कोलकाता vs राजस्थान, मैच 28, ईडन गार्डन्स, कोलकाता, 19 April 2026 - कमेंट्री

 FOUR! Is that the game for KKR? Brijesh errs in line and length both. This is short with pace taken off, and angled onto the leg stump. Rinku Singh waits for the ball to arrive and pulls it behind square to the deep fine leg fence for a boundary.

 FOUR! That is Rinku at his very best. Full and angled across outside off. Rinku drives hard on the front foot over cover, finds the middle, and it bounces through to the fence. SCORES ARE LEVEL NOW!

Full and outside leg. Rinku swings and misses, takes it on the pad. Anukul is already charging through for a single but is sent back in a hurry. Brijesh collects in his follow-through but holds his throw. Anukul dives at the non-striker's end just in case. Dot ball.

 SIX! Rinku Singh ends KKR's drought of wins this season. Brijesh bangs it in short and around leg, at shoulder height. Rinku gets underneath it, swivels, and pulls it extremely fine over long leg. Just enough to clear the rope for a six. With this, Rinku gets off to his FIFTY and brings his A-game when needed the most. Remember, he was dropped by Burger while batting on 8 runs, and one would now feel that was the turning point of the game. Regardless, a knock of high quality from Rinku Singh. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS WIN BY 4 WICKETS!

Cannons in full and on middle, almost a yorker, at around 150 kph. Anukul Roy clears the front leg and crashes it to mid off's left, but the fielder, Riyan Parag, is quick to dive across in that direction and cuts it off nicely. One taken.

Attempted yorker, around off. Rinku cannot get under it cleanly and heaves it off the toe end to long on for a single.

 SIX! That will bring a lot more relief in that KKR dugout! Misses the yorker by just a bit, does Archer. It is full in the slot, on off. Anukul Roy gets his bat under the ball, stands firm, backs his power and muscles it over the long off fence for a cracking six. 13 needed off 9 balls now.

With long off pushed back now, this is a defensive yorker, outside off. Roy carves it to the sweeper cover for a single.

Fires in fuller and on the off pole. Rinku Singh shovels it out toward deep point for a single only.

 Excellent bit of running between the wickets! Archer fires in a full toss, almost knee-high, around off. Anukul Roy is late on the shot due to excessive pace and can only drill it in the mid off region. However, the fielders are in the deep on the off side and by the time the long off fielder could charge in, they cross over for two runs.

Pitched outside leg on a good length. Rinku shuffles to the off side, and tries to glance it fine on the leg side, but misses. No wide given again and Rinku is left flummoxed by that. But they cannot review as KKR have no reviews remaining. Kumar Dharmasena cites that Rinku moved a bit too much across the stumps.

 Drama! Pitched on a length outside leg. Rinku sits down and swings across and misses. Not called a wide again. It actually passed very close to the leg stump as well.

WIDE! This one is clearly an extra. Over-the-head short ball, wide outside off. Rinku lets it be. Wide called.

Lands it short outside leg again, does Sharma. Rinku walks across the stumps and goes for the pull, catches the toe end, and it skips through to Jurel on the bounce.

Nicely bowled again. Brijesh follows the batter as Rinku moves past the leg stump, and swipes it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

 FOUR! Crucial runs for KKR! Frustration creeping in for the Royals. Short ball, on leg, Rinku backs away and looks to swat-pull. Gets a bottom edge onto his back thigh instead, and the ball deflects and beats Jurel diving to his left. Races away to the fence behind.

Full and straight on off. Anukul Roy carves it to the long off fielder for a single. The 50-run partnership comes up between Rinku and Anukul.

FOUR! Helped on its way. Not an ideal length by Archer with short fine and even short third up in the ring. Digs in a slower bumper, on the bodyline, angling in from around the stump. Rinku Singh shuffles across, and pulls it over short fine leg for a boundary.

WIDE! Loosener again as this is pushed far down the leg stump, on a fuller length. Rinku misses the flick. Archer will have to reload this one.

 FOUR! Excellent timing and placement! Rinku is teeing off now. Archer lands it full and slow, on off, slanting back in. Rinku Singh finds the ball in his slot. Gets on the front foot and lofts it over and between mid off and extra cover for a boundary. 31 needed from 22 balls.

Drags the length back by a yard or so, around off. Rinku Singh slices it behind point for a single.

Nails the yorker in, on middle. Roy's head falls over but he manages to flick it to widish deep square leg for a single.

Slips in a thigh-high full toss, on the pads. Rinku whips it to the long on region for a single.

The Knight Riders lose a review! Slams the deck very hard at pace, short and it seemingly goes over the head height of the batter. Roy rises on the toes and tries to ramp it over short third but misses. No wide given and Anukul has challenged the on-field decision. Ball Tracking with a side on replay shows that the ball is slightly below the head height and is deemed a fair delivery. But an expensive over from RR's frontline paceman, Archer. 12 runs from it. KKR need 28 runs from the last 3 overs.

 SIX! Rinku's biggie brings life to this Eden Garden crowd. Tossed up, around middle and leg, Rinku Singh goes down on a knee and slog sweeps this right from the middle of his bat for a biggie towards the deep mid-wicket region. 100 COMES UP FOR KKR!

WIDE! Full and down the leg, Rinku Singh leaves. Wided. 

LEG BYE! Fired into the batter, around his pads. Rinku Singh gets it brushed off the thigh pad back to the keeper. Jurel fails to gather this and ends up deflecting this to short third for a leg bye. 

Short and wide of off, Anukul Roy cuts this to the left of Shimron Hetmyer at sweeper cover for two. 

WIDE! Flighted, wide down the leg, Roy leaves it. Wide called by the umpire. 

Fuller, around off, Anukul Roy smashes this to sweeper cover for one. 

Pushed through, on middle and leg, Rinku Singh flicks this through mid-wicket for a single.

 SIX! A massive over in the context of this game as Roy ends this with another biggie. Tossed up, full and wide outside off, Anukul Roy steps close to the pitch of the delivery and lofts this inside out over extra cover fence for a huge six. 29 runs from the last 2 overs for KKR.

Parag comes around the stumps and bowls it down the leg. Rinku paddles this to short fine leg for one.

Under-cutter, around middle and leg. Anukul Roy tucks this straight to square leg for a dot.

Flighted, on off, Anukul Roy drives this to long off and rotates the strike.

WIDE! Floated down the leg, Rinku Singh has a swipe at it but misses. Jurel gathers this behind the stumps, moving to his right and appeals for caught behind, but the umpire turns it down by signalling wide.

 FOUR! Smashed down the ground. Tossed up, on middle and off, Rinku Singh jumps down the track and backs away a shade as well. Hits this over the bowler for a boundary down in front of the sight screen.

Pushed through on middle and leg, Rinku Singh gets it away off the inside edge to square leg for one.

Nerves! Tossed up, full on the leg stump. Roy goes inside out over extra cover but doesn't hit it cleanly enough. Ferreira charges in from long off, dives forward and stops it on the bounce, firing it back to Parag. Roy sets off for the second, gets halfway down, and Rinku sends him back very late. Parag collects wide of the stumps and fires at the wicket, but misses his shy at the bowling end. Seeing that, Roy scurries back for the second, and the overthrow hands them the run anyway.

Flighted around middle and leg, Rinku Singh milks this to long on for one.

Googly, on off, Ramandeep Singh prods onto his front foot and keeps it out.

 OUT! CHOPPED ON​​​​​​! Maiden IPL wicket for Punja. Flighted, wide outside the off stump. Ramandeep Singh stretches to reach it by planting his back leg into the pitch, and looks to force the drive through cover, but gets an inside edge that rolls back onto the stumps. Yash Punja is off for a celebration as he gets his first-ever IPL scalp. Ramandeep is down on his knee, staring down at the pitch in disappointment, which pretty much sums things up for the hosts. Kolkata Knight Riders are 85/6, in the chase of 156 runs.

Tossed up, around leg, Anukul Roy looks to tuck this around square leg but gets beaten and is hit on the front pad.

Short and around off, Anukul Roy cuts this to backward point for a single. 

Floated around off, Rinku Singh cuts this around that backward point region and sneaks a run. 

Googly, on middle and off. Ramandeep Singh tucks this through mid-wicket for a single. 

Tossed up, around the pads, Rinku Singh flicks this to long on for one more.

 FOUR! That's a glorious hit! Flighted, around off, Ramandeep Singh gets his bodyweight shifted onto the front foot and drives this all along the ground through cover for a boundary. 

Quicker one, full and on off. Ramandeep Singh pushes this off the inner half of his bat back to the bowler. 

Pushed through, on middle and leg, Ramandeep Singh milks this through mid-wicket and rotates the strike.

Quicker wrong'un around off, Rinku Singh dabs this in front of point and takes a quick single. 

Short and wide, outside off. Ramandeep Singh rocks back and cuts it to deep backward point for a single.

 Just short again! Short and outside the leg stump, the wrong'un turning away to finish on middle. Rinku pulls it to deep mid-wicket, but gets no timing and the ball dips on the fielder charging in off the ropes. Lands just short and is parried away for a single.

Beaten! Loopy delivery, lands it full and just outside off, Ramandeep Singh camps back to get behind the line of the ball, but it grips and just turns away, beating the outside edge.

A full ball now, outside off and turns in as well. Singh smothers it away.

Tossed up on off, blocked back to the bowler.

Dragged short and outside off, slapped away to deep point for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Rovman Powell was itching to get one away, but he has ended up throwing away his wicket. Ravindra Jadeja slows it up and lobs the ball up on middle and leg, on a good length as well. Powell clears the front leg and swings across the line but gets it high on the bat. The ball sails down to long on where Donovan Ferreira takes a straightforward catch. KKR have now lost half of their side on just 70 runs.

Floated up on off, eased away through covers for a single.

Fuller one around off, Rinku Singh brings out the reverse sweep but fails to get a decent connection and mistimes it to short third for a single.

Slightly into the pitch, on off and middle, jammed off the back foot and through wide mid-wicket for one more.

Play and a miss. Fired in, full and outside off, Rinku backs away to cut but the ball stays a bit low and zips past the willow.

DROPPED! Oh, no. Nandre Burger has put down a sitter. Jadeja bowls a wide one outside off, angling it in. Rinku Singh steps across to the off side and looks to power it across the line. He gets a top edge that goes high and comes down between the keeper and short third. The keeper runs after it, but he's more concerned with adjusting his helmet and it is Nandre Burger from short third who does get to it but just shells it. They get a single as well. Jadeja is absolutely livid with that lackadaisical effort. Could be a big moment in the game.

Not all that short, angled across off, Singh stays low and slams the cut to the right of deep point for a brace. Good fielding in the deep from Shimron Hetmyer.

Floated up around leg stump, Rinku stays on the back foot and works it between square leg and mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE! Short and down the leg side, Powell misses the tickle and a wide is called.

A loopy delivery, floated full and wide outside off. Rovman Powell smashes it into the turf and drives it straight to Jadeja at extra cover. Another crowd catch as Jadeja lobs the ball in the air, mimicking a celebration.

Bowled flatter and just outside off, Powell rocks back and cuts it off the outside edge and wide of short third for a single.

Nagging length, drifting away from middle and leg, Rinku pushes at it but ends up chipping it into the leg side for a single.

Straighter at the stumps, fairly full, nudged around the corner on the leg side for one. KKR are 70/4 after 10 overs, chasing 156 for the win.

Fuller one, pushed down leg, Powell lunges and flicks it across to deep square leg for a single.

Slightly into the pitch, on middle and leg, Rinku waits for it before whipping it off the pads to deep mid-wicket for one more.

Quicker through the air, fuller as well and just outside off. Rovman Powell jams the ball back into the pitch.

Jadeja sees Powell coming down the pitch and shortens his length. This is bowled at the batter and Powell hoicks it away past square leg for one more.

Short and a tad wide outside off, cut away to deep point for a run.

Just 4 off the over, another tidy one from Ravindra Jadeja. A bit more flighted, full and outside off, Powell leans on and looks to pinch a quick single by easing it in front of point but doesn't get it.

 BEATEN! This is mind-blowing bowling. Sharp leg break, on a length, just around off. Rovman Powell is rushed on the back foot, tries to block it in front, but plays inside the line and the ball zips past the outside edge.

Drops it short, outside off, Rovman Powell goes for the back foot cut shot, but is beaten on the outside edge again.

Fuller a touch, on off, Powell taps it into the cover-point region and despite Jadeja moving forward quickly and scoring a direct hit at the non-striker's end, Powell is quick enough to cross over for a single.

A flighted delivery, on the stumps and this is dinked to the leg side in front of square for a single.

 FOUR! Runs away! Drags the length short and down leg. Rovman Powell goes on the back foot and just gets enough bat on it for the ball to race toward the deep fine leg fence.

Googly on a length, on off at 95.6 kph, spinning in. Powell tucks it behind square leg for one.

 Oh, falls just short! Jadeja bowls it fractionally full and gets a good bit of grip on it, on middle. Rovman Powell pushes on the back foot and chips it tamely off the leading edge back to the bowler, but despite Jadeja putting a dive forward, the ball yorks his fingers and rolls around.

Fuller length on middle. Powell gets forward and works it to mid-wicket for a single. 

Tossed up full outside off at 95.1 kph. Raghuvanshi shuffles across and gets down on one knee for the sweep. Misses it completely and wears it on the front pad.

Full and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi eases it to the off side.

Turns away on a length, on off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets on the back foot and lets the ball turn before easing it to point.

OUT! LBW! Jadeja opens his account with the ball and KKR are pushed into deep waters now. Lands it on a dragged length, on middle. Raghuvanshi tries to get creative, drops to one knee for the reverse sweep. Fails to connect and wears it on the front pad. Given out on the appeal for LBW, but Angkrish Raghuvanshi has gone upstairs for a review. UltraEdge detects nothing and Ball Tracking comes up with three reds. Another underwhelming knock from Angkrish and KKR are 52/4.

Starts from over the stump and dishes a leg break, full and around off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi opens the bat face and runs it behind to short third.

Much fuller, sliding on the leg stump. Angkrish Raghuvanshi walks down a couple of steps and drives it to long on for a single.

 FOUR! Up and over! Pushed fuller and outside off, the googly that spins in. Rovman Powell frees his arms and slams it over the cover-point fielder for a cracking four.

 SIX! Nervous start for Punja so far! Slips in a full toss, on leg. Rovman Powell needs no second invitation as he whips it ruthlessly over deep mid-wicket for a six. As clean as one can hit.

Around off and full, Powell carves it to the cover region.

Short and outside off, spinning away off the pitch. Powell prepares to go for the pull shot, but finds himself into an awkward position. The ball holds on and takes the bottom edge before rolling down to wide mid off for a single. KKR end their Powerplay with 51/3 on the board.

Drag-downer to start, on leg. Angkrish runs it down to long on for a single.

 FOUR! Off the edge. Good length outside off. Green throws his hands at it, catches the cue end, and it runs away past short third for four.

Slows it up, on a length, on off. Green blocks it off the back foot to the bowler.

OUT! STUMPED! How good is that from Jurel? Such acrobatic stuff and a sharp presence of mind behind the stumps. Bishnoi spots Green charging and fires a googly down leg. It pitches and spins further down. Jurel is blinded momentarily by the batter, but he dives left, collects cleanly and fires a one-handed underflick back to the stumps at the striker's end. Green is well down the track and has no way back. The third umpire confirms that Green is out by a country mile. That's a wide, but more importantly, the Royals get the big wicket of Green who was just about to launch. KKR go further down in the hole. The hosts are 37/3, chasing 156.

Crashed through the off side but it is well stopped. Floated up, full and wide outside off, Rovman Powell powers the cover drive but the fielder at cover makes a good half stop down to his right. A single is taken.

A big wrong'un, pushed in from well outside off, Raghuvanshi stays back to defend.

A flatter wrong'un now, turns back into the pads. Angkrish Raghuvanshi presses back and dabs it across through mid-wicket for one. 8 runs and a wicket off the over.

Back of a length, around off, angling across the batter. Cameron Green guides this to the third man region one.

Hard length, on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hits this flat to the left of extra cover for no run.

Nandre hits the back of a length again, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi pats this in front of Yashasvi Jaiswal at covers and rotates the strike.

Around that good length region, on off and going across the batter. Cameron Green looks to go big and has a swing at it but gets beaten.

 SIX! Now this is more like Green. Overpitched, on middle and off, Cameron Green settles well behind the line of it and slogs this over the fence towards deep mid-wicket region for a huge six. 

Burger goes short again, into the batter. Cameron Green stays deep inside the crease and pulls this behind square on leg. Three fielders converge to catch this but neither gets anywhere close. Donovan Ferreira gathers this on the bounce and throws it back to the keeper. A couple taken.

Back of a length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi plays this late and opens his bat face to guide this to the third man region for a run.

 FOUR! Green is dealing in boundaries as he hits his third already. Good length, around middle and leg, Cameron Green steps inside and just flicks this through the right of short fine leg for a boundary more to his name.

That's a missile from Archer! This is some red-ball stuff by Jofra. Hard length, right in the channel, around off, shaping away from the batter after pitching. Cameron Green has no answer to it as he looks to punch this down the ground but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Short and around off, Cameron Green blocks this out.

Back of a length, around off, Cameron Green pats this to covers for a strike rotation. 

Jofra hits the deck hard again, around off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets up on his toes and blocks this out.

Hard length, on top of middle and off. Ajinkya Rahane blocks this off his back foot to mid-wicket.

 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! RR are off to a sensational start with the ball once again. Slightly back of a length, around off, angling away from the right-hander. Ajinkya Rahane presses on the back foot and looks to play the square cut but manages only an outside edge that's gathered well behind the stumps by Dhruv Jurel. A golden duck in the previous game and Rahane goes for a silver duck this time around. Kolkata Knight Riders are 5 for 2 after 1.2.

On a length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Cameron Green gets it worked through covers for a single. 

Nearly the third success for RR. Short and around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hops up on his toes and looks to punch this off his back foot. Gets it edged off the inside and the ball rolls to backward square leg for one.

 FOUR! Not a good idea to bowl short to Green. Short and around off, Cameron Green gets up on his toes, stays on his back foot and punches this through the backward point region for four runs. 

 FOUR! JUST WOW! Nandre bowls it back of a length, around off, Cameron Green plants his back foot deep inside the crease, leans low and cuts this past the right of Ravindra Jadeja at point this time for four more runs. 

 OUT! BOWLED'EM! Another first-ball wicket for Jofra Archer as Kolkata Knight Riders are rocked early. On a length, around off, shaping back into the batter. Tim Seifert looks to flick this but gets a bit late and is beaten by the inswing as well. The ball deflects off the back pad of Tim and breaks the off stump. 

Is this two in two or a crowd catch? Full and wide around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets low and bumps this to Ravindra Jadeja at point. An appeal for a catch by Jadeja and the umpires sends this upstairs. The replay shows that the ball has bounced after hitting the bat of Angkrish Raghuvanshi. 

Good length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi has a flash at it but the ball shapes back in and beats the inside edge.

Bumper, well-directed, around middle and leg. Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to play the hook but gets beaten. An appeal from the RR players for caught behind but the umpire turns it down. RR decide not to send this upstairs.

Hard length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi cuts this to point for another dot. 

WIDE! Jofra errs in line and bowls this wide down the leg. Angkrish Raghuvanshi has a flick at it but misses out. Wided.

 FOUR! A boundary to end the over and Archer can't quite close out the over well, but it's still very good. Back of a length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hops up on his toes and punches this through the right of Ravindra Jadeja at point for a boundary.