South Africa's Quinton De Kock Struck An Unbeated 97 as Holders Kolkata Knight Riders registered their first win of the ipl season with an eight-wicket hamming of Rajasthan roals Spinners Moeen Ali and Varun Chakravarthy Combined to HELP Restrick Rajasthan to 151-9 after Kkr Elected to Field first in Guwahati. De kock bossed the chase with his 61-ball innings laced with eight fours and six sixes as kolkata achieved their target with 15 balls to spare. He Handed His Team A Quick Start, Hitting two fours but then lost opening partner moeen, run out for five.
Skipper ajinkya rahane fell after a brisk 18 but de kock studs firm and along with impact Substute Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Who Made 22, Stered the Team in an unbeated stand of 83.
De kock finished with a Six off Jofra Archer as Kolkata Bounced Back from their Opening Loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Rajasthan Suffered Their Second Straight Loss.
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Earlier, Kolkata Fast Bowler Vaibhav Arora Dismissed Sanju Samson, Bowled For 13, and Chakravarthy and Moeen Soon Took TOOOK TOOOK TOOOT TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOK TOOCTES EACH.
Wicketkeeper samson is Rajasthan's regular captain but has been forced to play only as a batter in the first three matches due to an injury.
Chakravarthy, Who Starred in India's Recent Champions Trophy Triumph, Got Stand-in-Skipper Riyan Parag out Caught Behind for 25.
Former England all-rounder moeen, in for the unwell sunil narine, stifled the opposition with his off-spin and was rewarded with the wicket of yashasvi jaiswal for 29.
The 37-Year-old and Chakravarthy bot struck again as Rajasthan Slipped to 82-5 in 11 overs.
Wickets kept tumbling for Rajasthan and despite wicketkeeper-batsman dhruv June 33 and 16 from archer, they set for a beLow-par total.
Arora and Fellow Quick Harshit Rana also Took Two Wickets Each.
Kolkata, Under Shreyas Iyer Who is Now Punjab Kings Captain after A $ 3.17 million move in the auction, Won their third ipl title last year.
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