Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, Indian Premier League 2020 Match 54: As it happened

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Match 54 of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Today, Eoin Morgan-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Steve Smith's Rajasthan Royals in Dubai.

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After skipper Eoin Morgan notched up a half-century, Pat Cummins bagged a four-wicket haul to help Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) thrash Rajasthan Royals by 60 runs in the two sides' last league stage fixture of the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

Asked to bat first, KKR lost opener Sunil Narine for a duck before his opening partner Shubman Gill (36) and Ravi Tripathi (39) joined forces and stitched a crucial stand of 72 runs for the second wicket.Subsequently, captain Eoin Morgan led from the front by smashing a quick-fire unbeaten knock of 68 runs off just 35 balls to help KKR post a good total of 191 for seven in their stipulated 20 overs.

In reply, Pat Cummins proved to be a tormentor-in-chief for KKR as he bagged four wickets while conceding just 34 runs to reduce Rajasthan Royals to a score of 41 for five inside Powerplay.Shivam Mavi (two for 15), Varun Chakravarthy (two for 20) and Kamlesh Nagarkoti (one for 24) all shone with the ball to help their side restrict Rajasthan to a score of 131 for nine.

Jos Buttler and Rahul Tewatia were the notable contributors for Rajasthan  with 35 and 31 runs, respectively.

With the victory, the Kolkata franchise has also knocked the Steve Smith-led side out of this season's lucrative T20 tournament.

Here are the highlights:

01 November 2020

23:12 IST

WICKET!! Knight Riders removed Jofra Archer (6) and Kartik Tyagi (2) in quick succession. While Archer was caught by Shivam Mavi on a Kamlesh Nagarkoti delivery in the 18th over, Kartik Tyagi departed after handing a return catch to Mavi on the third ball of 19th over. RR 129/9 (19 overs)

23:01 IST

16 runs in the last two overs for Rajasthan Royals. Shreyas Gopal (19) cleared the man at point on the fourth ball of 17th over by Shreyas Gopal before he played a reverse sweep on the last ball of the over for another boundary. RR now need 69 runs from 18 balls.RR 123/7 (17 overs)