Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets
Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets to move off last place in the Indian Premier League on Saturday but England’s Jos Buttler took a worrying high speed blow to the head, AFP reported.
The Rajasthan opener lost sight of a ball from Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins and it struck him on the jaw, AFP reported.
A team physio carried out a concussion check on the pitch and Buttler carried on, but he was out lbw nine balls later to spinner Varun Chakravarthy for five, AFP reported.
Rajasthan have already lost England stars Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer to injury and have struggled this year, AFP reported.
Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson hit 42 off 41 balls and rising 19-year-old star Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 22 from 17 balls as the bottom side passed Kolkata’s 133 for nine in 19 overs. Shivam Dube also hit 22 and the victory lifted Rajasthan to sixth place with two wins in five games, AFP reported.
Kolkata, led by England’s Twenty20 captain Eoin Morgan, suffered badly from ineffective batting and are now eighth-placed with just one win from five games.
Rajasthan’s Chris Morris, the IPL’s most expensive foreign player, took four for 23 after Kolkata made a slow start.