{"id":36071,"date":"2018-05-16T22:22:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T22:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36071"},"modified":"2018-05-16T22:22:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T22:22:21","slug":"kkr-sense-a-place-in-the-play-offs-as-they-beat-rr-by-6-wickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36071","title":{"rendered":"KKR sense a place in the Play Offs as they beat RR by 6 wickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36070\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav.jpg\" alt=\"Kuldeep yadav\" width=\"525\" style=\"margin: 1px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav-1024x565.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav-696x384.jpg 696w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kuldeep_yadav-1068x589.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/>Spinner Kuldeep Yadav\u2019s Man of the Match Performance (4 wickets for 20 runs) and skipper Dinesh Karthik\u2019s useful contribution with the bat (41*) helped the Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets in the league match of the 11<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the Indian Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata now have 14 points with 7 wins and one more win can guaranty a place in the Play offs for KKR. On the other it was a massive defeat for Rajasthan, as now they will have to depend on few other results to go in their favor if they want to qualify from here.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, KKR won the toss and invited the Rajasthan to have a bat first. Rahul Tripathi (27) and Jos Buttler (39) stiched together a 29 ball 63 runs partnership to get RR off to a flier.&nbsp; However, KKR bowlers pulled it off really well spearheaded by Kuldeep Yadav. Andre Rusell and P Krishna also contributed with 2 wickets each to bowl RR out for just 142 in 19 overs.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Kolkata reached their target in 18 overs itself and lost 4 wickets in the process. RR now have to play their last match at their own home ground on the 19<sup>th<\/sup> May against RCB. KKR also play their next game on the same day against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spinner Kuldeep Yadav\u2019s Man of the Match Performance (4 wickets for 20 runs) and skipper Dinesh Karthik\u2019s useful contribution with the bat (41*) helped the Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets in the league match of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League. Kolkata now have 14 points with 7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KKR sense a place in the Play Offs as they beat RR by 6 wickets - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36071\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KKR sense a place in the Play Offs as they beat RR by 6 wickets - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spinner Kuldeep Yadav\u2019s Man of the Match Performance (4 wickets for 20 runs) and skipper Dinesh Karthik\u2019s useful contribution with the bat (41*) helped the Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets in the league match of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League. 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