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Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens with 6.1 overs to spare as they topped the points table perhaps for the first time in IPL history. After the consecutive wins in the last two matches, it was hardly a surprise that Eden Gardens was almost suddenly filled up today after the low attendance in the previous matches which many felt was due to the “Dada effect”. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals to bat. An awesome bowling and fielding display by KKR players and a pathetic batting display by Royals made the RR fold up in just 81 runs all out in 15.2 overs. Lakshmipathy Balaji (3 wickets for 15 runs) and Shakib Al Hassan (2 wickets for 21 runs) were the pick of the bowlers for KKR. In reply, KKR lost a couple of early wickets but KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir (35 runs off 35 balls) and Manoj Tiwary (30 runs off 26 balls) played steady knocks as Kolkata Knight Riders reached 85/2 in just 13.5 overs. Balaji was awarded Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling.

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals convincingly at their home fortress Jaipur with 9 balls to spare. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals into bat. Both the teams got more class coming into the team as Aussie pacer Brett Lee and Bangladesh captain and all rounder Shakib-Al-Hasan joined the KKR team while Aussie all rounder Shane Watson joined the Royals. However, Rajasthan Royals did not open with Watson which was quite amazing as he is a regular opener and was in current form recently including his 16 sixes in a match of the Aussie-Bangla ODI series. Rahul Dravid (35 runs off 34 balls), Ashok Menaria (27 runs off 21 balls), Ross Taylor (35 runs off 25 balls) and Shane Watson (22 runs off 13 balls) contributed as Rajasthan Royals reached a competitive total of 159/4 in their 20 overs. Shakib and Yusuf Pathan took two wickets each for KKR. Kolkata Knight Riders in reply cruised to 160 in just 18.3 overs losing just 1 wicket as Jacques Kallis (80 runs off 65 balls) and Gautam Gambhir (75 runs off 44 balls) thrashed the Rajasthan bowlers. Gambhir was also awarded the Man of the Match for his knock.

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets in their match against Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur today. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat but kept on losing wickets throughout. Only David Warner (54 runs off 44 balls) and Venugopal Rao (60 runs off 40 balls) made any noticeable contributions as they reached 151/6 in 20 overs. Shane Warne and Shaun Tait took two wickets each for RR. Rajasthan Royals in reply cruised to the target in 18.3 overs with contributions from Rahul Dravid (38 runs off 31 balls), Johan Botha (39 off 32), Ashok Menaria (22 off 15 balls), Rahane (18 off 17) and Ross Taylor (18 runs off 10 balls). Shane Warne was adjudged the Man of the Match for his bowling and captaincy.

Deccan Chargers have never won a match at their home ground Hyderabad and the jinx seemed to continue. Rajasthan Royals seasoned skipper Shane Warne won the toss and opted to field. Shikhar Dhawan and Ishank Jaggi opened the batting for Deccan Chargers and scored 24 and 25 runs respectively. But they kept losing wickets at regular intervals though some last minute efforts by Daniel Christian and Ravi Teja with scores of 26 (19 balls) and 28 (20 balls) helped them to reach 137/8 in their 20 overs. Siddharth Trivedi and Amit Singh scalped 3 wikcets each for the Royals while Warne himself chipped in with a couple of wickets. In reply, Rajasthan Royals made a very stable start with Amit Paunikar (20 runs off 19 balls) and Rahul Dravid (28 runs for 35 balls) followed by some hitting from Johan Botha (67 runs off 47 balls) and Ross Taylor (21 runs from 14 balls) as they chased the target with 7 balls to spare. Siddharth Trivedi was adjudged the Man of the Match for his spell of 3/15 in his 4 overs.