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Impressive young talent Yashasvi Jaiswal blazed away to an unbeaten 47-ball 98 as Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets in their Tata IPL 2023 encounter at Eden Gardens , Kolkata.
21-year-old Jaiswal showed the way by bringing up fastest fifty in the history of IPL in just 13 balls, bettering the previous record held by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins (14 balls each).
Yuzvendra Chahal became IPL’s leading wicket-taker before completing a brilliant 4/25 to restrict KKR to a below-par 149/8. Kolkata Knight Riders total was due to Venkatesh Iyer’s innings who top-scored for KKR with 57 off 42 balls after openers Jason Roy (10) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (18) could not convert their starts and incidentally both falling to seasoned Kiwi left-arm pacer Trent Boult.
Jaiswal remained two runs shy of a century (98 from 47 balls), a knock studded with 12 fours and five sixes as RR cantered to victory 13.1 overs.
RR Skipper Sanju Samson gave fine support to the southpaw with a 48 not out from 29 balls as the duo shared an unbroken match-winning partnership of 121 runs off just 69 balls.
The win with 41 balls to spare also took them to third spot (12 points from 12 matches), giving a massive boost to their net run-rate (0.0633) as the play-off race heats up.
It is all but over for KKR who slipped to seventh place (10 points, 12 matches).
KKR Impact Player: Suyash Sharma replaces Venkatesh Iyer
Match: IPL 2023, 56th Match
Venue: Kolkata | Date: May 11, 2023
