It was match no. 54 and a must win match for both the sides. Rajasthan Royals had won the toss and captain Steve Smith elected to bowl first. They retained the same playing XI while Andre Russell and Shivam Mavi returned to KKR’s playing XI, replacing Lockie Ferguson and Rinku Singh.

Jofra Archer started off with the new ball and struck straightaway in the first over as Nitish Rana got out without scoring. Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi counterattacked to power KKR to 55/1 after the end of the powerplay.But RR broke the second-wicket partnership between the two after Tewatia holed Gill in the ninth over. The leg-spinner picked one more in the same over as Sunil Narine got out for duck.RR continued tk tremble wickets and KKR then lost Tripathi and Dinesh Karthik just before the team could reach the 100-run mark.KKR though managed to regain the momentum as Russell and Morgan added a quickfire 45 off 18 deliveries. While Russell had moved to 25 in no time and looked set for a big one, he got out in the 16th over trying to slog one in the off side after hitting back to back sixes. Morgan, who had earlier hammered two sixes and as many fours in the 14th over, then took it upon himself as he went after his England teammate Ben Stokes in the penultimate over, clobbering three sixes and a four to take KKR past 180 and complete his first fifty of the season.The left-hander hit another six in the final over to move to his career-best IPL score of 68 and powered KKR to 191/7.

Defending 191, KKR conceded 19 runs on the first five balls. But then, KKR turned it on just one ball as Pat Cummins had Robin Uthappa caught on the final ball of the first over.Cummins, bowling his second over, picked two big wickets as RR lost Ben Stokes and Steve Smith. Stokes got out after Dinesh Karthik took a one-handed flier and skipper Smith dragged one back onto the stumps.Shivam Mavi gave KKR their fourth wicket after he had Sanju Samson caught behind the wickets before Cummins. As he came into bowl his third over in the powerplay, he managed to picked his fourth wicket, dismissing Riyan Parag with a shorter ball.Jos Buttler and Rahul Tewatia then added 43 runs together but Varun Chakravarthy broke the partnership after Buttler was caught in the deep for 35. While Tewatia put up some fight and scored 31, Chakravarthy dismissed the left-hander soon after RR moved past 100.KKR eventually restricted RR to 131/9 to complete a comprehensive 60-run win. Eoin Morgan and Patty Cummins proved their worth as why they are the big match players for the side.