Rajasthan Royals (RR) determined to deliver Karun Nair into their taking part in XI for the primary time this season on Monday of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match towards Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Nair got here in at No.4 and the experiment did not work too nicely for RR as he scored a run-a-ball 13 earlier than falling to Anukul Roy. 

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Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar stated that RR ought to have introduced in both Riyan Parag or Shimron Hetmyer forward of Karun, even though the latter got here in in the course of the ninth over. Each Parag and Hetmyer have been utilized by RR in a finisher's position to date however Gavaskar stated that they need to have introduced in both of the 2 batters anyhow as a result of they might have made larger contributions to the scorecard. 

“Folks get these labels. ‘Finisher’. It means you must come solely in 14th or fifteenth over, that’s not proper. The person is in kind, even when a wicket falls within the eleventh over, get him on the market,” Gavaskar stated on Star Sports activities in the course of the innings break.

Parag scored 19 off 12 balls whereas Hetmyer was unbeaten on 27 off 13 balls as they helped RR put up a rating of 152/5. It was not sufficient, with KKR chasing the goal down with seven wickets and 5 balls in hand. It was RR's second consecutive defeat and helped KKR break a run of 5 consecutive losses. 

KKR had dropped all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer from the crew and whereas their high order nonetheless did not hearth, their center order stood as much as the duty and helped them win the match. 

“Venkatesh Iyer… I used to be speaking about giving somebody an extended rope, he has performed about… what 9 or 10 video games… however hasn’t performed something with both bat or ball. It may very well be a second season syndrome for him. And that’s the explanation they determined to go in with Anukul Roy. Everyone knows that he's an excellent fielder,” stated Gavaskar about their choice to drop Venkatesh.