IPL 2018, RR vs KKR: 3 RR players who flopped against KKR 

#1 Krishnappa Gowtham

Krishnappa Gowtham who became a star overnight with his big hitting strokeplay and match winning knocks had a terrible day at the office today.

Gautham walked in to bat when his team was in deep trouble at 5-96 in 11.1 overs. He struggled to face Kuldeep Yadav’s googly in the 12th over but somehow managed to negotiate it. Shivam Mavi was brought into the attack in the 13th over and he dismissed Gowtham on the last ball of the over with a snorter.

He couldn’t tackle one that climbed on him and caught his glove on its way to the wicket-keeper. His poor technique against short balls resulted in his dismissal and Rajasthan sunk further in their innings.

To make amends, Gowtham was given the ball to bowl the first over of KKR’s innings. Sunil Narine smashed him for 20 runs of the first four balls, that included 2 gigantic sixes and 2 boundaries. Gowtham offered no variation and pitched up deliveries right into the hitting range of Sunil Narine. This poor over completely shifted the momentum towards KKR. He was the most expensive bowler of the innings and his bowling figures read 2-0-32-0.