RR vs KKR: Quinton de Kock Wins Player of the Match, But Was He the Real Hero?

Guwahati: Cricket is called the game of batsmen. From the rules to the situation, it is such that the batsmen get the advantage. Big scores are being seen in the last few seasons of IPL. Out of the 10 biggest scores of the league, 9 have been made from the last season till now. Batsmen also get importance in giving the Player of the Match. The same happened in the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.

Quinton de Kock was chosen Player of the Match

KKR defeated RRR by 8 wickets in the match played at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. Batting first, Rajasthan's team could score only 151 runs. In response, KKR completed the run chase in the 18th over. Opener Quinton de Kock played an innings of 97 runs. In his innings of 61 balls, he hit 8 fours and 6 sixes. He was given the Player of the Match award for this innings.

What about the bowlers who stopped Rajasthan?

The bowlers contributed the most in this victory of Kolkata. It was because of them that Rajasthan's team was able to stop at 151 runs. It was an easy run chase and de Kock scored 97 runs in it. For KKR, Varun Chakraborty took two wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs. He dismissed captain Riyan Parag and all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga. He was the biggest contender to win the Player of the Match. Moeen Ali also took the big wickets of Sanju Samson and Nitish Rana by giving 23 runs in 4 overs. Because of these two, KKR got a small target.

Ramandeep Singh bats at number 8 for KKR. His batting is so long that 151 runs had to be chased. But the real reason for the team's victory were Moeen Ali and Varun Chakraborty. One of these two bowlers deserved to win the Player of the Match.