KKR vs RR: Quinton de Kock created history, became the first player to do so -

KKR vs RR: South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock created history by giving KKR their first win of the season against Rajasthan. In the match played in Guwahati, KKR defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 8 wickets to register their first win. Quinton de Kock played the biggest role in giving KKR a thumping win, who played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs. Opening the innings for KKR, he scored an unbeaten 97 off 61 balls with the help of 8 fours and 6 sixes and returned only after giving the team victory.

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This is the highest individual score of IPL in Guwahati by any batsman. De Kock broke the record of former India batsman Shikhar Dhawan.

Dhawan played an innings of 86 runs on this ground for Punjab Kings in IPL 2023. In this way, the South African player also became the first player in history to score 90+ runs in an IPL match in Guwahati. Apart from this, Quinton de Kock has now become the second highest run scorer in IPL in Guwahati. Now he is just one run behind Jos Buttler, who has scored 98 runs in 2 matches on this ground.

Most runs on Guwahati ground

Jos Buttler- 98
Quinton de Kock- 97
Shikhar Dhawan- 86
Shimron Hetmyer- 75
Yashasvi Jaiswal- 75
Riyan Parag- 75

Quinton de Kock has made another record in his name. Now he has left behind Adam Gilchrist and Jos Buttler. De Kock has now become the wicketkeeper to score 90 or more three times in IPL. He has gone ahead of Adam Gilchrist, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow in this list.

Wicketkeepers with most 90+ scores in IPL history:

6 – KL Rahul
3 – Quinton de Kock
2 – Adam Gilchrist
2 – Jos Buttler
2 – Jonny Bairstow
2 – Rishabh Pant
2 – Wriddhiman Saha

Talking about the match, Rajasthan Royals’ batting struggled while batting first. In front of Kolkata’s bowlers, they scored 151 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. The biggest innings from Rajasthan was played by Dhruv Jurel, who scored 33 runs in 28 balls. Chasing the target of 152 runs, KKR achieved the target with 15 balls remaining, losing 2 wickets, thanks to Quinton de Kock’s 97 and Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s unbeaten 22 runs.