Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag batted brilliantly against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Riyan scored 95 runs, which is his highest score in T20 cricket. Despite Riyan's brilliant innings, Rajasthan could not win and had to face defeat by one run in a thrilling match. KKR won the toss in this match and decided to bat first and scored 206 runs for four wickets in 20 overs with the help of Andre Russell's stormy innings. In response, captain Riyan Parag batted brilliantly for Rajasthan, but the team could only score 205 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs.

Chasing the target, Rajasthan did not have a good start and the team lost five wickets at a score of 71 runs. After this, Riyan Parag along with Shimron Hetmyer shared a 92-run partnership for the sixth wicket and rescued the team from difficulty. This partnership was broken by Harshit Rana by dismissing Hetmyer who was dismissed after scoring 29 runs. Shortly after this, Harshit also made Ryan his victim. Ryan could not complete his century and returned to the pavilion after scoring 95 runs.

Ryan hit six sixes on six balls.

Ryan hit six sixes on six balls during this period. Ryan did not hit six sixes in an over but was successful in hitting six sixes in a row. Ryan targeted spinner Moeen Ali who came to bowl the 13th over. Shimron Hetmyer took a run on the first ball of this over of Moeen and the strike came to Ryan. Ryan hit sixes on four consecutive balls and the fifth ball was wide. Ryan also hit a six on the last ball of Moeen's over. After this, Varun Chakraborty came to bowl the 14th over and Hetmyer took a run on the first ball. Then the strike was with Ryan and he hit a six on Varun's ball. In this way, Ryan hit six sixes on six consecutive balls.

Moeen proved to be expensive.
KKR included all-rounder Moeen Ali in the playing 11 for the match against Rajasthan. Moeen took two wickets in the match, but he also proved to be expensive. Moeen's over gave 32 runs which is the second most expensive over of this IPL season. The unwanted record of bowling the most expensive over in the current season of IPL is in the name of Chennai Super Kings (CSK)'s Khalil Ahmed who gave away 33 runs in an over against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

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