KKR vs RR Match 28 Live Commentary - Kolkata (19 April 2026)

Drag-downer to start, on leg. Angkrish runs it down to long on for a single.

 FOUR! Off the edge. Good length outside off. Green throws his hands at it, catches the cue end, and it runs away past short third for four.

Slows it up, on a length, on off. Green blocks it off the back foot to the bowler.

OUT! STUMPED! How good is that from Jurel? Such acrobatic stuff and a sharp presence of mind behind the stumps. Bishnoi spots Green charging and fires a googly down leg. It pitches and spins further down. Jurel is blinded momentarily by the batter, but he dives left, collects cleanly and fires a one-handed underflick back to the stumps at the striker's end. Green is well down the track and has no way back. The third umpire confirms that Green is out by a country mile. KKR go further down in the hole. The hosts are 37/3, chasing 156.

Crashed through the off side but it is well stopped. Floated up, full and wide outside off, Rovman Powell powers the cover drive but the fielder at cover makes a good half stop down to his right. A single is taken.

A big wrong'un, pushed in from well outside off, Raghuvanshi stays back to defend.

A flatter wrong'un now, turns back into the pads. Angkrish Raghuvanshi presses back and dabs it across through mid-wicket for one. 8 runs and a wicket off the over.

Back of a length, around off, angling across the batter. Cameron Green guides this to the third man region one.

Hard length, on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hits this flat to the left of extra cover for no run.

Nandre hits the back of a length again, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi pats this in front of Yashasvi Jaiswal at covers and rotates the strike.

Around that good length region, on off and going across the batter. Cameron Green looks to go big and has a swing at it but gets beaten.

 SIX! Now this is more like Green. Overpitched, on middle and off, Cameron Green settles well behind the line of it and slogs this over the fence towards deep mid-wicket region for a huge six. 

Burger goes short again, into the batter. Cameron Green stays deep inside the crease and pulls this behind square on leg. Three fielders converge to catch this but neither gets anywhere close. Donovan Ferreira gathers this on the bounce and throws it back to the keeper. A couple taken.

Back of a length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi plays this late and opens his bat face to guide this to the third man region for a run.

 FOUR! Green is dealing in boundaries as he hits his third already. Good length, around middle and leg, Cameron Green steps inside and just flicks this through the right of short fine leg for a boundary more to his name.

That's a missile from Archer! This is some red-ball stuff by Jofra. Hard length, right in the channel, around off, shaping away from the batter after pitching. Cameron Green has no answer to it as he looks to punch this down the ground but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Short and around off, Cameron Green blocks this out.

Back of a length, around off, Cameron Green pats this to covers for a strike rotation. 

Jofra hits the deck hard again, around off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets up on his toes and blocks this out.

Hard length, on top of middle and off. Ajinkya Rahane blocks this off his back foot to mid-wicket.

 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! RR are off to a sensational start with the ball once again. Slightly back of a length, around off, angling away from the right-hander. Ajinkya Rahane presses on the back foot and looks to play the square cut but manages only an outside edge that's gathered well behind the stumps by Dhruv Jurel. A golden duck in the previous game and Rahane goes for a silver duck this time around. Kolkata Knight Riders are 5 for 2 after 1.2.

On a length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Cameron Green gets it worked through covers for a single. 

Nearly the third success for RR. Short and around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hops up on his toes and looks to punch this off his back foot. Gets it edged off the inside and the ball rolls to backward square leg for one.

 FOUR! Not a good idea to bowl short to Green. Short and around off, Cameron Green gets up on his toes, stays on his back foot and punches this through the backward point region for four runs. 

 FOUR! JUST WOW! Nandre bowls it back of a length, around off, Cameron Green plants his back foot deep inside the crease, leans low and cuts this past the right of Ravindra Jadeja at point this time for four more runs. 

 OUT! BOWLED'EM! Another first-ball wicket for Jofra Archer as Kolkata Knight Riders are rocked early. On a length, around off, shaping back into the batter. Tim Seifert looks to flick this but gets a bit late and is beaten by the inswing as well. The ball deflects off the back pad of Tim and breaks the off stump. 

Is this two in two or a crowd catch? Full and wide around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets low and bumps this to Ravindra Jadeja at point. An appeal for a catch by Jadeja and the umpires sends this upstairs. The replay shows that the ball has bounced after hitting the bat of Angkrish Raghuvanshi. 

Good length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi has a flash at it but the ball shapes back in and beats the inside edge.

Bumper, well-directed, around middle and leg. Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to play the hook but gets beaten. An appeal from the RR players for caught behind but the umpire turns it down. RR decide not to send this upstairs.

Hard length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi cuts this to point for another dot. 

WIDE! Jofra errs in line and bowls this wide down the leg. Angkrish Raghuvanshi has a flick at it but misses out. Wided.

 FOUR! A boundary to end the over and Archer can't quite close out the over well, but it's still very good. Back of a length, around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hops up on his toes and punches this through the right of Ravindra Jadeja at point for a boundary.