In the 18 th match of DLF – IPL Rajasthan Royals created yet another upset by defeating one of the strongest team of the league ie Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing the target of 197, Knight Riders lost Salman Butt very early and then Ajit Agarkar also perished after playing some good shots. The whole responsibility was on the shoulders of Captain – Saurav Ganguly who played a good innings of 51. But Rajasthan Royals just striked at right moments and got rid of Ganguly when he was looking very dangerous, soon L.R. Shukla was also run out and it looked all like a real difficult task for the Knight Riders. Hussey on the other end was playing a brilliant innings but his efforts went to vain as no other Knight Rider Batsmen was able to cope up with the increasing run rate. They needed 61 runs in last 4 overs and thus the batsmen felt to the pressure and lost the wickets. In the end it was an emphatic win of Rajasthan Royals by 45 runs.

Now Kolkata Knight Riders have lost 3 in a row and Rajasthan Royals have won 4 in a row.

Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 18th Match