Match Details: IPL 2018 Eliminator KKR vs RR
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: 23 May 2018
Time: 7:00 pm (IST)
Toss: Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 25 runs.
Playing XI for KKR: Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Javon Searles.
Playing XI for RR: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Krishnappa Gowtham, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Stuart Binny, Ish Sodhi, Anureet Singh, Rahul Tripathi.
IPL 2018 Eliminator KKR vs RR Full Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders Innings | 169-7 (20 overs) |
| Batsman | | Run | Ball | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Sunil Narine | st Klaasen b Gowtham | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Chris Lynn | c & b Shreyas Gopal | 18 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 81.82 |
| Robin Uthappa | c & b Gowtham | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Nitish Rana | c Unadkat b Jofra Archer | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Dinesh Karthik | c Rahane b Laughlin | 52 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 140.54 |
| Shubman Gill | c Klaasen b Jofra Archer | 28 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 164.71 |
| Andre Russell | Not out | 49 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 196.00 |
| Javon Searles | c Jofra Archer b Laughlin | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Piyush Chawla | Not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 10 (b 4, lb 0, w 5, nb 1, p 0) |
| Total | 169 Runs (7 Wkts, 20 Overs) |
| Did not bat | Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna |
| Fall of Wickets |
| 4-1 (Sunil Narine, 0.2), 17-2 (Robin Uthappa, 2.1), 24-3 (Nitish Rana, 3.4), 51-4 (Chris Lynn, 7.6), 106-5 (Shubman Gill, 14.2), 135-6 (Dinesh Karthik, 17.1), 164-7 (Javon Searles, 19.4) |
| Bowler | Over | Median | Run | Wicket | No Ball | Wide | Economy |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Jofra Archer | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8.25 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 |
| Ish Sodhi | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Shreyas Gopal | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Ben Laughlin | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11.67 |
| Powerplays | Overs | Runs |
| Mandatory | 0.1-6 | 46 |
| Rajasthan Royals Innings | 144-4 (20 overs) |
| Batsman | | Run | Ball | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c & b Kuldeep Yadav | 46 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 112.20 |
| Rahul Tripathi | c & b Chawla | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 153.85 |
| Sanju Samson | c Searles b Chawla | 50 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 131.58 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Not out | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Stuart Binny | c Chris Lynn b Prasidh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | Not out | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 |
| Extras | 1 (b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 0, p 0) |
| Total | 144 Runs (4 Wkts, 20 Overs) |
| Did not bat | Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ish Sodhi, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin |
| Fall of Wickets |
| 47-1 (Rahul Tripathi, 5.1), 109-2 (Ajinkya Rahane, 14.1), 126-3 (Sanju Samson, 16.5), 130-4 (Stuart Binny, 17.6) |
| Bowler | Over | Median | Run | Wicket | No Ball | Wide | Economy |
| Andre Russell | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.33 |
| Prasidh Krishna | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.75 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Javon Searles | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 |
| Powerplays | Overs | Runs |
| Mandatory | 0.1-6 | 51 |
