RR vs KXIP: Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by 15 runs to stay alive

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OVERS 20: KL Rahul stays unbeaten on 95 but cannot take his team over the line as Rajasthan Royals stay alive after beating Kings XI Punjab by 15 runs. Chasing 159, KXIP managed 143/7 in 20 overs.
Andrew Tye walks in
OVERS 19.1: OUT! Marcus Stoinis looks for the big hit and gets a full toss but cannot get over K Gowtham in the deep to be caught on 11. Jaydev Unadkat gets his first wicket. Score 127/7

OVERS 19: Ah! KL Rahul isn't going down without a last fight. He hits three consecutive fours off Jofra's last three deliveries. 16 runs from the over. Score 127/6

OVERS 18: KL Rahul began the over with a four to midwicket but Jaydev Unadkat's slower deliveries got the better of both the KXIP batsmen (Rahul and Stoinis) as they could only score five off his next five. Score 111/6

OVERS 17: A good mixture of slower deliveries and yorkers from Jofra Archer keeps KXIP to four runs in the over. Score 102/6

OVERS 16: Six runs from the over. KXIP need much more than that to launch a comeback. Score 98/6

Jaydev Unadkat returns
KXIP need 67 runs from the last five overs.
Final strategic time-out of the match
OVERS 15: Ish Sodhi completes his spell with yet another good over - six runs in it. His figures - 4-0-14-1. Score 92/6

OVERS 13.6: FIFTY for KL Rahul! With a four to midwicket, Rahul brings up his fourth fifty of the season. Score 86/6

OVERS 13.3: OUT! Rajasthan Royals are bossing this contest. A superb throw from Stuart Binny catches Axar Patel short of his crease at the striker's end. It was a tough call as the replays were inconclusive. Axar scored 1. KXIP sink further. Score 81/6

Anureet Singh into the attack nowOVERS 13: Eight runs from Gowtham's third over. 4 byes came off his first delivery as the ball spun sharply to evade everyone. Score 74/5

K Gowtham is back. Axar Patel is the new man in
OVERS 11.6: OUT! Taken by captain Ajinkya Rahane at covers! Ben Stokes gets the better of Manoj Tiwary who ends up spooning a catch to Rahane and walk back after scoring 7. KXIP have lost half their side now. Score 66/5

Ben Stokes is back into the attack
OVERS 11: Ish Sodhi's third over results in four runs - three singles and one leg bye. Score 61/4

OVERS 10: Mahipal Lomror continues but concedes a four to KL Rahul off his first delivery. 10 runs from the over take Punjab to 55/4.

Time-out
OVERS 8.6: OUT! This is brilliant from Rajasthan Royals. The spinners haven't allowed easy runs on this Jaipur surface and the slow rate works in their favour. The pressure gets to Akshdeep Nath who gets a leading-edge off the final delivery of Ish Sodhi and ends up holing out to K Gowtham at long-off. He scored 9. Score 45/4

OVERS 8: A lofted four to Akshdeep Nath off the fourth delivery. Nine runs in the first over of Lomror. Score 44/3

Left-arm spinner Mahipal Lomror into the attack now
OVERS 7: Tight from Ish Sodhi - he rapped Akshdeep Nath on the pas off his very first delivery and Rajasthan went for the DRS but the replay showed the ball was missing the off stump. Two singles came off his next five deliveries. Score 35/3

Ish Sodhi into the attack now
OVERS 6: KL Rahul has been in terrific form this IPL. The two fours he has scored off Ben Stokes are proof enough. The first came off the first delivery - wide outside off and Rahule reached for it to send it flying over backward point. The second came off the penultimate delivery - beautifully driven through cover. 8 runs in it. Score 33/3

Ben Stokes to bowl the final over of the Powerplay
OVERS 5: Good start from Unadkat. Five runs from his first over. Score 25/3

First bowling change - Left-arm medium pacer Jaydev Unadkat into the attack
OVERS 4: Second successful over in a row for the home team - 3 runs and a wicket in it. Score 20/3

OVERS 3.4: OUT! Rajasthan Royals are on a roll! This time it's Jofra Archer who strikes to remove Karun Nair on 3. A good catch from Jaydev Unadkat at long-on cuts short his innings. Score 19/3

OVERS 3: End of a successful over from K Gowtham - Four runs and two wickets in it. Score 17/2

OVERS 2.2: OUT! R Ashwin promotes himself to No. 3 and has been clean bowled for a two-ball duck! K Gowtham has his second wicket of the night. Score 14/2

OVERS 2: OUT! Gowtham gets the big fish as Chris Gayle has been stumped on 1. He saw Gayle charging down and fired the ball down leg. Jos Buttler did the rest. Score 14/1

OVERS 2: Jofra Archer joins Gowtham from the other end. His over is ruined after Rahul hits a six off the final delivery. 9 runs from it. Score 13/0

OVER 1: A good over from Gowtham despite conceding a four to Rahul. Four runs in it. Score 4/0

K Gowtham has the new ball. Chris Gayle and KL Rahul will start KXIP chase.
So the target for Kings XI Punjab is 159
OVERS 19.6: OUT! Andrew Tye gets his fourth wicket of the night in Jaydev Unadkat who also fails to open his account. RR finish on 158/8

OVERS 19.4: OUT! Another one bites the dust and this time it's Jofra Archer who falls for a first-ball duck. Wicket no. 3 for Tye

OVERS 19.1: OUT! Ben Stokes ends up hitting a full toss to R Ashwin at extra cover to be caught on 14. Wicket no. 2 for Andrew Tye. Score 152/6

OVERS 19: Rajasthan Royals are finding it really difficult to score runs in the death overs now. Just five runs from Mohit's third over. Score 152/5

Mohit Sharma returns
OVERS 17.6: OUT! Stuart Binny has been run out at the non-striker's end while completing a second run. He scored 11 off 7. 14 runs from the over including a huge six from Binny. Score 147/5

OVERS 17: Stuart Binny is the new man in. End of an excellent over from Mujeeb - 2 runs and a wicket in it. Score 133/4

OVERS 16.2: OUT! Jos Buttler has been stumped. Clever from Mujeeb as he shortens his length after seeing Buttler dancing down the track. He misses the delivery and KL Rahul does the rest. He scored 87. Score 132/4

OVERS 16: An expensive end to Ashwin's spell tonight. He could have ended it with a wicket had Akshdeep Nath managed to take a difficult catch of Buttler. 11 runs from the over including a boundary to Ben Stokes. Score 131/3

OVERS 15: The break again works in favour of the visitors as they get a breakthrough. Five runs and a wicket in the over. Score 120/3

OVERS 14.3: OUT! Sanju Samson looks for some quick runs and takes the aerial route but he holes out to Manoj Tiwary at long-on to become Mujeeb's first wicket of the night. He scored 22. Score 117/3

Second time-out of RR innings
OVERS 14: Productive over for Rajasthan Royals. Sanju Samson finally gets going with a six over long-on off Ashwin's first delivery. He then threads the gap in the covers for a four to bring up the 50-run partnership with Buttler. 13 runs from it. Score 115/2

OVERS 13: 100 up for Rajasthan. Another decent over for KXIP - six from it. Score 102/2

OVERS 12: Ashwin is back. Good over from the skipper - just five singles in it. Score 96/2

OVERS 11: Two misfields in the over of Axar Patel. The first one from Andrew Tye resulted in a boundary to Buttler while the next from Mujeeb gave Samson an extra run. 9 runs in it. Score 91/2

At the halfway stage of their innings, RR are 82/2
OVERS 10: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, the 17-year-old Afghan spinner into the attack now. He goes for nine in his first over, including a boundary to Buttler. Score 82/2

OVERS 9: Plenty of turn for Axar Patel who returns after bowling an expensive first over. Beats Jos Buttler twice in his second over. Just a single in it. Score 73/2

OVERS 8: Captain R Ashwin into the attack now. With a single, Jos Buttler brings up his half-century off 27 deliveries. Five runs from it. Score 72/2

OVERS 7: Sanju Samson is the new man in. End of a good over for KXIP. Four runs and a wicket in it. Score 67/2

OVERS 6.3: OUT! The break goes in favour of Punjab. The experiment to promote K Gowtham to No. 3 has failed. He holes out to long-on off Marcus Stoinis to walk back after scoring 8 off 6. Score 64/2

Time for the first strategic break
OVERS 6: Jos Buttler looks unstoppable tonight. He has struck two more consecutive fours, this time off Andrew Tye. Another good over for RR. 11 runs from the over. Score 63/1

Andrew Tye to bowl the final over of Powerplay
OVERS 5: With a stylish shot for a six over the bowler's head, K Gowtham takes Rajasthan's total past 50-run mark. Earlier in the over, Buttler struck his fifth four of the innings. 14 runs from Mohit Sharma's second over. Score 52/1

OVERS 4: K Gowtham gets the promotion and walks in at no. 3. An excellent over from Tye - three runs and a wicket. Score 38/1

OVERS 3.4: OUT! Ajinkya Rahane has been out on 9. A slower one from Andrew Tye and Rahane miscues a shot to be caught at extra cover. Score 37/1

OVERS 3: The strong start continues despite a bowling change. Buttler gives quite a welcome to Mohit with a four to midwicket off the very first ball. Rahane then guides one between the slip and short third man fielder to score his first boundary. 10 runs from the over. Score 35/0

First bowling change - Medium-pacer Mohit Sharma pressed into service.
OVERS 2: Jos Buttler is in some mood today. He has struck a four and a six off consecutive deliveries from Axar Patel. The first - an inside out over covers and the second a loft over the same region. 14 runs from the over. Score 25/0

Let-arm spinner Axar Parel will share the new ball
OVER 1: Positive start for Rajasthan. Jos Buttler gets two consecutive fours off Marcus Soinis - one to backward square leg and the next past the bowler. 11 runs from it. Score 11/0

Right! Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler are out in the middle. Marcus Stoinis has the new ball.
Playing XI of RR: Jos Buttler (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi, Anureet Singh

Playing XI of KXIP: Lokesh Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Akshdeep Nath, Karun Nair, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin (captain), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

TOSS: Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and opted to bat against Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur