KKR registered their first win in IPL 2026 by defeating RR by 4 wickets. Rinku Singh scored unbeaten 53 runs in 35 balls and led the team to victory. Batting first, RR scored 155 runs, which Kolkata achieved in just 19.4 overs.
KKR vs RR: Kolkata Knight Riders finally registered their first win in the first match of Super Sunday. In the 28th match played on Sunday, KKR defeated RR by 4 wickets. Rinku Singh became the hero of the victory, who played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs in 35 balls and gave his team the taste of its first victory of this season.
Rinku Singh became the hero of victory
After winning the toss, Rajasthan Royals batted first and scored 155 runs losing 9 wickets. In reply, KKR defeated Rajasthan by scoring 161 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 19.4 overs. Rinku Singh was chosen man of the match for his brilliant and match-winning innings. He hit 5 fours and 2 skyscraper sixes in his innings of 53 runs.
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Bad start for KKR: Openers out without opening the account.
KKR, while chasing the target of 156 runs, had a very bad start. Both the team’s openers Tim Sheffert and Ajinkya Rahane returned to the pavilion without opening their account, which created initial pressure on the team. After the initial setbacks, Cameron Green tried to control the innings by scoring 27 runs, but he was stumped by Dhruv Jurel. After this, Angkrish Raghuvanshi left after scoring 10 runs and Rovman Powell left after scoring 23 runs. KKR’s problems were increasing due to continuous fall of wickets.
Match winning partnership of Rinku Singh-Anukul Roy
When the team was in trouble, Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy took over the innings. There was a half-century partnership between the two, which took the team closer to victory. Rinku Singh batted brilliantly till the end and ended the match by hitting a six.
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Solid start for Rajasthan Royals
Before coming to bat, RR had a good start. Openers Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal batted cautiously. Both of them took the team’s score beyond 50 runs in 6 overs. Rajasthan got its first blow in the 9th over, when Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out. He played a quick inning of 46 runs in 28 balls, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. He was dismissed by Varun Chakraborty with his spin bowling.
Middle order collapse, team reduced to 155 runs
Rajasthan’s innings faltered after Vaibhav’s dismissal. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out in the 11th over. At the same time, Dhruv Jurel also went away after scoring 5 runs. Due to continuous fall of wickets, RR could not score big and could only score 155 runs after losing 9 wickets.
Great bowling by Varun Chakraborty
Varun Chakraborty bowled brilliantly for KKR. He prevented Rajasthan’s innings from scoring big by taking 3 wickets and played an important role in the match.