KKR vs RR Live Score, IPL 2026: A stunning spin performance led by Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine powered Kolkata Knight Riders to a commanding position as they restricted Rajasthan Royals to 155/9 in their IPL encounter on Sunday. The pair combined for five wickets and completely derailed the RR innings after a stormy opening stand.
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Rajasthan got off to an explosive start and scored 63 for no loss in the powerplay with Yashasvi Jaiswal and teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi punishing KKR’s crushing attack. But momentum shifted sharply once spin entered the equation.
Narine set the tone with tight lines and control, removing Jaiswal and Donovan Ferreira while dropping minimal runs. Chakravarthy then made the crucial breakthrough, dismissing Sooryavanshi for 46 with a well-judged catch at deep mid-wicket to claim his 200th T20 wicket. From then on, RR’s innings unraveled, falling from 81/0 to 124/5 within a few overs as both spinners dictated the conditions. Chakravarthy finished with brilliant figures of 3/14 while Narine returned 2/26.
The middle order offered little resistance with Shimron Hetmyer and Riyan Parag falling cheaply as the scoring rate plummeted.
To compound RR’s woes, Kartik Tyagi capitalized on the death overs, striking three times including the crucial wickets of Hetmyer and Ravindra Jadeja to finish with 3/22. What started as a dominant over for RR ended in a dramatic collapse as KKR’s spin duo proved decisive on the slowing surface.
KKR vs RR Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Tim Seifert (w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Rajasthan Royals XI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi
