Rajasthan Royals down Kolkata Knight Riders by 22 runs

Ankeet Chavan, Amit Singh set up easy win for Rajasthan Royals

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered their second straight defeat in IPL 5 after going down by 22 runs against hosts Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

The visitors lost the plot in the run chase when three wickets went down in consecutive deliveries between the 2nd and the 3rd overs. KKR from 8 for 3 limped slowly after that. Their fortunes ended in the 11th over when match winner Yusuf Pathan got a leading edge to his big pick up shot which carried to deep mid wicket.

KKR got into a disastrous position of 94 for 7 in the 15th over and eventually got bowled out for 142 in 20 overs. Manoj Tiwary scored a valiant 59 from 47 balls with 7 fours but unfortunately lacked any support at the other end. Medium pacer Amit Singh did the damage for the Rajasthan Royals early on taking two key wickets. Left arm spinner Ankeet Chavan who opened the bowling came up with superb figures of 2 for 23 in 4 overs while Kevon Cooper claimed 3 for 28. Brad Hodge got the Man of the Match for his 44 from 29 balls.

Rajasthan Royals reach competitive total of 164