Match:15th IPL 2018, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Venue: Jaipur | Date: Apr 18, 2018
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Man of the match: Nitish Rana
| Rajasthan Royals | 160-8 (20) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| *Ajinkya Rahane | st Karthik b Rana | 36 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 189.47 |
| D Arcy Short | b Rana | 44 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 102.33 |
| Sanju Samson | c Kuldeep b Mavi | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 |
| Rahul Tripathi | c Russell b Kuldeep | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 136.36 |
| Ben Stokes | c Rana b Chawla | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 127.27 |
| Jos Buttler | not out | 24 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | c Mavi b Curran | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 171.43 |
| Shreyas Gopal | b Curran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | run out (Mavi) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Laughlin |
Extras: 5 b:0 lb:1 nb:1 w:3
Total: 160-8 (20) | Curr. RR: 8.00
FOW:*Ajinkya Rahane (54-1, 6.5), Sanju Samson (62-2, 8.4), D Arcy Short (98-3, 12.5), Rahul Tripathi (106-4, 14), Ben Stokes (122-5, 16.1), Krishnappa Gowtham (141-6, 18.1), Shreyas Gopal (141-7, 18.2), Dhawal Kulkarni (160-8, 19.5)
| Kolkata Knight Riders | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Shivam Mavi | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10.00 |
| Nitish Rana | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Tom Curran | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.50 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 163-3 (18.5) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Sunil Narine | run out (Stokes) | 35 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 140.00 |
| Chris Lynn | b Gowtham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Robin Uthappa | c Stokes b Gowtham | 48 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 133.33 |
| Nitish Rana | not out | 35 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 129.63 |
| *Dinesh Karthik | not out | 42 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 182.61 |
| Andre Russell | ||||||
| Shubman Gill | ||||||
| Tom Curran | ||||||
| Kuldeep Yadav | ||||||
| Piyush Chawla | ||||||
| Shivam Mavi |
Extras: 3 b:0 lb:1 nb:0 w:2
Total: 163-3 (18.5) | Curr. RR: 8.65
FOW:Chris Lynn (1-1, 0.3), Sunil Narine (70-2, 8.4), Robin Uthappa (102-3, 12.3)
| Rajasthan Royals | O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | RPO |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.33 |
| Ben Laughlin | 3.5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.65 |
| Shreyas Gopal | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.67 |
| Ben Stokes | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.33 |
