The Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling unit delivered an impressive performance against the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. They kept the home team from gaining momentum, restricting them to a total of 151 runs for 9 wickets after 20 overs.

Dhruv Jurel scored 33 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal 29, and the stand-in captain contributed 25, but none were able to convert their starts into big scores. Although the pitch was conducive for batting, the RR batsmen did not focus on staying at the crease.

For the defending champions, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, and Moeen Ali each took two wickets. Both teams experienced defeats in their opening matches during the 18th season of the tournament.

KKR’s playing XI consists of: 1. Quinton de Kock, 2. Venkatesh Iyer, 3. Ajinkya Rahane, 4. Rinku Singh, 5. Moeen Ali, 6. Andre Russell, 7. Ramandeep Singh, 8. Spencer Johnson, 9. Vaibhav Arora, 10. Harshit Rana, 11. Varun Chakravarthy.

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, and Anrich Nortje.

The RR XI includes: 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2. Sanju Samson, 3. Nitish Rana, 4. Riyan Parag, 5. Dhruv Jurel, 6. Shimron Hetmyer, 7. Wanindu Hasaranga, 8. Jofra Archer, 9. Maheesh Theekshana, 10. Thushar Deshpande, 11. Sandeep Sharma.