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Jaiswal hits fastest fifty in the history of the IPL 98 not out, helps Rajasthan win by 9 wickets

Yuzvendra Chahal’s four-wicket haul was totally overwhelmed by Yashasvi Jaiswal’s powerful hitting, which helped Rajasthan Royals beat the 150-run goal that Kolkata Knight Riders set for them. KKR’s score was 149/8 after Venkatesh Iyer hit 57 runs off 52 balls. Then Jaiswal came in and took control of the chase. He scored 26 runs in the first over and never looked back after that. He set a new record by getting to fifty in 13 balls, which was the fastest IPL fifty ever.

Sanju Samson joined the party, and Jaiswal took his foot off the gas a little bit, which kept him from getting to his second century of the season. With a four, Jaiswal got RR over the line, and the match ended with 98 runs in 47 balls, 12 fours, and 5 sixes. On the other end, Sanju Samson was perfect with 48 runs off 29 balls, and the two of them made a total of 121 runs off 69 balls as a team.

After KKR chose to bowl, Royals kept them at 149 for 8 and reached their goal in 13.1 overs. This raised their net run rate from 0.388, which was already good, to 0.633, which is the second best in the league behind Gujarat Titans. It should help the Royals if they end up in a fight with NRR for a spot in the playoffs. They are now third in the standings with 12 points from 12 games, one more than Mumbai Indians, who have the same number of points but have one more game to play.

Sanju Samson explained: “I didn’t have to do anything today. Just put bat on ball and watch him play. We are used to it now, even the bowlers know how he goes in the powerplay. He enjoys batting in the powerplay. I think it is time to give him the tag of legend. We are grateful to have him in the franchise. Never have to speak to him, give him the bowl and he knows what to do. He bowls at the death as well, very pleasing for me as a captain. We have two more quarter finals to play, the pressure in never off in the IPL. Each game, each over is important.”
 
 
 
 
 
Nitish Rana stated: “You have to praise his innings. It was a day when he could do anything he wanted. It was a 180 wicket as I said at the toss, our batting wasn’t great and that’s the result of us dropping 2 points. He was batting well right through the tournament, so I thought a part-time spinner could perhaps make him complacent, that was the plan, but he played superbly and those things do happen.”
 
 
 
Rajasthan Royals 151 for 1 (Jaiswal 98 not out, Samson 48 not out) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 149 for 8 (Venkatesh 57, Chahal 4-25, Boult 2-15) by 9 wickets
 

Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy;

Rajasthan Royals XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal.

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