshi on the 4th ball of 11th over. Angkrish contributed 30 runs from 18 balls with 5 Boundaries. Ashwin caught him at Third Man. Shreyas Iyer replaced Angkrish on the crease but Chahal dismissed him on the last ball of 13th over after a SIX on previous ball. Chahal trapped him and dismissed with a LBW. Shreyas contributed 11 runs in 7 balls with a FOUR and a SIX. Andre Russell replaced Shreyas on the crease. Sunil Narine kept running scoreboard for KKR with couple of Boundaries and a SIX in last five over and reached to individual score of 79 in 44 balls after end of 15 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders finished their inning on the score of 223 for the loss of 6 wickets. Sunil Narine and Russell collected 23 runs from 16th over of the inning. Sunil Narine completed his century on last ball of the 16th over with the help of a BOUNDARY with slog sweep to long-on. He hit back to back boundaries on third and fourth ball of the over. He smashed third ball to SIX over the long-off followed by a FOUR in a gap between long-off and long-on. The same pattern repeated on the 5th ball and 6th ball of over. He hit a SIX with a flat bat to straight and a FOUR on next ball to complete his century.
Avesh Khan dismissed the Russell on first ball of 17th over. Dhruv Jurel caught him in the deep. Russell contributed 13 off 10 balls with 2 FOUR. Rinku Singh replaced him on the crease. Trent Boult dismissed dangerous Sunil Narine on the third ball of the 18th over. He clean bowled him. Sunil Narine contributed important 109 runs off only 56 deliveries. He collected 13-FOUR and 6-SIX in this amazing inning. Sunil Narine is third centurion for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL history. Before him, Brendon McCullum and Venkatesh Iyer scored the centuries for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Ventkatesh Iyer replaced Sunil Narine on the crease. Rinku Singh took his role and started smashing the bowling line up on Rajasthan Royals. He smashed a SIX to Avesh Khan on the second ball of the 19th over followed by a BOUNDARY on next ball. He sent ball to SIX over the deep extra cover. Venkatesh ended the 19th over with a BOUNDARY. Kuldeep Sen took the wicket of Ventakesh Iyer on the second ball of last over of the inning. Venkatesh contributed 8 runs off 6 balls with a FOUR. Dhruv Jurel caught him at deep extra cover.
Ramandeep Singh replaced Venkatesh to join Rinku Singh on the crease. Rinku Singh hit a SIX on 5th ball of last over. He sent the short ball over the deep mid-wicket for the SIX. Rinku Singh 20(9) and Ramandeep 1(1) was not out at the end of Inning. Kolkata Knight Riders set the target of 224 for Rajasthan Royals.
Sensible Inning of Jos Butler | Second Inning Highlight
Jaiswal and Butler started the Rajasthan Royals inning. Starc was ready to start the first over of Kolkata Knight Riders. Rajasthan Royals collected 76 runs from Powerplay for the loss of two wickets. Vaibhav Arora took the wicket of Jaiswal on 5th ball of the second over. Venkatesh Iyer caught him after a SIX and a FOUR on last two balls at wide slip. Jaiswal scored 19 runs in 9 balls with three FOUR and a SIX.
Sanju Samson replaced him on the crease. Harshit Rana dismissed in form Sanju Samson on the second ball of the 5th over. Sunil Narine took his catch. Sanju Samson contributed 12 off 8 balls with two FOUR. Riyan Parag replaced Sanju Samson. Butler hit couple of Boundaries and a SIX in the powerplay. Riyan Parag contributed with three FOUR and a SIX to end the Powerplay. Rajasthan need 148 runs in 14 overs to won the match.
The scoreboard of Rajasthan Royal reached to 109 for the loss of 4 wickets after 10 overs. Harshit Rana dismissed Riyan Parag on the 5th ball of the 8th over. Andre Russell took his catch at deep mid-wicket. Riyan contributed quick 34 runs off 14 balls with 4-FOUR and 2-SIX. Dhruv Jurel replaced him on the crease and join Jos Butler. Sunil Narine took the wicket of Dhruv Jurel on the 4th ball of the 9th over. Dhruv Jurel contributed 2 off 4 balls. Sunil Narine dismissed him by LBW. Ravichandran Ashwin replaced Dhruv Jurel on the crease to join Jos Butler. Jos Butler was on crease at the score of 32* in 22 balls after 10 overs. Rajasthan Royals need 115 runs in 10 overs to won the match.
The next five overs dominated by KKR, they took two wickets and gave only 36 runs in 30 balls. After 15 overs, Rajasthan Royals was at 145 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Varun Chakaravarthy damaged Rajasthan Royals’ innings with two consecutive wickets on 1st and 2nd ball of 13th over. He picked the wicket of Ashwin on first ball of over. Angkrish Raghuvanshi caught Ashwin by running from deep mid-wicket. Ashwin departed by contributing 8 runs off 11 balls with a FOUR. On next ball, Chkarvarthy dismissed Hetmyer. Sheyas Iyer picked the catch to send Hetmyer to pavilion on Golden Duck. Rovman Powell replaced Hetmyer on crease.
Jos Butler was still in the game since opening. He was driving the scoreboard of Rajasthan Royals. He completed his Fifty on third ball of fifteenth over with a FOUR. It was a 36-ball fifty. Jos Butler collected four boundaries from fifteenth over bowled by Varun Chakarvarthy. Rajasthan Royals need 79 runs from 30 balls.
Powell and Butler started hitting from 16th over. They collected 17 runs from the 16th over. Powell sent first ball of the over bowled by Russell to a SIX over the long leg. Butler smashed the fifth ball of this over to a SIX. Now, required runs came down to 62 runs in 24 balls. Narine came with 17th over and he dismissed Powell on the 5th ball of the over. Powell was got LBW on Narine ball on 26 runs in 13 balls including a FOUR and Three SIX. Trent boult replaced him on the crease. Still, Rajasthan Royals collected 16 runs from the over successfully. Now, 46 runs needed on 18 balls.
Mitchell Starc came with 18th over of the inning. Boult got run out on third ball of the over on duck. Avesh Khan replaced him on the crease to Jos Butler. Butler collected a SIX on first ball of the over and a FOUR on the fifth ball of the over. Rajasthan Royals collected 18 runs from the over. After 18th over, 28 runs needed on 12 balls. Butler collected 19 runs from 19th over bowled by Harshit Rana. It took his individual score to 98 in 54 balls. Now, Rajasthan Royals needed 9 runs from last over.
Last over of the inning was given in the hands of Varun Chakarvarthy. Butler completed his century in 55 balls with a SIX on the first ball of the over. Now, just 3 runs needed on 5 balls. Varun took the game to the last ball. Butler pushed it through midwicket for one run to won the match.
Result
Rajasthan Royals won the match by 2 wickets.
Player of the Match – Jos Butler
Two centuries were seen in this match. Sunil Narine from first inning and Jos Butler from Second Inning. The inning of Jos Butler matters a lot for Rajasthan Royals. There was no batsman stayed more with Jos Butler in the match. Jos Butler kept the hopes of Rajasthan Royals alive, and finished the game with his century. Jos Butler is rightly deserve the award of Player of the Match. Jos Butler came with a good knock to chase 200+ score first time in the IPL 2024.