Published 16:15 IST, November 2nd 2020
Morgan hails Dinesh Karthik's one-handed screamer, says it was 'completely his wicket'
Kolkata skipper Eoin Morgan heaped praise on Dinesh Karthik's one-handed screamer to get rid of Ben Stokes and said that it was 'completely his wicket'
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Kolkata skipper Eoin Morgan went on to say that catch taken by Dinesh Karthik to dismiss Ben Stokes is completely his wicket. Karthik took an unbelievable one-handed catch to get rid of Stokes that eventually paved way for Kolkata's big win.
This happened in third over of Rajasthan's stiff run chase of 192 that was bowled by Pat Cummins. On very first delivery of that over, Australian pacer bowled a fuller delivery as Stokes looked to hit him out of park. However, he got a big outside edge and at one point, it seemed that ball would comfortably travel past vacant first and second slips for a boundary but that was t to be as DK showed a great presence of mind as he dived to his left and took a one-handed (left-handed) catch.
'It is completely his wicket': Eoin Morgan
"DK's catch was remarkable. When a guy takes a catch like that, it is completely his wicket, it has thing to do with bowling at all. It's a keeper's catch, keeper's wicket," Morgan told Cummins in a video posted by iplt20.com.
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Kolkata eliminate Rajasthan
two-time winners posted a challenging total of 191/7 in ir 20 overs riding on a superlative kck of an unbeaten 35-ball 68 at a strike rate of 194.29 including five boundaries and six maximums after y were put in to bat by Rajasthan skipper Steve Smith.
In reply, inaugural edition's champions were off to a brisk start but suddenly lost half ir side inside Powerplay. onus was on middle-order duo of Jos Buttler and Rahul Tewatia to help ir team get over line but neir of m could do anything exceptional and in end, perished with asking rate getting steeper.
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2008 champions were restricted to 131/9 in ir 20 overs. Eoin Morgan-led side registered an emphatic 60-run win to strengn ir playoff hopes while Rajasthan have been kcked out of this year's tournament.
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16:15 IST, November 2nd 2020