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KKR vs RR: Rinku Singh gives Kolkata its first win this season, defeats Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets

By Samira Vishwas

KKR vs RR: Kolkata Knight Riders have finally got their first win after 6 consecutive defeats. In the 28th match of IPL 2026 played at Eagan Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets. KKR achieved the target of 156 runs given by Rajasthan Royals by losing 6 wickets. KKR vice-captain Rinku Singh led the team to victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 53 runs in 34 balls. Whereas Anukul Roy contributed 29 unbeaten runs.

KKR had a very bad start

Kolkata Knight Riders had a very bad start. On the very first ball of the innings, Joffre Archer bowled Tim Seaford on the score of zero. After this, captain Ajinkya Rahane also got caught by Dhruv Jurel behind the wicket on the ball of Nandre Berger without opening the account. KKR had lost 2 wickets for 5 runs at one time.

KKR had lost 6 wickets at 85.

After this, Cameron Green took the team’s score forward. He played an inning of 27 runs in 13 balls with 4 fours and 1 six, but he was stumped by Dhruv Jurel on the ball of Ravi Bishnoi. After this Angkrish Raghuvanshi also started walking and after scoring 10 runs in 18 balls with 1 four, he was out LBW on the ball of Ravindra Jadeja. After this, Jadeja also dismissed Powell on the score of 23 runs. After this Yash Raj Punja dismissed Ramandeep on the score of 10 runs. In this way, KKR lost 6 wickets on the score of only 84 runs.

Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy made a half-century partnership and led KKR to victory.

After this, Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy took over the innings of KKR and made a half-century partnership to give the team a spectacular victory. Rinku Singh scored unbeaten 53 runs in 34 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Anukul Roy played an unbeaten inning of 29 runs on 16 balls.

Vaibhav and Yashasvi scored the most runs

Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 155 runs for 9 wickets. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaivasal scored the most runs for the team. For Rajasthan, Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 28 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 39 runs with 4 fours and 2 sixes in 29 balls for Rajasthan Royals. Varun Chakraborty and Karthik Tyagi took 3-3 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders.

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