IPL 2018, KKR vs RR: 5 talking points

#4 Rajasthan Royals' batting collapse

Ajinkya Rahane has had a disappointing IPL 2018 and his terrible form continued tonight

The way Royals started their batting, it seemed they would reach the 200-run mark easily, but KKR pulled things back brilliantly to dismiss the visitors for just 143.

Andre Russell was the one who got the all-important breakthrough, dismissing Tripathi when the Royals total read 63/0 off just 4.4 overs.

But after that, it was all KKR as the Royals kept losing wickets in a hurry undoing the brilliant work done by the openers.

While the KKR bowlers and skipper Dinesh Karthik played their part in the comeback, some of the Royals batsmen have only themselves to blame, not least of all, the skipper himself who lost his stumps after attempting a reverse sweep off Kuldeep Yadav.

Buttler followed soon after, missing out on six fifties in a row and that truly signaled that the momentum had shifted and KKR didn't look back from that point.