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KKR vs RR IPL 2024 Live Score: Shreyas Iyer's Kolkata Knight Riders lock horns with Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2024 Live Score: Sunil Narine became only the third KKR batter to score a hundred after Brendon McCullum and Venkatesh Iyer as KKR posted 223/6. Earlier in a top-of-the-table clash, Sanju Samson won the toss and the Rajasthan Royals elected to field first against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.

RR though are at the top of the table even if they have looked fragile in recent matches. In the game against Gujarat Titans, they lost a contest which they should have won comfortably. In the previous against Punjab Kings, they almost fumbled chasing a small total. Samson would be hoping that they would give an all-around against KKR and stamp their authority.

KKR, on the other hand, after taking a pasting against Chennai Super Kings away from home were back to business against KL Rahul’s LSG. With five back-to-back home games and momentum already on their side, the passage of the tournament might give a “Q” next to their game. With Mitchell Starc too coming to form in the last game the side looks perfectly balanced.

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Kolkata Knight Riders’ Angkrish Raghuvanshi plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (PTI Photo)

“Did you meet SRK after the game?” It was the first question that Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s mother Malika asked him after his whirlwind 54 off 27 balls against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday. It’s not because she is an admirer of the actor and KKR franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan, but she understands the crushing pressure on a sportsman and hence deliberately wants to talk about lighter stuff.

A former basketball player herself, she knows the challenges of a sportsperson. “I’m happy what he did but we know that the work has just started, he has a long way to go. We keep things normal back home, don’t discuss much about his game, instead we talk about something else. Like I asked him, did he meet SRK after the game?,” Malika told The Indian Express. Sometimes, they talk about weather or such-like trivial stuff. (Read more from Devendra Pandey)